Grant Winterton

Russian Alcohol Group, a closed joint-stock company, was founded in September 2003. The Group comprises 4 vodka manufacturing facilities: Topaz, located in Pushkino, the Moscow region; First Kypazhniy Factory, located in Tula; Ushba Distillery, located in Tbilisi, Georgia; Siberian LVZ, located in Koltsovo, in the Novosibirsk region; and a factory, Bravo Premium, located in St. Petersburg, which produces alcoholic cocktail beverages. In the last 5 years, the company has introduced many new brands and varieties of alcoholic beverages. The Group continues to focus on improvement and expansion of its portfolio of brands. The firm has also invested in its production facilities enabling the Group to take the leadership of the Russian alcohol market. CJSC 'Russian Alcohol Group' is number one by volume in Russia's strong alcohol market. Russian Alcohol shipments amounted to 15.3 million deciliters of vodka in 2008, 36 % higher than in 2007(Rosstat data). The Group plans to increase production by 20% in 2009. According to Business Analytica (a leading Russian market research group), in 2008 Russian Alcohol Group had a 10.8% share of Russia's strong alcohol market. The Group's structure its administrative model, and its professional management follows the requirements of international standards, enabling the Group to become the world's largest producer of strong alcohol and ready to drink cocktails. The focus of the Company is to develop, and increase the production efficiency and capacity to increase profitability, and to expand the operations of the industrial assets.

Roust Corp. produces and distributes vodka and other alcoholic beverages. It markets its products under various brand names, which include Beck's Pilsner, Guinness and Corona beers, and Robert Mondavi wines. The company was founded by William V. Carey and Roustam Vasilyevich Tariko on September 4, 1997 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ.