On December 23d, 2004, the Federal Service for Financial Markets permitted circulation of OJSC Concern 'Kalina''s shares outside the Russian Federation. According to this decision 1949487 ordinary shares of OJSC Concern 'Kalina', which amounts to 19,99% of Company's authorized capital , received permission to circulation abroad.

About the company. JSC concern "Kalina " is one of the leading Russian perfumery and cosmetics producers. The leading brands of the company are "Black Pearl", "Clean Line" and "MIA" among the skin-care products, "32", "Forest Balsam"- on the mouth-care market, 'Angelica Varum" - among perfumes.
Concern "Kalina" consists of the parent enterprise in Ekaterinburg, Omskiy factory of detergents, subsidiary "Pallada Ukraine" (Ukraine), "Novoplast", Kalina Overseas Holding B. V. (Netherlands)
Further information you may get from the press-secretary of the JSC Concern 'Kalina"- Kazantsev Sergey, tel./fax.(343) 365 83 06, e-mail: pressa@kalina.org.

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