Sinergiya : Synergy’s brands entered a rating of Brand Champions 2015

OJSC "Synergy" (MOEX: SYNG), the leading distilled spirits producer in Russia, reports that the Belenkaya, Myagkov and Gosudarev Zakaz brands are traditionally included in one of the most influential annual ratings Brand Champions 2015, made by the international edition about alcoholic beverages The Spirits Business.

Belenkaya took the 5th place in the consolidated rating of Vodka Brand Champions among 35 world vodka brands which sales volume exceeds 1 million cases. Gosudarev Zakaz and Myagkov brands took the 26th and 32nd place in the rating respectively. Also, earlier, Belenkaya was included in the global rating of Top 100 Spirits Brands Worldwide made by the authoritative American magazine Impact.

Synergy's brands demonstrated again their competitiveness and popularity by inclusion into the rating of The Spirits Business, which became a global public evidence of the Company's achievements in spirits production and sales.

About Synergy, Co

OJSC "Synergy" is the leading diversified spirits group in Russia with a 15% share of the legal vodka market in Russia. The Company`s strategic focus lays on production and distribution of alcoholic beverages. Synergy is #1 Russian independent importer of spirits. Synergy possesses its own distributional platform, ensuring the largest possible market coverage, and diversified portfolio of federal brands, addressing market demands across the full spectrum of price points, from the low-middle to the super-premium price segments.

The Company`s federal brand portfolio includes super-premium vodka Beluga, premium vodka Veda, sub-premuim vodkas Myagkov and Russky Lyod, middle vodka Belenkaya, low-middle vodka Gosudarev Zakaz and brandy Zolotoy Reserv. The Company operates seven spirits production plants and one of the largest distributional platform in Russia. Synergy is the exclusive distributor of one of the global premium spirits producer William Grant & Sons, representing in Russia such brands as Scottish whisky Glenfiddich, Grant's, Clan McGregor, The Balvenie, gin Hendrick's and Irish whisky Tullamore Dew. In addition to this, the Company distributes also the products of French house of Camus cognac. Also the imported portfolio of Synergy includes Ron Barcelo rum, Amarula liqueur, Milagro tequila, brandy "Tsar Tigran", "Yerevan Traditional" and the balms line of Latvijas balzams.

The combination of strong portfolio of brands, strong production base and developed sales system supports Synergy`s competitive advantages and profound organic growth year on year.

Click on http://sygroup.ru/ for more information on the Company.

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