Current financial results and prognoses: January – February 2010

Stara Planina Hold Plc announces its current inconclusive financial results (on consolidated basis) and the financial results of the most significant enterprises from the portfolio of the holding for January 2010 and projected sales for February 2010. Letter

Aggregated financial data suggest that the results for the first month of the year significantly exceeded the published expectations. Consolidated sales for January were 37.45 percent higher compared to the first month of 2009.

The forecast indicates an increase in consolidated sales at the end of February 2010 with nearly 31 percent compared to the first two months of 2009.