Company contradicts information on the reason for the decline in Company's staff, which was published in media on 21st of November, 2008. We confirm that at the end of last year, Stumbras AB employed 370 employees, and now the Company employs 300 persons. We also confirm that Company is planning to temporarily cut its output from 25th of December till 5th of January next year. Main reason behind this is recent decline in production demand, caused by the excise duty increase Justas Rameika Investor relations +370 5 2786 218