Board of directors of Agrowill Group AB decided to sell land portfolio


Agrowill Group AB, the largest agricultural investment and development 
company in the Baltic States, based on decision of the Board of the company, 
intends to sell all land owned by Agrowill Group in Lithuania to the 
investment Land Fund that will be established. 

“The board of the Company analyzed the possibilities of the use of the 
land and related costs and decided to concentrate more on the primary 
activities of the Agrowill Group companies - production of the raw 
agricultural products - and to separate land management by disposing it 
to the investment Land Fund, which will be specialized solely in this 
field and will lease-back all land necessary for the activities of 
Agrowill Group companies” - said V. Šulskis, the general director of 
Agrowill Group. It is planned that the Company's income from this
transaction will be not less than LTL 200 million. 

According to the management of the Agrowill Group the sale of the land 
will allow Agrowill Group not only to significantly reduce the financial 
liabilities by returning the major part of financial debt, but also 
will provide with additional funds for further expansion of the Group by 
acquiring modern and successfully operating agricultural companies in 
the Baltic States. It is planned that after the return of the major 
part of the financial liabilities, DEBT/EBITDA ratio of the Group will 
be reduced to 2.5 - 3.5 level. 
 
Based on the future cash flows analysis, after the sale of the land 
owned by Agrowill Group and investing into the acquisitions of the 
new and stable operating agricultural companies, the net cash flows 
of the Group for 2009 - 2013 would increase by approximately LTL 30 
million, which would be used for further modernization of the 
activities of the Group. 

After the sale of the land, the investment Land Fund will sign 
long-term land lease agreements with the average term of 15 years 
with Agrowill Group, farmers and other agricultural companies, which 
currently are renting the agricultural land from Agrowill Group. 
  
As noted by the general director of Agrowill Group, the terms of 
establishing the investment Land Fund are still being prepared, but 
it is planned that the funds will be attracted exclusively from 
international investors. The planned start of the investment Land 
Fund is the end of the first quarter or beginning of the second 
quarter of 2009. 

Sixteen thousand hectares of land is planned to be sold to the 
investment Land Fund. Currently, Agrowill Group has property rights 
to 14,500 hectares of land but plans to buy more land before the end 
of the year. 

Agrowill Group currently manages 15 agricultural companies. The 
acquisition of two more agricultural companies will be completed in 
the coming month. The group of companies manages a herd of more than 
7,000 milking cows in the Baltic region.

Domantas Savičius
CFO
8-5 233 5340