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

Management interim statement or quarterly financial report

Unique data record identifier

3431

Submission date and time

02.08.2011 17:16:42

Content of announcement in Estonian

Title

PARANDUSTEADE: AS Ekspress Grupp: 2011. aasta II kvartali ja I poolaasta konsolideeritud vahearuanne

Message

Tallinn, Eesti, 2011-08-02 16:16 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --


01.08.2011 avalikustatud AS-i Ekspress Grupp 2011. aasta  II kvartali ja I
poolaasta konsolideeritud vahearuande peatükis „Juhatuse tegevusaruanne“  oli
perioodiliste väljaannete segmendi tabelis (lk 15) vale Eesti Ajalehed AS-i
2010. aasta II kvartali EBITDA ja 2010. aasta II kvartali segmendisiseste
elimineerimiste summa. 

Eesti Ajalehed AS-i 2010. aasta II kvartali EBITDA peab olema 266 tuhat eurot
ning 2010. aasta II kvartali segmendisisesed elimineerimised -2 tuhat eurot. 

Nimetatud eksimus on lisatud aruannetes parandatud.

Järgneb täispikk parandatud teade:



Järgmises aruandes on toodud AS-i Ekspress Grupp konsolideeritud
finantsnäitajad, nendega seotud turuarengud ja juhtkonna otsused.
Finantsnäitajad ja suhtarvud näitavad kontserni jätkuva tegevuse tulemust, see
tähendab need sisaldavad online-meedia, perioodiliste väljaannete ja
trükiteenuste segmentide konsolideeritud tulemust. 



Olulisemad finantsnäitajad

       Finantsnäitajad (tuhandetes EUR)          II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perioodi kohta                                                                  
------------------------------------------------                                
Müügitulu                                            14 963      13 454      11%
------------------------------------------------                                
Brutokasum                                            3 388       3 368       1%
------------------------------------------------                                
EBITDA                                                2 024       2 179      -7%
------------------------------------------------                                
EBITDA (ilma tuluta äriühendusest)                    2 024       2 179      -7%
------------------------------------------------                                
Ärikasum                                              1 134       1 349     -16%
------------------------------------------------                                
Ärikasum (ilma tuluta äriühendustest)                 1 134       1 349     -16%
------------------------------------------------                                
Perioodi kasum/(-kahjum) jätkuvatest                    394         669     -41%
 tegevustest                                                                    
------------------------------------------------                                
Perioodi puhaskasum/(-kahjum)                           394         669     -41%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



        Finantsnäitajad (tuhandetes EUR)          I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perioodi kohta                                                                 
-------------------------------------------------                              
Müügitulu                                            28 109     25 112      12%
-------------------------------------------------                              
Brutokasum                                            6 005      5 433      11%
-------------------------------------------------                              
EBITDA                                                4 958      2 912      70%
-------------------------------------------------                              
EBITDA (ilma tuluta äriühendusest)                    3 418      2 912      17%
-------------------------------------------------                              
Ärikasum                                              3 230      1 249     159%
-------------------------------------------------                              
Ärikasum (ilma tuluta äriühendustest)                 1 690      1 249      35%
-------------------------------------------------                              
Perioodi kasum/(-kahjum) jätkuvatest tegevustest      1 780      (460)     487%
-------------------------------------------------                              
Perioodi puhaskasum/(-kahjum)                         1 780       (97)    1935%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Suhtarvud

Tasuvussuhtarvud (%)         II kv 2011  II kv 2010
---------------------------------------------------
                            -----------------------
Müügitulu kasv (%)                  11%         -4%
----------------------------                       
Brutorentaablus (%)                 23%         25%
----------------------------                       
EBITDA marginaal (%)                14%         16%
----------------------------                       
Ärirentaablus (%)                    8%         10%
----------------------------                       
Puhasrentaablus (%)                  3%          5%
----------------------------                       
Varade tootlus (%)                   0%          1%
----------------------------                       
Omakapitali tootlus (%)              1%          2%
---------------------------------------------------
Puhaskasum aktsia kohta EUR        0,01        0,03
---------------------------------------------------



Tasuvussuhtarvud (%)         I pa 2011  I pa 2010
-------------------------------------------------
                            ---------------------
Müügitulu kasv (%)                 12%        -8%
----------------------------                     
Brutorentaablus (%)                21%        22%
----------------------------                     
EBITDA marginaal (%)               12%        12%
----------------------------                     
Ärirentaablus (%)                   6%         5%
----------------------------                     
Puhasrentaablus (%)                 6%         0%
----------------------------                     
Varade tootlus (%)                  2%         0%
----------------------------                     
Omakapitali tootlus (%)             6%         0%
-------------------------------------------------
Puhaskasum aktsia kohta EUR       0,06     (0,00)
-------------------------------------------------



Esitatud finantsnäitajate leidmisel kasutatud valemid:

     Müügitulu kasv (%)        (müügitulu II kv 2011 - müügitulu II kv 2010)/   
                                müügitulu II kv 2010*100                        
     Brutorentaablus (%)       brutokasum/müügitulu*100                         
     Puhasrentaablus (%)       puhaskasum/müügitulu*100                         
     EBITDA marginaal (%)      EBITDA (ilma tuluta äriühendusest) /müügitulu*100
     Ärirentaablus (%)         Ärikasum (ilma tuluta                            
                                äriühendusest)/müügitulu*100                    
     Puhaskasum aktsia kohta   puhaskasum/keskmine aktsiate arv                 
     Varade tootlus (%)                        puhaskasum/keskmised varad *100  
     Omakapitali tootlus (%)                   puhaskasum/keskmine omakapital   
                                                *100                            
                                                                                
----                                                                            
Finantsseisundi suhtarvud (%)                   30.06.2011            31.12.2010
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Omakapitali osakaal (%)                                45%                   42%
------------------------------                                                  
Likviidsuskordaja                                      0,7                   0,8
------------------------------                                                  
Võla ja omakapitali suhe (%)                           95%                  107%
------------------------------                                                  
Võla ja kapitali suhe (%)                              45%                   48%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                

Esitatud finantsnäitajate leidmisel kasutatud valemid:

Omakapitali osakaal (%)    omakapital / (kohustused+omakapital)* 100            
Likviidsuskordaja          käibevara/lühiajalised kohustused                    
Võla ja omakapitali suhe   intressi kandvad võlakohustused/omakapital*100       
 (%)                                                                            
Võla ja kapitali suhe (%)  intressikandvad võlakohustused-raha ja pangakontod   
                            (netovõlg)/                                         
                           (netovõlg+ omakapital)*100                           



Olulisimaks sündmuseks kontserni tegevuses teises kvartalis oli Eesti Päevalehe
AS-i omandamisele järgnenud reorganiseerimisprotsess nii tootes endas kui
erinevaid ettevõtteid läbiv organisatsiooniline reform. 

Kontserni teise kvartali puhaskasum oli 394 tuhat eurot. Esimese poolaasta
puhaskasumiks teenis kontsern 1,78 miljonit eurot. Nii teise kvartali kui ka
terve esimese poolaasta tulemust mõjutasid mitmed erakorralised tegevused,
mille mõju tulemusele oli nii positiivne kui negatiivne. Nii võimendab
kontserni puhaskasumit Eesti Päevalehe AS-i aktsiate omandamisest tekkinud
firmaväärtuse muutus summas 1,54 mil eurot. Kasumit vähendasid aga teises
kvartalis aset leidnud restruktureerimise kulud ning ühe kohtuvaidluse
potentsiaalse kahjunõude provisioneerimine ning võrdluses eelmise aastaga ka
100% osalus võrreldes varasema 50% osalusega hetkel kahjumit teenivas Eesti
Päevalehe AS-is. 

Teise kvartali EBITDA moodustas 2,024 miljonit eurot, mis on 7% vähem kui aasta
varem. Normaliseerides tulemust erakorraliste ühekordsete kuludega summas 162
tuhat eurot, moodustas normaliseeritud EBITDA 2,186 miljonit eurot, mis on
samal tasemel eelmise aasta sama perioodiga, 

Kontserni EBITDA ilma tuluta äriühendusest oli esimesel poolaastal kokku 3,418
miljonit eurot, mis on 17% parem eelmisest aastast. 

II kvartali ühekordseteks ellimineeritavateks kuludeks olid:

  -- 60 tuhande euro suuruses kahjunõude provisioneerimine tulenevalt AS Eesti
     Ajalehed ja AS Delfi vastu esitatud ning esimeses kohtu astmes kaotatud
     hagi. Kontserni ettevõtted on otsustanud esimese astme kohtuotsuse edasi
     kaevata.
  -- 100 tuhande euro suuruses koondamiskulusid tulenevalt reorganiseerimistest
     ASis Eesti Päevaleht pärast osaluse omandamist kaasaktsionärilt
  -- 32 tuhande euro suuruses erakorralisi kolimiskulusid tulenevalt AS Eesti
     Ajalehed ning AS Delfi erinevate üksuste ümberpaiknemisest seoses
     ettevõtete reorganiseerimisega



Suures osas on reorganiseerimisega seotud kulud ja sammud sooritatud, kuid
väikeses mahus võib kulusid esineda veel ka teises poolaastas. 

Oluline on veel märkida, et arvestades Eesti Päevalehe AS-i kahjumit ning AS-i
Printall brutokasumit ajalehe Eesti Päevaleht trükkimisest, teenis kontsern
esimesel poolaastal Eesti Päevalehe kirjastamisest ligikaudu 30 tuhat eurot
kahjumit. Teisel poolaastal eeldab juhatus, et Eesti Päevalehe kirjastamine
pöördub kontserni jaoks konsolideeritult kasumlikuks. 

