MHP : Pre-close trading update for the first quarter ended 31 March 2018

MHP SE is an agro-industrial holding company. The Company focuses on the production of poultry and cultivation of grain. The Company's segments are Poultry and related operations, Grain growing operations and Other agricultural operations. The Poultry and related operations segment is engaged in producing and selling chicken products, vegetable oil, soybean oil and mixed fodder. It includes over four chicken and approximately two breeder farms, over two sunflower oil plants and a soya crushing plant, over four feed mills and food facilities. The Grain growing operations segment is engaged in growing crops for fodder and for sale to third parties on over 360,000 hectares of land, including arable farms and grain storage facilities in plastic bags. The Other agricultural operations segment is engaged in producing and selling sausages and cooked meat, beef, goose and foie gras, and fruit. It includes a mixed farm, a goose farm and over two facilities for producing meat products.