Sanitas AB shares to be listed on the Main List of the VSE

26.10.2005 VLN

Such a decision was made at the VSE Management Board meeting on October 26, 2005. Sanitas AB will be the 9th issuer to be admitted to the VSE Main List.

“Sanitas AB is a rapidly growing company. We hope that admission of the company to the Main List will stimulate trading in Sanitas AB shares,” said Dalia Jasulaityte, Chairman of the VSE Management Board.

“Expansion to the Central and Eastern Europe is in our plans and we intend to use various financial market instruments to support it. The presence of Sanitas AB shares on the VSE Main List should allow attracting capital for the company’s development in a faster and more efficient way in the future,” said Saulius Jurgelenas, Managing Director of Sanitas AB.

The core activity of the company is manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations. As of January 1, 2005, the company’s market capitalization stood at LTL 96,520.2 thousand (EUR 27,954.18 thousand) and as of October 26 of this year – LTL 143,000 thousand (EUR 41,415.66 thousand). The authorized capital of the company is LTL 11,000,000 (EUR 3,185,820.2), which consists of 2,200,000 ordinary registered shares at LTL 5 par (EUR 1.45). As of September 30, 2005, Sanitas AB shareholder equity equaled LTL 47,531 thousand (EUR 13,765.93 thousand). During the first nine months of this year, Sanitas AB profit amounted to LTL 4,545 thousand (EUR 1,316.32 thousand). The company’s profit during the same period in 2004 totaled LTL 4,637 thousand (EUR 1,342.97 thousand). The preliminary consolidated nine month operating result (together with the daughter company „Hoechst – Biotika“) was a profit of LTL 7,030 thousand (EUR 2,036.03 thousand) and consolidated sales of LTL 44,304 thousand (EUR 12,831.33 thousand).

As of October 3, 2005, the company had 792 shareholders. The largest shareholders (holding more than 5% of the authorized capital) are the following: Invalda AB ((31.48%), together with other related persons, the shareholder owns 45.91% of the company votes), Siauliu bankas AB (7.76%), Finasta investiciju valdymas UAB ((6.24%, together with other related persons, the shareholder owns 45.91% of the company votes).

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