Organisatsioonilise reformi käigus koliti ajalehtede Eesti Ekspress, Eesti
Päevaleht ning Maaleht ja portaali Delfi toimetused ühisele pinnale senistes
Eesti Päevalehe ruumides ning ettevõtete administratsioonid ühisele pinnale
senistes Eesti Ekspressi ja Maalehe ruumides. Kirjeldatud organisatsioonilise
reformi käigus koondati erinevad dubleeritud ametikohad ja lõpetati üürileping
senistes AS-i Delfi ruumides. Toimetuste kolimisega ühisele pinnale on
oluliselt arenenud erinevate väljaannete vastastikune infovahetus ja koostöö
suurte sündmuste kajastamisel, mis on andnud nii rahalist säästu kui ka
sisulist lisaväärtust. 

Lisaks toimetuste ning administratsioonide kolimisele moodustati esimese
sammuna AS-i Eesti Ajalehed osakonnana raamatukirjastuse üksus, mis koondab
endasse kogu kontserni 100% osalusega kirjastusettevõtete raamatute
kirjastamise tegevuse ning millest järgmise sammuna moodustatakse käesoleva
aasta sügisel omaette raamatute kirjastamise ettevõte. Täiendavalt moodustati
kontserni emaettevõtte juurde finantsteenistuse üksus, kes asub teenindama
kontserni meediaäri tütarettevõtteid. Kirjeldatud mõlema sammu eesmärk on
kasvatada efektiivsust läbi kulude optimeerimise ning raamatukirjastuse loomise
puhul ka kasvatada konkurentsivõimet. Struktuurilise reformina moodustati AS
Eesti Ajalehed juurde eraldi E-meedia osakond, kelle ülesandeks on juhtida
kõigi kirjastusettevõtete digitaalse kirjastamise ettevõtmisi. 

Reorganiseerimise käigus saavutatud kuluefektid väljenduvad esimest korda
ettevõtte kolmanda kvartali tulemustes, kuid kogu reorganiseerimisprotsess
kestab suure tõenäosusega kuni aasta lõpuni. 

Ajaleht Eesti Päevaleht läbis teises kvartalis olulise tooteuuenduse. Uue
peatoimetaja, kelleks sai varasemalt majandustoimetust juhtinud Vallo Toomet,
juhtimisel töötati välja ning alustati värskendatud, ajakirjalikuma formaadi
ning kujundusega Eesti Päevalehe kirjastamist. Esimene number ilmus 4. juulil..
Samuti vahetus Eesti Ekspressi peatoimetaja, kelleks sai varasemalt Kuku Raadio
peatoimetajana töötanud Janek Luts. 

Teises kvartalis käivitus ka Eesti Päevalehe ning Eesti Ekspressi ühine
digitaalsete lehtede kampaania. Kampaania esimese sammuna pakuti kõigile kahe
lehe digitaalsete versioonide tellijatele võimalust omandada soodustingimustel
Apple iPad tahvelarvuti. Kampaania tulemuslikkust pärssis olulisel määral
tahvelarvuti saadavuse probleem, mistõttu otsustasime jätkata kampaania
elluviimist pärast tootjapoolsete tarneprobleemide lahendamist. Teise etapina
alustati tavalistele personaalarvutitele mõeldud Eesti Päevelehe ja Eesti
Ekspressi digitaalsete väljaannete turustamist. Personaalarvutitele mõeldud
digitaalse väljaande loomiseks on AS Eesti Ajalehed koostöös IT partneriga
välja töötanud tarkvaralahenduse, mis võimaldab iPadis kirjastatavat toodet
tarbida ka tavalisest laua- ja sülearvutist. AS Eesti Ajalehed plaanib
kirjeldatud tarkvaralahendust turustada ka teistele, sarnast tahvelarvutitele
mõeldud ajalehtede ning ajakirjade kirjastamise platvormi kasutavatele
kirjastusettevõtetele maailmas ning esimesed kontaktid potentsiaalsete
klientidega on juba loodud. 

Online-meedia segmendis tasub ära märkimist Delfi Ukraina areng. Pärast aasta
alguses aset leidnud toote reformi, kus Delfi Ukraina loobus tavapärasest
konservatiivsest inforportaali strateegiast ning käivitas meelelahutuslikuma,
peamiselt tabloidlike kuid samas sotsiaalsete uudiste kontseptsiooni, on
portaali kasutajaskond asunud jõudsalt kasvama, lüües varasemaid kasutajate ja
lehekülgede sirvimise rekordeid. Samuti on käivitunud reklaami müük, mis
parimal kuul mais ületas 7 tuhande euro piiri. Hetkel valitsev trend on
kontserni juhatusele andnud põhjuse olla lootusrikas Delfi Ukraina
majandustulemuse jätkuva paranemise suhtes. Meie eesmärk on järgmise aasta
kevadeks jõuda jooksvate kuu tulemustega kasumisse. Täiendavalt tasub ära
märkimist Delfi ning rahvusvahelise soodustehinguid pakkuva ettevõtte Deal24
koostöölepe, mille alusel hakkab Delfi kõigis kolmes Balti riigis alates
sügisest pakkuma sooduskuponge Delfi Diili kaubamärgi all. Samuti käivitas
Delfi erinevates riikides sooduskupongide agregeerimise keskkonna, kuhu müüakse
reklaami teistele sooduskuponge pakkuvatele ettevõtetele. 

Olulise tootearendusliku uuendusena käivitas Delfi teises kvartalis ka
kasutajatelt meelelahutuslike piltide, videote ja anekdootide kogumise ja
eksponeerimise keskkonnad (Eestis kaubamärgi alt Vimka.ee). Samuti väärib
märkimist Delfis käivitatud integratsioon Facebook'i keskkonnaga, kus alates
juunist on Eesti Delfis võimalik paralleelselt ettevõtte toodetud uudistega
lugeda ka kasutaja enda tutvusringkonna poolt Facebooki postitatud uudiseid
ilma Delfist lahkumata. 

Organisatsiooniliste restruktureerimiste poolelt otsustasid AS Ekspress Grupp
ning AS Eesti Meedia viia ühiselt kirjastatava AS-i Linnaleht ühisettevõtte
AS-i SL Õhtuleht omandisse ning juhtimise alla. See samm peaks kaasa tooma
mõningast kulude säästu, kuid samas parandama Linnalehe turunduslikku
võimekust. 

Juunis omandas ühisettevõte AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus 49%-lise vähemusosaluse
Uniservice OÜ-s. See samm peaks kaasa aitama toidumaailm.ee portaali ja
ajakirja Oma Maitse integreerumisele ning kulude optimeerimisele. 

Aasta esimeses kvartalis alanud AS-i Express Post müügiprotsess AS-ile Eesti
Post on endiselt käimas, asjasse puutuvad osapooled on esitanud küsitud
informatsiooni Konkurentsiametile, kellelt oodatakse otsust kolmanda kvartali
jooksul. 

Konkurentsiameti ettekirjutusest tulenevalt esitas ettevõtte ka
koondumisavalduse Eesti Päevalehe AS-i aktsiate omandamise kohta.
Koondumisavaldust ei esitatud varem, kuivõrd AS Ekspress Grupp ei omandanud
valitsevat mõju ettevõtte üle tavapäraste ostu-müügi tehinguga vaid erinevate
finantseerimisotsustega ettevõtte maksejõuetuse vältimiseks olukorras, kus
kaasaktsionär ei soovinud ettevõtte finantseerimist jätkata. 

Kontserni järgmiste kvartalite fookus on suunatud organisatsioonilise reformi
lõpuleviimisele ning kirjastatavate ajalehtede digitaalversioonide arendamisele
ning turundamisele. Ettevõtte lai tootevalik annab meile suurepärase võimaluse
pakkuda oma klientidele pakette erinevate toodetega nii paberil kui
digitaalselt. Samuti plaanime uuendada tahvelarvutite pakkumist paketis
kontserni digitoodetega ning turundada aktiivselt ajalehtede lauaarvutitele
välja töötatud digiversioone. 



Kontserni segmentide ülevaade



Segmentide peamised finantsnäitajad II kvartal 2010/2011

         (tuhandetes EUR)                       Müügitulu           
--------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
--------------------------------------------------------------------
online-meedia                             2 505       2 235    12,1%
------------------------------------                                
perioodilised väljaanded                  6 356       6 002     5,9%
------------------------------------                                
trükiteenused                             6 998       5 934    17,9%
------------------------------------                                
keskuse tegevused                            48          33    45,5%
------------------------------------                                
segmentidevahelised elimineerimised       (944)       (750)   -25,9%
--------------------------------------------------------------------
KOKKU                                    14 963      13 454    11,2%
--------------------------------------------------------------------



         (tuhandetes EUR)                         EBITDA            
--------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
--------------------------------------------------------------------
online-meedia                               534         467    14,3%
------------------------------------                                
perioodilised väljaanded                    157         509   -69,2%
------------------------------------                                
trükiteenused                             1 551       1 356    14,4%
------------------------------------                                
keskuse tegevused                         (221)       (152)   -45,4%
------------------------------------                                
segmentidevahelised elimineerimised           3         (1)   400,0%
--------------------------------------------------------------------
KOKKU                                     2 024       2 179    -7,1%
--------------------------------------------------------------------



Segmentide peamised finantsnäitajad I poolaasta 2010/2011

         (tuhandetes EUR)                      Müügitulu          
------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
------------------------------------------------------------------
online-meedia                            4 358      3 776    15,4%
------------------------------------                              
perioodilised väljaanded                11 918     11 316     5,3%
------------------------------------                              
trükiteenused                           13 467     11 485    17,3%
------------------------------------                              
keskuse tegevused                           74         69     7,2%
------------------------------------                              
segmentidevahelised elimineerimised    (1 708)    (1 534)   -11,3%
------------------------------------------------------------------
KOKKU                                   28 109     25 112    11,9%
------------------------------------------------------------------



         (tuhandetes EUR)                       EBITDA            
------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
------------------------------------------------------------------
online-meedia                              497        383    29,8%
------------------------------------                              
perioodilised väljaanded                   301        402   -25,1%
------------------------------------                              
trükiteenused                            3 047      2 569    18,6%
------------------------------------                              
keskuse tegevused                        1 105      (439)   351,7%
------------------------------------                              
segmentidevahelised elimineerimised          8        (3)   366,7%
------------------------------------------------------------------
KOKKU                                    4 958      2 912    70,3%
------------------------------------------------------------------



EBITDA marginaal          II kv 2011  II kv 2010
------------------------------------------------
online-meedia                  21,3%       20,9%
-------------------------                       
perioodilised väljaanded        2,5%        8,5%
-------------------------                       
trükiteenused                  22,2%       22,9%
------------------------------------------------



EBITDA marginaal          I pa 2011  I pa 2010
----------------------------------------------
online-meedia                 11,4%      10,1%
-------------------------                     
perioodilised väljaanded       2,5%       3,6%
-------------------------                     
trükiteenused                 22,6%      22,4%
----------------------------------------------



Online-meedia segment



Online-meedia segment hõlmab Delfi tegevust Eestis, Lätis, Leedus ja Ukrainas.



