Market announcement

AS Ekspress Grupp

Category

Other corporate action

Date

21.05.2024 16:30:00

Title

AS Ekspress Grupp esitas koondumise kontrolli teate

Message

Vastavalt    Leedu    konkurentsiameti    22. detsembri   2023. aasta   otsusele
(https://view.news.eu.nasdaq.com/view?id=b1c26d6836a8eaf1436f0e160e36c94f9&lang=
et&src=listed)  esitas  AS  Ekspress  Grupp  Leedu konkurentsiametile koondumise
kontrolli  teate seoses  UAB Lrytas  omandamisega. Leedu konkurentsiamet alustas
koondumise kontrolli menetlust 15. mail 2024.

2022. aasta lõpus sõlmisid AS Ekspress Grupp ja Leedu suurima ajalehe kirjastaja
UAB    "Lietuvos    rytas"   lepingu    uudisteportaali   lrytas.lt   väljaandva
tütarettevõtte          UAB          "Lrytas"         100% aktsiate omandamiseks
(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=QxhxJIb-1X97Eub8n9u7hUl-
TeWZMxrkTraLwQ2DERBCfPrwHczDwg1YgvkyKQ1Uruk57eYrnh7R2JV4Mr_HojtsZoN_DYcEGPjX7Kfg
0u4lfwb15tGOT-z_dGcI0guBoQUwFghNHgIfc9MzuxzZETApls0dvBEcEJA0-EZy-
_Qk0A8DzYoOrZeiODAt1VBF).    2006. aastal    asutatud    lrytas.lt    on   Leedu
uudisteportaal, mis pakub uudiseid leedu ja inglise keeles.

Lisainfo
Mari-Liis Rüütsalu
juhatuse esimees
+372 512 2591
mariliis.ryytsalu@egrupp.ee (mailto:mariliis.ryytsalu@egrupp.ee)

AS Ekspress Grupp on Baltimaade juhtiv meediakontsern, mille tegevus hõlmab
veebimeedia sisutootmist ning ajalehtede, ajakirjade ja raamatute kirjastamist.
Samuti haldab kontsern elektroonilist piletimüügiplatvormi ja
piletimüügikohtasid ning pakub väliekraanide teenust Eestis ja Lätis. Ekspress
Grupp alustas oma tegevust 1989. aastal ja annab tööd ligi 1100 inimesele.

Title

AS Ekspress Grupp submitted a merger control notification

Message

According                    to                   the                   decision
(https://view.news.eu.nasdaq.com/view?id=b1c26d6836a8eaf1436f0e160e36c94f9&lang=
en)  of  the  Lithuanian  Competition  Council of December 22, 2023, AS Ekspress
Grupp  submitted  a  merger  control  notification to the Lithuanian Competition
Council  in  connection  with  the  acquisition  of  UAB  Lrytas. The Lithuanian
Competition Council started the merger control procedure on May 15, 2024.

At  the  end  of  2022, AS  Ekspress  Grupp  and  the  publisher  of the largest
Lithuanian     newspaper    UAB    "Lietuvos    rytas"    signed    an agreement
(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=oMDFZwKLb0WJBsbXOKk1n0Klff1EeZme0cK0
3uP34lzP6psHzp5KpzK29_kgFPsuNbpk9G1cMsP01l8c_BLr2HwCixrzdak1nPznUXegD_vM7mRlNU6F
XnkTOrqxpbUMkFBiomprshR0yXnL0V3AnZw7mNCDFCny1TvxV5VV-6w=) to acquire 100% shares
of  UAB "Lrytas", a subsidiary that  publishes the online news portal lrytas.lt.
Founded  in 2006, lrytas.lt  is a  Lithuanian news  portal that delivers news in
Lithuanian and English languages.

Additional information
Mari-Liis Rüütsalu
Chairman of the Management Board
+372 512 2591
mariliis.ryytsalu@egrupp.ee

AS Ekspress Grupp is the leading Baltic media group whose key activities include
web media content production, and publishing of newspapers, magazines and books.
The Group also operates an electronic ticket sales platform and ticket sales
offices and offers outdoor screen service in Estonia and Latvia. Ekspress Grupp
launched its operations in 1989 and employs almost 1100 people.