Corporate Overview

ESV Group Plc was established to build a substantial biofuels farming business to supply feedstock to the biofuels industry. Its immediate strategy is to build on its existing business interests in farming and logistics in Ukraine and the transhipment of grain from the region. The Group has a highly experienced team in place, both in the UK and Ukraine, with extensive knowledge and relationships across the agri-business markets. ESV has also recently acquired 11,000 hectares with the aim of developing a substantial Jatropha growing business in Southern Africa.

ESV is a broadly based investment business currently involved in farming operations, improving port facilities, transport, cargo handling and warehousing for the export of grains and vegetable oils from the Ukraine with specific emphasis on supplying biofuel raw supplies to the European biodiesel refineries.

The Group currently operates two entities in the Ukraine, Agri-Ukraine Ltd, a substantial 12,000 hectare farming operation in Poltava and Dnipro Cargo Ltd, a grain terminal at Kherson Sea Port.

Dnipro Cargo has owned the Kherson port terminal for ten years. The management is experienced in the marketing of grain and port operations and has agreed to provide services to Dnipro Cargo to manage the Kherson port terminal for a period of ten years. ESV can develop the Kherson port terminal as it wishes and can expand the terminal activities to include non agricultural produce such as oil and liquid gas. The actual port facility comprises a modern equipped flat warehouse with a central belt conveyor for sorting the goods. The total capacity of the grain terminal is approximately 20,000MT. An additional 5,000MT capacity is located next door, in a linked adjoining warehouse.