       (tuhandetes EUR)                     Müügitulu           
----------------------------------------------------------------
                                 II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
----------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Eesti                             875         743    17,8%
--------------------------------                                
Delfi Läti                              533         435    22,5%
--------------------------------                                
Delfi Leedu                           1 085       1 035     4,8%
--------------------------------                                
Delfi Ukraina                            16          10    60,0%
--------------------------------                                
muud Delfi ettevõtted                     0          15  -100,0%
--------------------------------                                
segmendisisesed elimineerimised         (4)         (3)   -33,3%
----------------------------------------------------------------
KOKKU                                 2 505       2 235    12,1%
----------------------------------------------------------------



       (tuhandetes EUR)                       EBITDA            
----------------------------------------------------------------
                                 II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
----------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Eesti                              56         139   -59,7%
--------------------------------                                
Delfi Läti                               38        (30)   226,7%
--------------------------------                                
Delfi Leedu                             306         385   -20,5%
--------------------------------                                
Delfi Ukraina                          (57)       (141)    59,6%
--------------------------------                                
muud Delfi ettevõtted                   191         127    50,4%
--------------------------------                                
segmendisisesed elimineerimised           1        (12)   108,3%
----------------------------------------------------------------
KOKKU                                   534         467    14,3%
----------------------------------------------------------------



       (tuhandetes EUR)                    Müügitulu          
--------------------------------------------------------------
                                 I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
--------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Eesti                          1 576      1 328    18,7%
--------------------------------                              
Delfi Läti                             955        788    21,2%
--------------------------------                              
Delfi Leedu                          1 804      1 656     8,9%
--------------------------------                              
Delfi Ukraina                           23         11   109,1%
--------------------------------                              
muud Delfi ettevõtted                    0         31  -100,0%
--------------------------------                              
segmendisisesed elimineerimised          0       (38)   100,0%
--------------------------------------------------------------
KOKKU                                4 358      3 776    15,4%
--------------------------------------------------------------



       (tuhandetes EUR)                     EBITDA            
--------------------------------------------------------------
                                 I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
--------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Eesti                             56        178   -68,5%
--------------------------------                              
Delfi Läti                              45       (82)   154,9%
--------------------------------                              
Delfi Leedu                            270        326   -17,2%
--------------------------------                              
Delfi Ukraina                        (142)      (247)    42,5%
--------------------------------                              
muud Delfi ettevõtted                  269        211    27,5%
--------------------------------                              
segmendisisesed elimineerimised          0        (2)        -
--------------------------------------------------------------
KOKKU                                  497        383    29,8%
--------------------------------------------------------------



Online-meedia segmendis kasvas kasumlikkus peamiselt tulenevalt käibe kasvust
võrreldes eelmise aastaga, kus peamised kasvu vedajad olid Eesti ja Läti Delfi.
Läti reklaamiturg on selgelt pöördunud ning Delfi on tekkinud kasvust hästi osa
saanud. Leedu Delfi käibe kasv võrreldes eelmise aastaga oli teises kvartalis
tagasihoidlik, samas vähendas Leedu Delfi kasumlikkust aasta algusest muutunud
maksuseadus, mis suurendas ettevõtte tööjõukulusid. Olenemata vähenenud
kasumlikkusest on Leedu Delfi endiselt EBITDA marginaali poolest edukaim Delfi
ettevõte Baltikumis. Eesti Delfi on teises kvartalis panustanud kohalike
uudiste portaali Eesti Elu integreerimisele ning hüperlokaalse reklaami müügi
käivitamisele, samuti mobiiltelefonidesse suunatud reklaami ning portaalis
esitletud videote ette videoreklaami müümisele. Nimetatud kolmest suunast
loodame järgmistel aastatel vedurit reklaamikäibe kasvatamisele. 

Kontsernile kuuluvad uudisteportaalid



Omanik         Portaal        Omanik              Portaal        
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Delfi Eesti    www.delfi.ee   Eesti Ajalehed AS   www.ekspress.ee
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               rus.delfi.ee                       www.maaleht.ee 
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Delfi Läti     www.delfi.lv   AS SL Õhtuleht      www.ohtuleht.ee
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               rus.delfi.lv   Eesti Päevalehe AS  www.epl.ee     
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Delfi Leedu    www.delfi.lt                                      
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               www.klubas.lt                                     
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               ru.delfi.lt                                       
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Delfi Ukraina  www.delfi.ua                                      
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Online-meedia segmendis on oluline ära tuua ka Delfi sisutootmise võimekus,
mille heaks näitajaks on võrdlus suurimate Suurbritannia portaalidega toodetud
sisu hulgas. 



2011. aasta teises kvartalis ei ole toimunud olulisi muudatusi
internetiväljaannete lugejate profiili ja arvu osas. Iseloomulikult suvealguse
perioodile on internetikeskkondade loetavus langevas trendis, kuid keskmiselt
siiski kümmekond protsenti kõrgem kui möödunud aasta samal perioodil. 



Delfi Grupp ei ole enam ainus uue meedia väljaanne, mis tegutseb üle Baltikumi.
2011 aasta teises kvartalis omandas Eesti Meedia AS Läti portaali tvnet.lv ja
omab nüüd portaale kõigis Balti riikides. 



Eesti interneti väljaannete lugejate arv 2009-2011



Delfi Eesti lugejate arv kasvas teises kvartalis ca 11% võrreldes 2010. aasta
sama perioodiga. 



Läti interneti väljaannete lugejate arv 2009-2011



Delfi Läti on jätkuvalt kõige külastatavam uudisteportaal. Konkurentidest on
tvnet.lv ja apollo.lv ligi kolmandiku võrra väiksema külastajate arvuga kui
Delfi.lv ja see vahe on säilinud ka 2011. aasta teises kvartalis. 



Leedu interneti väljaannete lugejate arv 2009-2011



Leedu internetiportaalide külastatavus on langenud Balti turgudest kõige rohkem.

Delfi Leedu oli endiselt 2011. aasta esimeses kvartalis kõige populaarsem
internetikeskkond Leedus ja vaatamata üldisele langusele turul on külastajaid
rohkem kui 2010 aasta teises kvartalis. 



Ukraina interneti väljaannete lugejate arv 2009-2011

Ukraina Delfi lugejate arv on taas kasvama hakanud ja teises kvartalis on tehud
väga hea külastatavusega nädalaid. Samas on külastatavuse fluktuatsioon palju
suurem kui Baltikumis, mis annab lootust, et kui juhuslikult Delfis käivad
külastajad suudetakse püsiklientideks muuta,  paranevad lugejanubrid ka
oluliselt. 



Perioodiliste väljaannete segment

Perioodiliste väljaannete segmenti kuuluvad ajalehtede ja ajakirjade
kirjastusettevõtted, kelle tegevus hõlmab ka raamatute kirjastamist. Samuti
kuulub siia segmenti perioodika kojukandega tegelev AS Express Post. 



       (tuhandetes EUR)                     Müügitulu           
----------------------------------------------------------------
                                 II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
----------------------------------------------------------------
Eesti Ajalehed AS                     2 031       2 002     1,4%
Eesti Päevalehe AS**                  1 272       1 894   -32,8%
SL Õhtuleht AS*                         864         886    -2,5%
AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus*              1 074       1 120    -4,1%
UAB Ekspress Leidyba                    773         745     3,8%
AS Express Post*                        607         592     2,5%
OÜ Uniservice*                            5           4    25,0%
segmendisisesed elimineerimised       (270)     (1 241)    78,2%
KOKKU                                 6 356       6 002     5,9%
----------------------------------------------------------------

*Ühisettevõtetest proportsionaalne osa

** Võrreldavuse huvides on näidatud andmed mõlemas aastas 100%.

       (tuhandetes EUR)                       EBITDA             
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                 II kv 2011  II kv 2010   Muutus%
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Eesti Ajalehed AS                       129         266    -51,5%
--------------------------------                                 
Eesti Päevalehe AS**                  (332)           5  -6740,0%
--------------------------------                                 
SL Õhtuleht AS*                          63         102    -38,2%
--------------------------------                                 
AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus*                 78          47     66,0%
--------------------------------                                 
UAB Ekspress Leidyba                     44          18    144,4%
--------------------------------                                 
AS Express Post*                         78          73      6,8%
--------------------------------                                 
OÜ Uniservice*                            0           0         -
--------------------------------                                 
segmendisisesed elimineerimised          97         (2)         -
--------------------------------                                 
KOKKU                                   157         509    -69,1%
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*Ühisettevõtetest proportsionaalne osa

