Investment potential of Stavropol region ( Russian Federation )

1. Investment potential of Stavropol region (Russian Federation)

2. Stavropol region Situated southward of Russia • Population: 2,705 million people • GRPper head in 2010 year: $ 4250 Stavropol region spreads across 285 km from north to south and 370 km from west to east. It is located in the central partof Southern Russia between the Black and Caspian Seas. Stavropol region lies on the 45th parallel exactly halfway between the Equator and the North Pole. It is the motherland of the first President of USSR Mikhail Gorbachev. The unique feature of the region is its resorts of the Mineral Waters: Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk, Essentuki and Zheleznovodsk. These resorts gain their edge from Stavropol’s unbeatable leisure resources, and unique natural and sanative factors. – 130 mineral springs of 20 types – the greatest variety in the world. (In Karlovy Vary there are about 60 springs, in Baden-Baden – around 20).

3. Geopolitical location of the Stavropol region • Advantageous geographic location between theBlack, Azov and Caspian seas; • geographiccenter ofthe Southern Russia; • Crossing trade flows «North-South» and «Europe-Asia»(previously «The Great Silk Way»); • Entrancefor European, Mediterranean, Middle Asian,TurkishandIranian markets; 2 international airports: Stavropol Mineralnye Vody

4. Stavropol region Resorts and tourism are among of the most attractive investment areas of the regional economy. Within the framework of the all-Russia health resorts development program, the regional government intends to increase the resort area by two times. The regional economy is greatly diversified, which provides for its stability and is reinforced by the resource base. Stavropol land is rich in gas, oil, rare-earth metals, building materials and mineral water. The total value of proven and forecast reserves of various mineral resources exceeds $80 billions. Agriculture is the most important sector in Stavropol region. Agricultural complex uses 91.1% of the total regional land. The mild climate is favourable for growing most of the crops. The highly fertile black soil combined with modern technologies allows harvesting high yields of grain, sunflower and vegetables. 3.5 tonnes of grain are produced per head of population. It is the Stavropol wheat that is used as a standard by Weights and Measures Association of London. The average rate of return in the regional agriculture is about 38%.

5. 15 • Regionalexport, mln. US dollars • - Regional import, mln. US dollars

6. MAJOR PARTNERS OF STAVROPOL REGION

7. Regional industrial park in the city of Nevinnomyssk Full access to the engineering and transport infrastructure 750 hectares

8. Some benefits and incentives of industrial parks in Stavropol region • Reduced production costsdue to centralized rendering of infrastructure; • a number of tax and other incentives for the residents of industrial parks: • 4,5 % income tax reduction • assets tax exemption • land fee is not higher than 0,02 % of cadastral value (no more than $170per 1 ha / year); • land tax exemption; • access to the main transport highways

9. Regional industrial park in the town of Budennovsk • The land plot of 60 hectares has a full access to the necessary infrastructure • - Power supply • - Natural gas supply • - Heat supply • - Water supply and disposal • - Highways and railways

10. Large-scale manufacture of new generation solar electric installation using nanotechnology Main point of a project: Large-scale manufacturingof competitive highly effective solar electric installations on basis of concentrate photovoltaic modules of new generation, with cascadednanoheterostructure solar elements with total capacity of more than 75 MVt per year. Cost of a project: 5,7 billion roubles (211 mln $) Initiator of a project: «New solar stream»,Stavropol; FTI by A.F.Ioffe, St-Petersburg;North Caucasus State Technical University, Stavropol Location of a project:Stavropol Commissioning period: 2015 Number of working places: 500 Financial resources: - «Rusnano»– 1,2 billion roubles (45 mln $) -own funds– 4,5 billion roubles (167 mln $) Estimated Tax proceeds per year: 9 133 million roubles (338 mln $)

11. North Caspian complex of gas processing into ethylene, polyethylene, polypropylene Main point of a project: establishment in Russia large-scale production of polyethylene and polypropylene using world high technologies Cost of a project: 106,4billion roubles (3.94 bln $) Initiator of a project:«Lukoil» JSC Location of a project: Budennovsk Commissioning period: 2016 Financial resources: - own funds – 103 billion roubles (3.82 bln $) - federal funds – 3 billion roubles (111 mln $) - region funds – 440 million roubles (16 mln $) Number of working places: 1500 Estimated amount of tax revenue per year into all level budgets will be 12 billion roubles (440mln $) by 2019

12. Pharmaceutical cluster Science Manufacturing Industry Development of modern industrial base corresponding to GMP standards Manufacture of generic medicinal products Development and Manufacture of innovative medicinal products

