Lebedyansky slumps to $5.4 mln Q1 loss
ju4 wa4i dia4n zo1ng he2 ba4o da4o :\n  MOSCOW, June 6 (Reuters) - Russia's leading juice producer\nLebedyansky <LBDO.MM> <LEKZ.RTS> on Friday posted a net loss of\n$5.4 million for the first quarter of 2008 compared with a net\nprofit of $24.2 million a year ago.\nThe company, which this year agreed to sell its juice\nbusiness to PepsiCo <PEP.N> and the Pepsi Bottling Group <PBG.N>\nfor $1.4 billion, did not explain the losses.\nIt said revenues rose by 17 percent to $245.3 million while\nsales volumes climbed 3 percent to 270 million litres.\nEarnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and\namortisation (EBITDA) fell by 62 percent to $15.9 million, and\nthe EBITDA margin plummeted to 6.5 percent from 19.7 percent a\nyear ago.\n(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Editing by David Cowell)\n((maria.kiselyova@reuters.com, 7 495 775 12 42, Reuters\nMessaging: maria.kiselyova.reuters.com@reuters.net))\nKeywords: LEBEDYANSKY/RESULTS