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Barry Callebaut AG and Unilever, one of the world’s foremost consumer goods companies and global market leader in ice cream, announced today the signing of a new long-term global partnership agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Barry Callebaut will become Unilever’s strategic global supplier and innovation partner of choice for its cocoa and chocolate needs.

Barry Callebaut AG and Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, one of the largest food companies in Latin America, announced today the signing of a new long-term supply agreement for Bimbo’s operations in Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, Barry Callebaut will supply the plants of Grupo Bimbo with up to 32,000 tonnes of chocolate products annually for its domestic market, through the company’s Mexican factories in Toluca and Monterrey.

Barry Callebaut AG outperformed the global chocolate market  with sales volume growth of 2.6% in the first three months of fiscal year 2011/12, ended November 30, 2011. Quarterly sales revenue outpaced volume growth with a gain of +5.0% in local currencies, -4.1% after translation into Swiss francs.

Barry Callebaut has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the privately owned Spanish nut manufacturer La Morella Nuts S.A. La Morella Nuts is known as a leading nut specialist producing a variety of high quality nut-based ingredients for the food industry in Europe. The company has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the nuts business with regards to sourcing, processing and innovation that allows for a wide range of products.

Barry Callebaut AG will announce on January 17^th 2012 its 3-month key sales figures of fiscal year 2011/12, ended November 30^th, 2011. For comparison reasons, the Group’s previous interim figures for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010/11 are presented in the table below. The same format will be used for the presentation of the first quarter of fiscal year 2011/12.