13. Components of pharmaceutical cluster State support Cluster infrastructure Science Small and medium enterprises (SME) Management company Industry Investment trends Scientific institutions Industrial infrastructure Investment in the operational enterprises Formation of the newly built factories in the industrial park 4

14. Scientific organisations «Stavropol State University» (biomedical and chemical faculty) –is the leading scientific - educational center in the South of Russia, enters into Association of classical universities and ranks 14 position among 90 classical universities of Russia «Pyatigorsk State Pharmaceutical Academy» is a unique pharmaceutical academy in region, recognized leader of pharmaceutical education in Russia.Registeredin HIGH SCHOOLS of UNESCO «Stavropol State Medical Academy» is in the top decile of leading higher educational medical institutions of the Russian Federation and the largest educational-scientific and methodical center in the field of medicine in the south of Russia «Stavropol Research Antiplague Institute»- included into global federal centralized system of antiplague establishments carrying out sanitary-and-epidemiologic supervision for plague, and other especially dangerous infectious, works under development, improvement and realization of scientifically-grounded preventive measures, diagnostics and struggle against these diseases

15. Industrial infrastructure «Escom»is the largest producerof infusion solutions in Russia, ( more than 30 names of various infusion solutions) • « Pulse + » producesmedical supplies • «Biokom» produces firm medical products (generic) on a full work cycle. Has international quality standard GMPcertification. • Branch «Allergen» of FSUE RMA «Microgene» - isthe leading pharmaceutical enterprise.Hasthe leading position by assortment structure of medical drugs, quantity of full industrial employment and geography of sales markets. • «Stavropol Biofactory» is in the top of leading domestic producer of immune biological veterinarypreparations.Assortment has more than 45 names • «St-Mediafarm»produces more than 70 kinds of products. More than 40 kinds of medicinal herbs are constantly shipped within the territory of Russia.Assortment of production contains packed and filters - bagsmedicinal herbs, teas.

16. Airport «Stavropol» Reconstruction of Stavropol airport According to the civil aviation experts the Stavropol airport is the only airport in the South of Russia which can be transformed into the transfer center (hub).

17. Industrial engineering of new generation of pharmaceutical drugs based on construction technology of liposomal nanocontainers (health-related biotechnologies) Main point of a project:industrial engineering of new generation of pharmaceutical drugs based on construction technology of liposomal nanocontainers (health-related biotechnologies) Cost of a project: 3 510,5 million roubles Initiator of a project: «Eskom» JSC Location of a project:Stavropol Commissioning period: 2013 Number of working places : 385 Financial resources: - «Rosnanoteh» SC – 2 973,3 million roubles -own funds– 537,2 million roubles Tax proceeds per year: 270 million roubles

18. Project of lysine manufacturing biotechnological complex Annual output: 50 000 tons of lysine Deep grain processing (240 000 tons annually). Production of: fibrin (17 000 tons), starch (40 000 tons), crystalline dextrose (30 000 tons), fodder yeast (68 000 tons) and lysine Investments needed: 189 mln $ Payback period: 7 years

19. Automobile technical complex – technological park «INTRALL» Main point of a project:creation of scientific-technical center and productive capacities for development and manufacturing of advanced light-weighted commercial truck models Cost of a project: 21 400,0mln roubles (750 mln $) Initiator of a project: «INTRALL» Consortium Location of a project: Shpakovskiy municipal district Commissioning period: 2012 Number of working places: 8100 Financial resources: -state guarantees of the Russian Federation– 272 mln$ - own funds – 115 mln$

20. State supportfor investors • 4,5 %income tax reduction for payback period of investment project and 2,5 % reduction after payback period of investment project; • 95% reduction of rent rate while using infrastructure projects, which are the property of Stavropol region; • property tax exemption for enterprises located inthe territory of regional industrial park; • favorable terms of connection to engineering services; • land tax exemption; • land plots buy-out on favourable terms; • administration of investment projects in the «one-stop window» mode; • subsidies for credit interest rate for realization of fast-payback capital investment projects (at the rate of 3/4 refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation); • subsidies for credit interest rate for working capital financing (at the rate of 2/3 refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation); • state guarantees of Stavropol region; • Microfinancing fund, venture fund, guarantee fund, mortgage fund; • grant support for aspiring entrepreneurs; • subsidies up to 80% of actual expenses for the project; • subsidies of the expenses on payment of interest and leasing contracts; • business incubator.

21. Stavropol region welcomes you! Thank you for your attention! Contacts: Yuri Yagudaev, minister of Stavropol region for Economic Development Tel.+007 (8652)357851 invest@stavinvest.ru