** Võrreldavuse huvides on näidatud andmed mõlemas aastas 100%.

       (tuhandetes EUR)                    Müügitulu          
--------------------------------------------------------------
                                 I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
--------------------------------------------------------------
Eesti Ajalehed AS                    3 826      3 789     1,0%
Eesti Päevalehe AS**                 2 720      3 329   -18,3%
SL Õhtuleht AS*                      1 701      1 734    -1,9%
AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus*             2 035      2 136    -4,7%
UAB Ekspress Leidyba                 1 428      1 398     2,1%
AS Express Post*                     1 209      1 204     0,4%
OÜ Uniservice*                           8          6    33,3%
segmendisisesed elimineerimised    (1 009)    (2 280)    55,7%
KOKKU                               11 918     11 316     5,3%
--------------------------------------------------------------

*Ühisettevõtetest proportsionaalne osa

** Võrreldavuse huvides on näidatud andmed mõlemas aastas 100%.

       (tuhandetes EUR)                     EBITDA            
--------------------------------------------------------------
                                 I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
--------------------------------------------------------------
Eesti Ajalehed AS                      306        303     1,0%
--------------------------------                              
Eesti Päevalehe AS**                 (461)      (373)   -23,6%
--------------------------------                              
SL Õhtuleht AS*                        113        151   -25,2%
--------------------------------                              
AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus*                60         55     9,1%
--------------------------------                              
UAB Ekspress Leidyba                     2       (72)   102,8%
--------------------------------                              
AS Express Post*                       149        155    -3,9%
--------------------------------                              
OÜ Uniservice*                          -3         -3     0,0%
--------------------------------                              
segmendisisesed elimineerimised        135        186        -
--------------------------------                              
KOKKU                                  301        402   -25,0%
--------------------------------------------------------------

*Ühisettevõtetest proportsionaalne osa

** Võrreldavuse huvides on näidatud andmed mõlemas aastas 100%.

Perioodiliste väljaannete segmendi tulemust mõjutasid teises kvartalis lisaks
Eesti Päevalehe AS-i reorganiseerimisele veel ka ajalehepaberi hinna tõus, mis
on vähendanud perioodiliste väljaannete kasumlikkust. Peamiselt eeltoodud
põhjusel jäid oma eelmise aasta tulemusele alla nii AS SL Õhtuleht kui ka AS
Eesti Ajalehed. Ajakirjade kirjastajad nii Eestis kui Leedus on võrreldes
eelmise aastaga EBITDA-d parandanud märgatavalt. Oluliselt on Leedus asuvat
ajakirjade kirjastajat aidanud turuosa ning tulemuslikkuse kasvatamisel eelmise
aasta kevadel sooritatud rahvusvahelise ajakirja Cosmopolitan litsensi
omandamine. Eesti Päevalehe AS-i tulemust mõjutas teises kvartalis ka
varasemalt kirjastatud raamatute ühekordne allahindlus summas 96 tuhat eurot.
Kuna alla hinnati raamatuid, mis olid Eesti Päevalehe AS-i bilansis ka seisuga
28.02.2011, mis oli aluseks märtsi alguses toimunud 100% osaluse soetamise
ostuanalüüsi koostamisel, siis korrigeeriti kontsernis selle summa võrra
ostuanalüüsi ja tekkinud firmaväärtust ning see allahindlus ei mõjuta
konsolideeritud EBITDA-d. Oluline on märkida, et perioodiliste väljaannete
segmendis jäi teises kvartalis pärast valimisreklaamide mõju kadumist ja üsna
kehva kvartali algust segmendi reklaamikäive kokkuvõtvalt eelmise aasta
tasemele, mis lubab oodata aasta teiselt poolelt reklaamikäibe kasvu võrreldes
eelmise aastaga. 

Eesti ajalehtede tiraaz 2009-2010

Eesti päevalehtede tiraažid näitavad vaikselt stabiliseerumise märke ja teises
kvartalis olulisi ja märkimisväärseid muutusi tiraažides ei ole olnud. 

Eesti ajalehtede lugejaskond 2009-2011

2011. aasta teises kvartalis on lugejate arvu märgatavalt kasvatanud Õhtuleht
See on ajalehe turul märkimisväärne sündmus, kuna kahte kvartalit järjest
lugejanubreid kasvatada ei ole ükski väljaanne viimastel aastatel suutnud. 

AS-i Ekspress Grupp Leedu ajakirjade lugejaskond 2010-2011

AS-i Ekspress Grupp Leedu ajakirjade kogu lugejate arv on kasvanud 6,4%
võrreldes eelmise perioodiga. Kogu ajakirjade lugejate hulk on kasvanud 7% TNS
andmetel. Seega Ekspress Leidyba lugejate arv on kasvanud samas tempos üldise
lugejate arvuga. 

Kuigi Panele lugejate arv on vähenenud 16000 võrra on Panele endiselt oma
segmendi loetum väljanne. Suurima lugejate hulga kasvu on teinud Moteris (+17
000) ja Tavo Vaikas (+4 000) 

Trükiteenuste segment

AS-i Ekspress Grupp kõik trükiteenused on kontsentreerunud ASi Printall, mis on
Eesti üks suurim trükkimisega tegelev ettevõte Eestis. Printall on võimeline
trükkima nii ajalehti (coldset) kui ka ajakirju (heatset). 



(tuhandetes EUR)             Müügitulu           
-------------------------------------------------
                  II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
-------------------------------------------------
AS Printall            6 998       5 934    17,9%
-------------------------------------------------



(tuhandetes EUR)               EBITDA            
-------------------------------------------------
                  II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
-------------------------------------------------
AS Printall            1 551       1 356    14,4%
-------------------------------------------------



(tuhandetes EUR)            Müügitulu          
-----------------------------------------------
                  I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
-----------------------------------------------
AS Printall          13 467     11 485    17,3%
-----------------------------------------------



(tuhandetes EUR)             EBITDA            
-----------------------------------------------
                  I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
-----------------------------------------------
AS Printall           3 047      2 569    18,6%
-----------------------------------------------



Trükiteenuste segmendis suutis trükikoda Printall kasvatada käivet võrreldes
eelmise aastaga 18% ning kasumit 14%. Seda suuresti ekspordi arvelt
Skandinaaviasse. Ekspordi osakaal kogukäibest on aastaga kasvanud 64%-lt
67%-ni. Ettevõte on jõudmas tootmisvõimsuste piirini ning ettevõtte juhatus on
valmistamas ette investeerimiskava tootmisvõimsuse lisamiseks. 

Trükiteenuste geograafiline jaotus

                         II kv 2011  II kv 2010  Muutus%
--------------------------------------------------------
                        --------------------------------
Eksport                         67%         63%      24%
------------------------                                
Soome                            8%          8%      11%
------------------------                                
Rootsi                          19%         19%      16%
------------------------                                
Venemaa                         11%         13%      -2%
------------------------                                
Norra                           15%         12%      49%
------------------------                                
Taani                            3%          4%     -10%
------------------------                                
Leedu                            3%          2%      31%
------------------------                                
muu eksport                      9%          5%     105%
------------------------                                
Eesti                           33%         37%       7%
------------------------                                
Käive kokku                    100%        100%      18%
--------------------------------------------------------
                        --------------------------------
sh kontsernisisene müük         15%         18%       2%
------------------------                                
sh kontserniväline müük         85%         82%      21%
--------------------------------------------------------



                         I pa 2011  I pa 2010  Muutus%
------------------------------------------------------
                        ------------------------------
Eksport                        67%        63%      24%
------------------------                              
Soome                           7%         8%       2%
------------------------                              
Rootsi                         19%        19%      19%
------------------------                              
Venemaa                        11%        13%      -3%
------------------------                              
Norra                          16%        12%      53%
------------------------                              
Taani                           3%         4%       2%
------------------------                              
Leedu                           3%         3%      27%
------------------------                              
muu eksport                     8%         5%      99%
------------------------                              
Eesti                          33%        37%       5%
------------------------                              
Käive kokku                   100%       100%      17%
------------------------------------------------------
                        ------------------------------
sh kontsernisisene müük        15%        18%      -2%
------------------------                              
sh kontserniväline müük        85%        82%      21%
------------------------------------------------------



Konsolideeritud finantsseisundi aruanne (auditeerimata)

(tuhandetes EUR)                   30.06.2011  31.12.2010
---------------------------------------------------------
                                  -----------------------
VARAD                                                    
----------------------------------                       
Käibevara                                                
----------------------------------                       
Raha ja raha ekvivalendid               1 607       2 767
----------------------------------                       
Nõuded ja ettemaksed                    6 522       6 943
----------------------------------                       
Varud                                   2 804       2 961
----------------------------------                       
Kokku                                  10 933      12 671
----------------------------------                       
Müügiootel põhivara                        60          60
----------------------------------                       
Käibevara kokku                        10 993      12 731
----------------------------------                       
Põhivara                                                 
----------------------------------                       
Tähtajaline hoius                       3 021       3 009
----------------------------------                       
Nõuded ja ettemaksed                      153         161
----------------------------------                       
Investeeringud sidusettevõtetesse           8           8
----------------------------------                       
Materiaalne põhivara                   17 762      19 137
----------------------------------                       
Immateriaalne põhivara                 53 357      50 936
----------------------------------                       
Põhivara kokku                         74 301      73 251
----------------------------------                       
VARAD KOKKU                            85 294      85 982
---------------------------------------------------------
                                  -----------------------
KOHUSTUSED JA OMAKAPITAL                                 
----------------------------------                       
Kohustused                                               
----------------------------------                       
Lühiajalised kohustused                                  
----------------------------------                       
Laenukohustused                         6 252       5 233
----------------------------------                       
Võlad ja ettemaksed                     9 870      10 785
----------------------------------                       
Lühiajalised kohustused kokku          16 122      16 018
----------------------------------                       
Pikaajalised kohustused                                  
----------------------------------                       
Pikaajalised laenukohustused           30 376      33 053
----------------------------------                       
Muud pikaajalised võlad                     0           2
----------------------------------                       
Tuletisinstrumendid                       281         610
----------------------------------                       
Pikaajalised kohustused kokku          30 657      33 665
----------------------------------                       
Kohustused kokku                       46 779      49 683
----------------------------------                       
Omakapital                                               
----------------------------------                       
Aktsiakapital                          17 878      19 044
----------------------------------                       
Ülekurss                               14 277      14 277
----------------------------------                       
Reservid                                  375          46
----------------------------------                       
Jaotamata kasum                         5 846       2 900
----------------------------------                       
Valuutakursi muutuste reserv              139          32
----------------------------------                       
Omakapital kokku                       38 515      36 299
----------------------------------                       
KOHUSTUSED JA OMAKAPITAL KOKKU         85 294      85 982
---------------------------------------------------------

