Market announcement
AS Ekspress Grupp
LEI code
529900B52V1TUMW7FS54
Size of the entity
Large group
Economic activities
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
Country of registered office
Estonia
General information
Categories
Other price sensitive information
Unique data record identifier
3165
Submission date and time
10.12.2010 20:20:09
Content of announcement in English
Title
EEG: Sales in November
Message
Ekspress Grupp Company Announcement 10.12.2010 Sales in November The Group's sales in November increased by 13% compared to the same period last year. The printing services segment, where the sales increased by 22.7%, was the largest contributor to the growth. In the online media segment, for the second month in a row Delfi Latvia achieved positive growth compared to the same period previous year, increasing the sales by 15%. The sales of Delfi Lithuania were of the same magnitude and Delfi Estonia increased its sales by 10%. The periodicals segment showed a minor decline compared to same period last year, decreasing by 4.3%. Thereby, the sales of Ajakirjade Kirjastus increased by 9.7% and the sales of all the publishers in Estonia decreased less than 10%. The sales of the Lithuanian magazine publisher decreased by 13.6% while the advertising sales increased by 21%. The result of Lithuanian magazine publisher is affected by the amendments to the VAT in Lithuania, which influences the net sales of subscribable and single copy sales publications. From November, we have decided to reflect in the periodicals segment online sales of publications which were previously included in the online media segment. The respective changes are in the interest of comparability also made in the previous periods. Revenues by segment - November, th EEK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Segment | 2010 | 2009 | Change % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Online media | 11 499 | 9 759 | 17.8% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Periodicals | 31 559 | 32 961 | -4.3% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Printing services | 39 162 | 31 921 | 22.7% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Unallocated | 161 | 152 | 5.9% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Inter-segment sales | (3 816) | (5 270) | 27.6% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TOTAL | 78 565 | 69 523 | 13% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenues by segment - November, th EUR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Segment | 2010 | 2009 | Change % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Online media | 735 | 624 | 17.8% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Periodicals | 2 017 | 2 107 | -4.3% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Printing services | 2 503 | 2 040 | 22.7% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Unallocated | 10 | 10 | 5.9% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Inter-segment sales | (244) | (337) | 27.6% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TOATAL | 5 021 | 4 443 | 13% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional information: Gunnar Kobin Chairman of the Management Board GSM: +372 5188111 E-mail: [email protected]