Second Stadium for Euro-2012 Football Championship Opens in Kharkiv, Ukraine

KHARKIV, Ukraine, December 7 - The second stadium for the next European Football Championship
opened in Kharkiv on Saturday, December 5. The key investor in the Metalist
Stadium, Oleksandr Yaroslavskiy, who is President of the Metalist FC, owner
of the DCH Group and coordinator of Kharkiv's preparations for Euro-2012,
spoke at the opening ceremony to the delight of many football fans in Ukraine
and abroad. Ukraine and Poland, who are hosting the Championships, now have
two out of the eight stadiums required for the games in 2012, both in
Ukraine.

Top Ukrainian officials, including the President, attended the
opening ceremony of the new 40,000-seat Metalist Stadium, which meets top
UEFA standards. A regular Ukrainian premier league game between Metalist FC
and Obolon FC added a truly football spirit to the ceremony. The opening of
the stadium marks a watershed in Ukraine's preparations for the European
Football Championships. Following the inauguration of a stadium in Donetsk
earlier this year, the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv was good news for both
Ukrainian and the UEFA officials.

"Ukraine's preparations for Euro-2012 is bringing together our
country, our people, and all those who see this as an opportunity to prove
that Ukraine delivers," stated Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko.

Euro-2012 Director Martin Kallen, who participated in the
ceremony, awarded Oleksandr Yaroslavskiy a UEFA commemorative placard on the
occasion of the stadium's opening. Total capital expenditure on refurbishing
the stadium exceeded $70 million, which was largely covered by Mr.
Yaroslavskiy's DCH Group.

One of the wealthiest Ukrainians and an ardent football fan,
Mr. Yaroslavskiy said at the opening, "For all of Ukraine, this is yet
another sign that this country is ready to host the Euro-2012 games at the
highest level…In the future, people who want to feel like their in Europe
will be able to simply visit Kharkiv. Here, they can find Vienna and London
and Paris."

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko also attended the Metalist Stadium
opening ceremony. He was earlier quoted in Rzeczpospolita, a Polish
newspaper, as saying, "Michel Platini and the UEFA executive committee have,
in my opinion, followed a brilliant, appropriate and modern
policy-integrating all the countries of Europe through sports by taking these
games to the East. For us, this is one of the components of our integration
into Europe."

For additional information please contact Alexandra Dovgopolaya at
pr@dch.com.ua or Tel: +38044-235-49-51

For additional information please contact Alexandra Dovgopolaya at pr at dch.com.ua or Tel: +38044-235-49-51