Scottish & Newcastle announces third quarter results (July to September 2005) from its 50% owned joint venture Baltic Beverages Holding AB (BBH).


BBH Q3 2005 results are announced through parent companies as follows:

Scottish & Newcastle announces third quarter results (July to September 2005) from its 50% owned joint venture Baltic Beverages Holding AB (BBH).

Strong Q3 performance
Continuation of market leading performance

· 10% beer volume growth for BBH

· Net sales up 21% (EUR)

· EBITDA up 15% (EUR)

· Russian market share up 1.0%pt to 36.9%

Read more in the attachments below: BBH Q3 results announcement by S&N; BBH Q3 results presentation by S&N


BBH Q3 results announcement by Carlsberg

BBH enjoyed another quarter of progress and growth. Beer sales for the first nine months grew by 13% to 16.0m hl. All markets performed well in the third quarter, with growth of 5% in Russia, 9% in the Baltic States, 24% in the Ukraine and 22% in Kazakhstan.

BBH gained ground and strengthened its position in the Russian market to achieve a market share of 36.5% in the first nine months, up 2.9 percentage points on the same period last year.

Read more in the attachments below: Q3 results incl. BBH - announcement by Carlsberg; Q3 results incl. BBH - presentation by Carlsberg


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http://www.bbh.se/showPage.php?page_id=45&offset=0&news_id=24