National distributor CV Protek has finished the installation of additional automated retail conveyor at its central procurement center - Transservice Customs and Warehouse terminal in Moscow satellite town of Pushkino. Conveyor with processing and batching systems for handling up orders placed by retail pharmacies was supplied by SSI Schafer Peem (Austria).

Open Joint Stock Company Protek (“Protek” or the “Company”), one of the largest vertically integrated pharmaceutical companies in Russia, today announces the price of its international offering (the “Offering”) of its ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”).

A regular and final 2009 meeting of Customs Policy Public Advisory Board was held in the Federal Customs Service on December 7. Nikolay Polyansky, Deputy Director General for External Relations of ZAO CV PROTEK participated in the meeting as a chairman of committee of the Union of Professional Pharmaceutical Organizations for Customs Policy.

Expert Council of Pharmexpert Market Research Center acknowledged ZAO CV PROTEK the most influential distributor on the Russian pharmaceutical market in 2009.

2010 is declared an anniversary year for PROTEK, its partners and clients! This year PROTEK Group is celebrating its twentieth birthday from the day of establishment of the holding's principal company — CV PROTEK.

Open Joint Stock Company Protek (“Protek” or the “Company”), one of the largest vertically integrated pharmaceutical companies in Russia, today announces the price range of the international offering (the “Offering”) of its ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”). The Ordinary Shares will be offered to investors in Russia and to international institutional investors outside of the United States and Russia in accordance with Regulation S under the US Securities Act 1933, as amended.

CJSC CV PROTEK and CJSC Management Company Pharmacy Chain 36.6 have signed an agreement on the conditions for the repayment of the remaining outstanding amount equal to 153.8 million roubles.

CJSC CV PROTEK and ZAO Apteki 36.6 have signed an amicable agreement stipulating repayment of the debt of ZAO Apteki 36.6, Moscow, a subsidiary of CJSC Pharmacy Chain 36.6, amounting to 95 million roubles.