 Konsolideeritud koondkasumiaruanne (auditeerimata)

(tuhandetes EUR)                             II kv     II kv      I pa      I pa
                                              2011      2010      2011      2010
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         ---------------------------------------
Müügitulu                                   14 963    13 454    28 109    25 112
-----------------------------------------                                       
Müüdud toodangu kulu                        11 575    10 086    22 104    19 679
-----------------------------------------                                       
Brutokasum                                   3 388     3 368     6 005     5 433
-----------------------------------------                                       
Turunduskulud                                  509       572       950     1 113
-----------------------------------------                                       
Üldhalduskulud                               1 773     1 510     3 412     3 199
-----------------------------------------                                       
Muud äritulud                                  128       122     1 742       201
-----------------------------------------                                       
sh kasum äriühendustest                          0         0     1 540         0
-----------------------------------------                                       
Muud ärikulud                                  100        59       155        73
-----------------------------------------                                       
Ärikasum                                     1 134     1 349     3 230     1 249
-----------------------------------------                                       
Intressitulud                                   10         4        20        15
-----------------------------------------                                       
Intressikulud                                  576       694     1 135     1 318
-----------------------------------------                                       
Kasum (kahjum) valuutakursi muutusest         (31)        61     (102)        90
-----------------------------------------                                       
Muud finantskulud                               35        36        72       101
-----------------------------------------                                       
Kokku finantstulud/kulud                     (632)     (665)   (1 289)   (1 314)
-----------------------------------------                                       
Kasum/(kahjum) sidusettevõtete                (10)      (15)      (11)      (25)
 aktsiatelt ja osadelt                                                          
-----------------------------------------                                       
Kasum/(kahjum) enne tulumaksustamist           492       669     1 930      (90)
-----------------------------------------                                       
Tulumaks                                        98         0       150       370
-----------------------------------------                                       
Kasum/(kahjum) jätkuvatest                     394       669     1 780     (460)
 tegevusvaldkondadest                                                           
-----------------------------------------                                       
Kasum/(kahjum) lõpetatud tegevustest             0         0         0       363
-----------------------------------------                                       
Aruandeperioodi kasum/(kahjum)                 394       669     1 780      (97)
-----------------------------------------                                       
Muu koondkasum/(-kahjum)                                                        
-----------------------------------------                                       
Realiseerimata kursivahed                       36      (37)       107     (150)
-----------------------------------------                                       
Kasum/(-kahjum) riskimaandamisreservi           93         0       329         0
 muutusest                                                                      
-----------------------------------------                                       
Muu koondkasum/(-kahjum) kokku                 129      (37)       436     (150)
-----------------------------------------                                       
Aruandeperioodi koondkasum/ (-kahjum)          523       632     2 216     (247)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tava- ja lahustunud kasum aktsia kohta        0,01      0,03      0,06    (0,00)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Konsolideeritud rahavoogude aruanne (auditeerimata)

(tuhandetes EUR)                                                  I pa      I pa
                                                                  2011      2010
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             -------------------
Jätkuvate tegevusvaldkondade rahavood äritegevusest                             
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Aruandeperioodi ärikasum (-kahjum)                               3 230     1 249
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Korrigeerimised:                                                                
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Põhivara kulum ja väärtuse langus                                1 728     1 661
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Kasum(-) kahjum(+) äriühendustest                              (1 540)         0
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Kasum (-) kahjum (+) põhivara müügist ja mahakandmisest            (7)       (3)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Muutus käibekapitalis:                                                          
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Äritegevusega seotud nõuete ja ettemaksete muutus                (425)   (2 525)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Varude muutus                                                      157       764
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Äritegevusega seotud kohustuste ja ettemaksete muutus            (991)   (1 406)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Rahavoog põhitegevusest                                          2 125     (260)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Makstud ettevõtte tulumaks                                        (98)     (370)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Makstud intressid                                              (1 246)   (1 386)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jätkuvate tegevusvaldkondade rahavood äritegevuses kokku           781   (2 016)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lõpetatud tegevusvaldkonna äritegevuses kasutatavad rahavood         0     (160)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             -------------------
Rahavood investeerimistegevusest                                                
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Tütarettevõtete ja ühisettevõtete ost                             (26)         0
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Tütarettevõtete müük                                                 0     3 980
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Saadud intressid                                                    20        15
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Põhivara soetamine                                               (400)     (288)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Põhivara müük                                                       25        18
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Antud laenud                                                      (16)       (4)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Antud laenude tagasimaksed                                         127       610
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jätkuvate tegevusvaldkondade investeerimistegevuses              (270)     4 332
 kasutatavad rahavood kokku                                                     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lõpetatud tegevusvaldkonna rahavood investeerimistegevusest          0         0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             -------------------
Jätkuvate tegevusvaldkondade rahavood                                           
 finantseerimistegevusest                                                       
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Aktsiate emiteerimine                                                0     5 248
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Tasutud kapitalirendi maksed                                     (611)     (678)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Arvelduskrediidi kasutuse muutus                                   583   (2 504)
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Saadud laenud                                                       28       116
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Saadud laenude tagasimaksed                                    (1 671)   (4 972)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jätkuvate tegevusvaldkondade finantseerimistegevuses           (1 671)   (2 790)
 kasutatavad rahavood kokku                                                     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lõpetatud tegevusvaldkonna finantseerimistegevuses                   0       (5)
 kasutatavad rahavood                                                           
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RAHA JA RAHA EKVIVALENTIDE MUUTUS                              (1 160)     (640)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             -------------------
Raha ja raha ekvivalendid perioodi alguses                       2 767     2 553
-------------------------------------------------------------                   
Raha ja raha ekvivalendid perioodi lõpus                         1 607     1 914
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------




         Lisainformatsioon:
         Gunnar Kobin
         Juhatuse esimees
         GSM: +372 5188111
         e-mail: [email protected]

Content of announcement in English

Title

CORRECTION: AS Ekspress Grupp: Consolidated Interim Report for the Second Quarter and First Half Year of 2011

Message

Tallinn, Estonia, 2011-08-02 16:16 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --


In the Group's Consolidated Interim Report for the II quarter and first half
year of 2011, published on 1 August 2011,  there was a mistake in the
Management Report's periodicals segment table (page 15) - the EBITDA of Eesti
Ajalehed AS in the second quarter of 2010 was incorrect, as well as the sum of
intersegment eliminations in the second quarter of 2010. 

The EBITDA of Eesti Ajalehed AS in the second quarter of 2010 should have been
EUR 266 thousand and the sum of intersegment eliminations in the second quarter
of  2010 should have been EUR  -2 thousand . 

The mistakes have been corrected in the attached interim reports.

The full corrected release follows:



The following report presents the consolidated financial information of
Ekspress Group, the related market developments and management decisions. The
financial indicators and ratios show the outcome of the Group's continuing
operations, i.e. they express the consolidated operating results of online
media, periodicals and printing services segments. 

Key financial indicators

                                        

         Financial indicators (EUR thousand)           Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the reporting period                                                        
------------------------------------------------------                          
Sales                                                   14 963   13 454      11%
------------------------------------------------------                          
Gross profit                                             3 388    3 368       1%
------------------------------------------------------                          
EBITDA                                                   2 024    2 179      -7%
------------------------------------------------------                          
EBITDA (excl. profit from business combinations)         2 024    2 179      -7%
------------------------------------------------------                          
Operating profit                                         1 134    1 349     -16%
------------------------------------------------------                          
Operating profit (excl. profit from business             1 134    1 349     -16%
 combinations)                                                                  
------------------------------------------------------                          
Net profit(loss) from continuing operations                394      669     -41%
------------------------------------------------------                          
Net profit/(loss) for the period                           394      669     -41%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



     Financial indicators (EUR thousand)         Half year     Half year  Change
                                                      2011          2010     %  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the reporting period                                                        
---------------------------------------------                                   
Sales                                               28 109        25 112     12%
---------------------------------------------                                   
Gross profit                                         6 005         5 433     11%
---------------------------------------------                                   
EBITDA                                               4 958         2 912     70%
---------------------------------------------                                   
EBITDA (excl. profit from business                   3 418         2 912     17%
 combinations)                                                                  
---------------------------------------------                                   
Operating profit                                     3 230         1 249    159%
---------------------------------------------                                   
Operating profit (excl. profit from business         1 690         1 249     35%
 combinations)                                                                  
---------------------------------------------                                   
Net profit(loss) from continuing operations          1 780         (460)    487%
---------------------------------------------                                   
Net profit/(loss) for the period                     1 780          (97)   1935%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Financial ratios

Profitability ratios (%)  Q2 2011  Q2 2010
------------------------------------------
                         -----------------
Sales growth (%)              11%      -4%
-------------------------                 
Gross margin (%)              23%      25%
-------------------------                 
EBITDA margin (%)             14%      16%
-------------------------                 
Operating margin (%)           8%      10%
-------------------------                 
Net margin (%)                 3%       5%
-------------------------                 
ROA (%)                        0%       1%
-------------------------                 
ROE (%)                        1%       2%
------------------------------------------
Earnings per share EUR       0.01     0.03
------------------------------------------



Profitability ratios (%)  Half year 2011  Half year 2010
--------------------------------------------------------
                         -------------------------------
Sales growth (%)                     12%             -8%
-------------------------                               
Gross margin (%)                     21%             22%
-------------------------                               
EBITDA margin (%)                    12%             12%
-------------------------                               
Operating margin (%)                  6%              5%
-------------------------                               
Net margin (%)                        6%              0%
-------------------------                               
ROA (%)                               2%              0%
-------------------------                               
ROE (%)                               6%              0%
--------------------------------------------------------
Earnings per share EUR              0.06          (0.00)
--------------------------------------------------------



Formulas used to calculate the financial indicators:

      Sales growth (%)         (sales Q2 2011 - sales Q2 2010) / sales Q2       
                                2010*100                                        
      Gross margin (%)         gross profit/sales*100                           
      Net margin (%)           net profit/sales*100                             
      EBITDA margin (%)        EBITDA (excl. profit from business combinations) 
                                / sales*100                                     
      Operating margin (%)     operating profit (excl. profit from business     
                                combinations)/sales*100                         
      Earnings per share       net profit/average number of shares              
      ROA (%)                                  net profit/average assets *100   
      ROE (%)                                  net profit/average equity *100   
-----                                                                           
Financial position ratios (%)                   30.06.2011            31.12.2010
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Equity ratio (%)                                       45%                   42%
------------------------------                                                  
Liquidity ratio                                        0.7                   0.8
------------------------------                                                  
Debt to equity ratio (%)                               95%                  107%
------------------------------                                                  
Debt to capital ratio (%)                              45%                   47%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                

Formulas used to calculate the financial indicators:

Equity ratio (%)         equity / (liabilities + equity)* 100                   
Liquidity ratio          current assets/current liabilities                     
Debt to equity ratio     interest bearing liabilities /equity*100               
 (%)                                                                            
Debt to capital ratio    interest-bearing borrowings-cash and bank accounts (net
 (%)                      debt)/                                                
                         (net debt + equity)*100                                



The key event for the Group in the 2nd quarter was the reorganisation process
implemented after the acquisition of Eesti Päevalehe AS which concerned both
the product as well as represented an organisational reform involving several
entities. 

In the 2nd quarter, the net profit of Ekspress Grupp totalled EUR 394 thousand.
In the first half year, the Group's net profit totalled EUR 1.78 million. The
results of the both the 2nd quarter as well as the first half year were
impacted by several extraordinary activities, with both positive and negative
effects on the financial performance. The change in goodwill that was related
to the acquisition of the shares of Eesti Päevalehe AS in the amount of EUR
1.54 million had a positive effect on the Group's net profit. However, in the
second quarter, the profit was reduced by the restructuring costs, accrual for
a potential claim related to a court case and a full ownership of the currently
unprofitable Eesti Päevalehe AS instead of the former 50% ownership as compared
to last year. 

In the 2nd quarter, the EBITDA totalled EUR 2.024 million, which is 7% lower
than a year ago. After normalising the results with extraordinary one-off
expenses in the amount of EUR 162 thousand, the normalised EBITDA was 2.186
million which is at the same level as in the same period of last year. 

The Group's EBITDA without profit from business combinations in the first half
year totalled EUR 3.418 million which was 17% higher than last year. 

The one-off expenses in the 2nd quarter were

  -- accrual for a potential claim in the amount of a EUR 60 thousand that was
     related to the action filed against AS Eesti Ajalehed and AS Delfi and that
     was lost in the court of first instance. Group entities have decided to
     appeal the judgement of the court of first instance.
  -- redundancy costs in the amount of EUR 100 thousand related to the
     reorganisation expenses at Eesti Päevalehe AS after the acquisition of
     ownership interest from the co-shareholder.
  -- extraordinary relocation expenses in the amount of EUR 32 thousand related
     to the relocation of various units of AS Eesti Ajalehed and AS Delfi in
     conjunction with the reorganisation of the entities.



Most of the expenses related to the reorganisation have been incurred and the
steps have been taken, but some expenses can still be incurred in the second
half of the year. 

It is also important to note that considering the loss of Eesti Päevalehe AS
and the gross profit of AS Printall from the printing of Eesti Päevaleht, the
Group incurred a loss of ca EUR 30 thousand from the publishing of Eesti
Päevaleht in the first half year. The Management Board expects the publishing
of Eesti Päevaleht to become profitable for the Group on the consolidated
basis. 

During the organisational reform, the editorial offices of the newspapers Eesti
Ekspress, Eesti Päevaleht and Maaleht as well as that of the portal Delfi were
relocated to premises in the former office space of Eesti Päevaleht. The
support functions and administrative offices of the entities were relocated to
the premises of Eesti Ekspress and Maaleht. During the aforementioned
organisational reform, various duplicate positions were made redundant and the
lease agreement at the former premises of AS Delfi was terminated. With the
relocation of the editorial office into the same premises, the exchange of
information between various publications and collaboration relating to the
coverage of major events have significantly improved, leading to both cost
savings as well as additional value in terms of content. 

In addition to the relocation of editorial and administrative offices, the
first step involved setting up a book publishing unit as a separate department
of AS Eesti Ajalehed, which includes all book publishing operations of the
Group's wholly-owned publishing entities and the next step of which involves
setting up a new book publishing entity in the autumn of the current year. A
financial services unit was set up at the parent company, which will provide
services to the Group's subsidiaries operating in media business. The objective
of both steps is to increase efficiency through cost optimisation and in case
of the book publisher, also to increase its competitive advantage. As a
structural reform, a separate E-media department was created at AS Eesti
Ajalehed with the goal of coordinating digital publishing operations of all
publishing entities. 

The cost effects achieved during the reorganisation will be evident in the 3rd
quarter, but the reorganisation process will likely last until the end of the
year. 

The newspaper Eesti Päevaleht underwent an important product upgrade in the 2nd
quarter. Under the management of the new editor-in-chief Vallo Toomet who had
previously been in charge of the editorial team of economic news, a renewed
Eesti Päevaleht was developed and launched in a more magazine-like format. The
first issue was printed on 4 July. The editor-in-chief of Eesti Ekspress was
replaced, the former editor-in-chief of Kuku Raadio Janek Luts became its new
editor-in-chief. 

In the 2nd quarter, the joint campaign of digital newspapers of Eesti Päevaleht
and Eesti Ekspress was launched. As the first step of the campaign, the
subscribers of the digital versions of the two newspapers were offered an
opportunity to purchase Apple iPad tablet PCs. The success of the campaign was
significantly hindered by the availability of tablet PCs, as a result of which
we decided to continue with the campaign after resolving the manufacturer's
supply issues. As the second step, the marketing of digital publications of
Eesti Päevaleht and Eesti Ekspress for regular PCs was launched. For creation
of a digital publication for PCs, AS Eesti Ajalehed has in collaboration with
its IT partner developed a software solution which enables to use the product
published in iPad also in regular desktop and laptop PCs. AS Eesti Ajalehed
plans to market the same software solution to the publishing entities in other
countries who use similar newspaper and magazine publishing platform for iPad
and the first contacts have already been made. 

With regard to the online media segment, the development at Delfi Ukraine is
worthwhile mentioning. After the product reform that was conducted at the
beginning of the year, during which Delfi Ukraine abandoned its former
conservative information portal strategy and launched a concept of more
entertaining, mostly tabloidish style social news, the readership of the portal
has started to grow steadily and reached new highs in terms of user numbers and
pageviews. The sale of advertisements has also been activating, which in the
best month of May exceeded EUR 7 thousand. The current trends have made the
Group's Management Board hopeful in terms of continuing improvement of the
financial results of Delfi Ukraine. Our objective is to become profitable on
monhtly basis by next spring. The agreement between Delfi and the international
company Deal24 offering discount deals is also worth mentioning, on the basis
of which Delfi will offer vouchers under the trademark of Delfi Deal in all
Baltic States in autumn. Delfi also launched an aggregation environment for
vouchers in other countries, where advertisements to other companies offering
vouchers are sold. 

In the 2nd quarter, as a major product development upgrade, Delfi launched the
environments for collection and displaying of entertaining pictures, videos and
jokes by users (in Estonia, under the trademark of Vimka.ee). The integration
of Delfi with the environment of Facebook is also worth mentioning, whereby
from June, it is possible to read the news posted by the company parallel with
the news comments posted by one's Facebook friends without leaving Delfi. 

With regard to organisational restructuring, AS Ekspress Grupp and AS Eesti
Meedia decided to transfer jointly published AS Linnaleht into the ownership
and under the management of the joint venture AS SL Õhtuleht. This step should
lead to modest cost savings, but also improve the marketing capability. 

In June, the joint venture AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus acquired  a 49% minority
interest in Uniservice OÜ. This should help the integration of the portal
toidumaailm.ee and the magazine Oma Maitse as well as lead to cost
optimisation. 

The sales process of AS Express Post to AS Eesti Post is still underway, the
concerned parties have submitted the required information to the Estonian
Competition Authority which is expected to make a decision during the 3rd
quarter. 

In conformity with the injunction of the Estonian Competition Authority, the
Group has also submitted a concentration application in respect of the
acquisition of the shares of Eesti Päevalehe AS. The concentration application
was not submitted earlier because AS Ekspress Grupp did not acquire control
over the other entity during a regular purchase and sales transaction, but
through various financing decisions to prevent the Group's insolvency in a
situation in which the co-shareholders did not wish to continue providing
financing. 

In the next quarter, the Group's focus will be on the completion of the
organisational reform, and development and marketing of digital versions of
published newspapers. The Group's wide product range will provide us an
excellent opportunity to offer our customers packages with miscellaneous
products, both on paper and in a digital form. We also plan to renew the offer
of tablet PCs in a package with the Group's digital products and actively
market the digital newspaper versions developed for PCs. 



Overview of the segments



Key financial data of the segments Q2 2010/2011

     (EUR thousand)                  Sales          
----------------------------------------------------
                           Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
----------------------------------------------------
online-media                 2 505    2 235    12.1%
--------------------------                          
periodicals                  6 356    6 002     5.9%
--------------------------                          
printing services            6 998    5 934    17.9%
--------------------------                          
corporate functions             48       33    45.5%
--------------------------                          
intersegment eliminations    (944)    (750)   -25.9%
----------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                       14 963   13 454    11.2%
----------------------------------------------------



     (EUR thousand)                 EBITDA          
----------------------------------------------------
                           Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
----------------------------------------------------
online-media                   534      467    14.3%
--------------------------                          
periodicals                    157      509   -69.2%
--------------------------                          
printing services            1 551    1 356    14.4%
--------------------------                          
corporate functions          (221)    (152)   -45.4%
--------------------------                          
intersegment eliminations        3      (1)   400.0%
----------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                        2 024    2 179    -7.1%
----------------------------------------------------



Key financial data of the segments for the first half year of 2010/2011

     (EUR thousand)                         Sales                 
------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Half year 2011  Half year 2010  Change%
------------------------------------------------------------------
online-media                        4 358           3 776    15.4%
--------------------------                                        
periodicals                        11 918          11 316     5.3%
--------------------------                                        
printing services                  13 467          11 485    17.3%
--------------------------                                        
corporate functions                    74              69     7.2%
--------------------------                                        
intersegment eliminations         (1 708)         (1 534)   -11.3%
------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                              28 109          25 112    11.9%
------------------------------------------------------------------



     (EUR thousand)                         EBITDA                
------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Half year 2011  Half year 2010  Change%
------------------------------------------------------------------
online-media                          497             383    29.8%
--------------------------                                        
periodicals                           301             402   -25.1%
--------------------------                                        
printing services                   3 047           2 569    18.6%
--------------------------                                        
corporate functions                 1 105           (439)   351.7%
--------------------------                                        
intersegment eliminations               8             (3)   366.7%
------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                               4 958           2 912    70.3%
------------------------------------------------------------------



EBITDA margin      Q2 2011  Q2 2010
-----------------------------------
online-media         21.3%    20.9%
------------------                 
periodicals           2.5%     8.5%
------------------                 
printing services    22.2%    22.9%
-----------------------------------



EBITDA margin      Half year 2011  Half year 2010
-------------------------------------------------
online-media                11.4%           10.1%
------------------                               
periodicals                  2.5%            3.6%
------------------                               
printing services           22.6%           22.4%
-------------------------------------------------

Online-media segment



The online media includes Delfi operations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and
Ukraine. 



     (EUR thousand)                  Sales          
----------------------------------------------------
                           Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
----------------------------------------------------
Delfi Estonia                  875      743    17.8%
--------------------------                          
Delfi Latvia                   533      435    22.5%
--------------------------                          
Delfi Lithuania              1 085    1 035     4.8%
--------------------------                          
Delfi Ukraine                   16       10    60.0%
--------------------------                          
other Delfi companies            0       15  -100.0%
--------------------------                          
intersegment eliminations      (4)      (3)   -33.3%
----------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                        2 505    2 235    12.1%
----------------------------------------------------



     (EUR thousand)                 EBITDA          
----------------------------------------------------
                           Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
----------------------------------------------------
Delfi Estonia                   56      139   -59.7%
--------------------------                          
Delfi Latvia                    38     (30)   226.7%
--------------------------                          
Delfi Lithuania                306      385   -20.5%
--------------------------                          
Delfi Ukraine                 (57)    (141)    59.6%
--------------------------                          
other Delfi companies          191      127    50.4%
--------------------------                          
intersegment eliminations        1     (12)   108.3%
----------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                          534      467    14.3%
----------------------------------------------------



     (EUR thousand)                         Sales                 
------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Half year 2011  Half year 2010  Change%
------------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Estonia                       1 576           1 328    18.7%
--------------------------                                        
Delfi Latvia                          955             788    21.2%
--------------------------                                        
Delfi Lithuania                     1 804           1 656     8.9%
--------------------------                                        
Delfi Ukraine                          23              11   109.1%
--------------------------                                        
other Delfi companies                   0              31  -100.0%
--------------------------                                        
intersegment eliminations               0            (38)   100.0%
------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                               4 358           3 776    15.4%
------------------------------------------------------------------



     (EUR thousand)                         EBITDA                
------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Half year 2011  Half year 2010  Change%
------------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Estonia                          56             178   -68.5%
--------------------------                                        
Delfi Latvia                           45            (82)   154.9%
--------------------------                                        
Delfi Lithuania                       270             326   -17.2%
--------------------------                                        
Delfi Ukraine                       (142)           (247)    42.5%
--------------------------                                        
other Delfi companies                 269             211    27.5%
--------------------------                                        
intersegment eliminations               0             (2)        -
------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL                                 497             383    29.8%
------------------------------------------------------------------



In the online media segment, the profitability increased primarily due to the
sales growth as compared to last year, whereas the key growth drivers were
Delfi Estonia and Delfi Latvia. The Latvian advertising market has clearly
turned around and Delfi has nicely benefited from this growth. The sales growth
of Delfi Lithuania was modest in the 2nd quarter as compared to last year, the
profitability of Delfi Lithuania was reduced by the tax law amendments at the
beginning of the year, leading to higher labour costs at the company. Despite
lower profitability,  Delfi Lithuania still has the highest EBITDA margin among
Delfi entities in the Baltic States. In the 2nd quarter, Delfi Estonia laid
emphasis on the integration of the local news portal Eesti Elu and the launch
of hyperlocal advertising sales, as well as the sale of advertisements via
mobile phones and video advertisements before the videos shown in the portal.
We hope to grow our advertising sales in all three areas over the following
years. 

News portals owned by the Group

Owner            Portal         Owner               Portal         
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Estonia    www.delfi.ee   Eesti Ajalehed AS   www.ekspress.ee
-------------------------------------------------------------------
                 rus.delfi.ee                       www.maaleht.ee 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Latvia     www.delfi.lv   AS SL Õhtuleht      www.ohtuleht.ee
-------------------------------------------------------------------
                 rus.delfi.lv   Eesti Päevalehe AS  www.epl.ee     
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Lithuania  www.delfi.lt                                      
-------------------------------------------------------------------
                 www.klubas.lt                                     
-------------------------------------------------------------------
                 ru.delfi.lt                                       
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Delfi Ukraine    www.delfi.ua                                      
-------------------------------------------------------------------



In the online segment, the content production capability of Delfi is also
worthwhile mentioning, a good measure of which is its comparison with the
largest UK portals. 

In the 2nd quarter of 2011, there were no major changes in terms of the profile
and number of readers of online publications. Characteristic of the period at
the beginning of the summer, the readership in online environments is in a
downward trend, but it is still ten percentage points higher on average than in
the same period last year. 



Delfi Group is no longer the only media publication with operations in all
Baltic States. In the 2nd quarter of 2011,  Eesti Meedia AS acquired the
Latvian portal tvnet.lv and now owns portals in all Baltic States. 



Estonian online readership 2009-2011



In the 2nd quarter, the number of readers of Delfi Estonia increased by ca. 11%
as compared to the same period last year. 



Latvian online readership 2009-2011



Delfi Latvia continues to be the most visited news portal. Of the competitors,
tvnet.lv and apollo.lv have almost a third fewer visitors than Delfi.lt and
this difference has prevailed also in the 2nd quarter of 2011. 



Lithuanian online readership 2009-2011



The number of visitors of Lithuanian internet portals has declined the most in
the Baltic markets. 

In the 2nd quarter of 2011, Delfi Lithuania continued to be the most popular
Internet environment in Lithuania and despite the general decline, there were
more visitors than in the 2nd quarter of 2010. 



Ukrainian online readership 2009-2011



The number of readers of Delfi Ukraine has started to increase again and in the
2nd quarter, there were several weeks with excellent visitor numbers. However,
the number of visitors fluctuates significantly more than in the Baltic States,
which could lead to much higher readership numbers once the visitors to Delfi
sites have been turned into loyal customers. 



Periodicals segment

The periodicals segment includes publishers of newspapers and magazines, the
operations of which also include publishing of books. This segment also
includes AS Express Post, engaged in home delivery of periodicals. 



     (EUR thousand)                  Sales          
----------------------------------------------------
                           Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
----------------------------------------------------
Eesti Ajalehed AS            2 031    2 002     1.4%
Eesti Päevalehe AS**         1 272    1 894   -32.8%
SL Õhtuleht AS*                864      886    -2.5%
AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus*     1 074    1 120    -4.1%
UAB Ekspress Leidyba           773      745     3.8%
AS Express Post*               607      592     2.5%
OÜ Uniservice*                   5        4    25.0%
intersegment eliminations    (270)  (1 241)    78.2%
TOTAL                        6 356    6 002     5.9%
----------------------------------------------------

*Proportionate share of joint ventures

** for the purpose of comparability, the information for both years is shown as
100%. 

     (EUR thousand)                  EBITDA          
-----------------------------------------------------
                           Q2 2011  Q2 2010   Change%
-----------------------------------------------------
Eesti Ajalehed AS              129      266    -51.5%
--------------------------                           
Eesti Päevalehe AS**         (332)        5  -6740.0%
--------------------------                           
SL Õhtuleht AS*                 63      102    -38.2%
--------------------------                           
AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus*        78       47     66.0%
--------------------------                           
UAB Ekspress Leidyba            44       18    144.4%
--------------------------                           
AS Express Post*                78       73      6.8%
--------------------------                           
OÜ Uniservice*                   0        0         -
--------------------------                           
intersegment eliminations       97      (2)         -
--------------------------                           
TOTAL                          157      509    -69.1%
-----------------------------------------------------

*Proportionate share of joint ventures

** for the purpose of comparability, the information for both years is shown as
100%. 

     (EUR thousand)                         Sales                 
------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Half year 2011  Half year 2010  Change%
------------------------------------------------------------------
Eesti Ajalehed AS                   3 826           3 789     1.0%
Eesti Päevalehe AS**                2 720           3 329   -18.3%
SL Õhtuleht AS*                     1 701           1 734    -1.9%
AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus*            2 035           2 136    -4.7%
UAB Ekspress Leidyba                1 428           1 398     2.1%
AS Express Post*                    1 209           1 204     0.4%
OÜ Uniservice*                          8               6    33.3%
intersegment eliminations         (1 009)         (2 280)    55.7%
TOTAL                              11 918          11 316     5.3%
------------------------------------------------------------------

*Proportionate share of joint ventures

** for the purpose of comparability, the information for both years is shown as
100%. 

     (EUR thousand)                         EBITDA                
------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Half year 2011  Half year 2010  Change%
------------------------------------------------------------------
Eesti Ajalehed AS                     306             303     1.0%
--------------------------                                        
Eesti Päevalehe AS**                (461)           (373)   -23.6%
--------------------------                                        
SL Õhtuleht AS*                       113             151   -25.2%
--------------------------                                        
AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus*               60              55     9.1%
--------------------------                                        
UAB Ekspress Leidyba                    2            (72)   102.8%
--------------------------                                        
AS Express Post*                      149             155    -3.9%
--------------------------                                        
OÜ Uniservice*                         -3              -3     0.0%
--------------------------                                        
intersegment eliminations             135             186        -
--------------------------                                        
TOTAL                                 301             402   -25.0%
------------------------------------------------------------------

*Proportionate share of joint ventures

** for the purpose of comparability, the information for both years is shown as
100%. 

In the 2nd quarter, in addition to the reorganisation of Eesti Päevalehe AS,
the results of periodicals were also impacted by higher paper prices, leading
to lower profitability of periodicals. For this reason, the results of both AS
SL Õhtuleht as well as those of AS Eesti Ajalehed were below last year's level.
Magazine publishers in Estonia and Lithuania have significantly improved their
EBITDA as compared to the previous year. The license of the international
magazine Cosmopolitan obtained last spring has helped the magazine publisher in
Lithuania to significantly increase its market share and profit. In the 2nd
quarter, the results of Eesti Päevalehe AS were significantly impacted by
one-off write-down of previously published books in the amount of EUR 96
thousand. As the write-down concerned the books in the balance sheet of Eesti
Päevalehe AS as of 28.02.2011, which had been used for preparation of the
purchase price allocation of the 100% ownership interest at the beginning of
March, the purchase price allocation and goodwill were adjusted by the same
amount and write-down had no impact on EBITDA. It is important to note, that
after the disappearance of election-related advertisements and relatively weak
beginning of the quarter, the advertising sales in 2nd quarter remained at the
same level as last year, hence, sales are expected to pick up in the second
half of the year as compared to last year. 



Estonian newspaper circulation 2009-2010



The circulation numbers of Estonian daily newspapers show slight signs of
stabilisation and in the 2nd quarter, there were no significant changes in
circulation numbers. 



Estonian newspaper readership 2009-2011



In the 2nd quarter of 2011, Õhtuleht has noticeably increased its readership.
It is a considerable event in the market of newspaper because of the fact that
any publication has not managed to increase its readership two quarters
sequentially in previous years. 



Ekspress Group Lithuanian magazine readership 2010-2011



The readership of Lithuanian magazines of AS Ekspress Grupp has increased by
6,4% as compared to last period. The readership of all magazines has increased
by 7% according to data provided by TNS. Thus the readership of Ekspress
Leidyba has increased in the same rate as the readership of all magazines. 



Although the readership of Panele has decreased by 16 000, it is still the most
readed publication in its segment. Moteris and Tavo Vaikas have the biggest
increase in their readership, respectively +17 000 and +4 000. 



Printing services segment

All printing services of Ekspress Group are provided by AS Printall which is
one of the largest printing company in Estonia. Printall is able to print both
newspapers (coldset) and magazines (heatset). 



(EUR thousand)            Sales          
-----------------------------------------
                Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
-----------------------------------------
AS Printall       6 998    5 934    17.9%
-----------------------------------------



(EUR thousand)           EBITDA          
-----------------------------------------
                Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
-----------------------------------------
AS Printall       1 551    1 356    14.4%
-----------------------------------------



(EUR thousand)                 Sales              
--------------------------------------------------
                Half year  Half year 2010  Change%
                     2011                         
--------------------------------------------------
AS Printall        13 467          11 485    17.3%
--------------------------------------------------



(EUR thousand)                   EBITDA                
-------------------------------------------------------
                Half year 2011  Half year 2010  Change%
-------------------------------------------------------
AS Printall              3 047           2 569    18.6%
-------------------------------------------------------



In the printing services segment, the printing company Printall managed to
increase its sales by 18% and its profit by 14% as compared to last year. This
was achieved through increasing exports to Scandinavia. The share of exports in
total sales increased from 64% to 67% in a year. The company has reached its
production capacity and the company's Management Board is preparing an
investment plan for adding new production capacity. 



Geographical break-down of printing services

                       Q2 2011  Q2 2010  Change%
------------------------------------------------
                      --------------------------
Exports                    67%      63%      24%
----------------------                          
Finland                     8%       8%      11%
----------------------                          
Sweden                     19%      19%      16%
----------------------                          
Russia                     11%      13%      -2%
----------------------                          
Norway                     15%      12%      49%
----------------------                          
Denmark                     3%       4%     -10%
----------------------                          
Lithuania                   3%       2%      31%
----------------------                          
Other exports               9%       5%     105%
----------------------                          
Estonia                    33%      37%       7%
----------------------                          
Total sales               100%     100%      18%
------------------------------------------------
                      --------------------------
Incl. group sales          15%      18%       2%
----------------------                          
Incl. non-group sales      85%      82%      21%
------------------------------------------------



                       Half year 2011  Half year 2010  Change%
--------------------------------------------------------------
                      ----------------------------------------
Exports                           67%             63%      24%
----------------------                                        
Finland                            7%              8%       2%
----------------------                                        
Sweden                            19%             19%      19%
----------------------                                        
Russia                            11%             13%      -3%
----------------------                                        
Norway                            16%             12%      53%
----------------------                                        
Denmark                            3%              4%       2%
----------------------                                        
Lithuania                          3%              3%      27%
----------------------                                        
Other exports                      8%              5%      99%
----------------------                                        
Estonia                           33%             37%       5%
----------------------                                        
Total sales                      100%            100%      17%
--------------------------------------------------------------
                      ----------------------------------------
Incl. group sales                 15%             18%      -2%
----------------------                                        
Incl. non-group sales             85%             82%      21%
--------------------------------------------------------------



Consolidated statement of financial position (unaudited)

(EUR thousand)                    30.06.2011  31.12.2010
--------------------------------------------------------
                                 -----------------------
ASSETS                                                  
---------------------------------                       
Current assets                                          
---------------------------------                       
Cash and cash equivalents              1 607       2 767
---------------------------------                       
Trade and other receivables            6 522       6 943
---------------------------------                       
Inventories                            2 804       2 961
---------------------------------                       
Total                                 10 933      12 671
---------------------------------                       
Non-current assets held for sale          60          60
---------------------------------                       
Total current assets                  10 993      12 731
---------------------------------                       
Non-current assets                                      
---------------------------------                       
Term deposit                           3 021       3 009
---------------------------------                       
Trade and other receivables              153         161
---------------------------------                       
Investments in associates                  8           8
---------------------------------                       
Property, plant and equipment         17 762      19 137
---------------------------------                       
Intangible assets                     53 357      50 936
---------------------------------                       
Total non-current assets              74 301      73 251
---------------------------------                       
TOTAL ASSETS                          85 294      85 982
--------------------------------------------------------
                                 -----------------------
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY                                  
---------------------------------                       
Liabilities                                             
---------------------------------                       
Current liabilities                                     
---------------------------------                       
Borrowings                             6 252       5 233
---------------------------------                       
Trade and other payables               9 870      10 785
---------------------------------                       
Total current liabilities             16 122      16 018
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Non-current liabilities                                 
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Long-term borrowings                  30 376      33 053
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Other long-term liabilities                0           2
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Derivative instruments                   281         610
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Total non-current liabilities         30 657      33 665
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Total liabilities                     46 779      49 683
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Equity                                                  
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Share capital                         17 878      19 044
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Share premium                         14 277      14 277
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Reserves                                 375          46
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Retained earnings                      5 846       2 900
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Currency translation reserve             139          32
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Total equity                          38 515      36 299
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY          85 294      85 982
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Consolidated statement of comprehensive income (unaudited)

(EUR thousand)                              Q2      Q2    Half year    Half year
                                          2011    2010         2011         2010
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Sales                                   14 963  13 454       28 109       25 112
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Cost of sales                           11 575  10 086       22 104       19 679
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Gross profit                             3 388   3 368        6 005        5 433
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Marketing expenses                         509     572          950        1 113
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Administrative expenses                  1 773   1 510        3 412        3 199
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Other income                               128     122        1 742          201
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incl. profit from business                   0       0        1 540            0
 combinations                                                                   
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Other expenses                             100      59          155           73
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Operating profit                         1 134   1 349        3 230        1 249
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Interest income                             10       4           20           15
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Interest expense                           576     694        1 135        1 318
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Foreign exchange gains (losses)           (31)      61        (102)           90
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Other finance costs                         35      36           72          101
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Net finance cost                         (632)   (665)      (1 289)      (1 314)
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Profit/(loss) from investments in         (10)    (15)         (11)         (25)
 associates                                                                     
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Profit (loss) before income tax            492     669        1 930         (90)
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Income tax expense                          98       0          150          370
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Profit (loss) from continuing              394     669        1 780        (460)
 operations for the year                                                        
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Loss from discontinued operations for        0       0            0          363
 the year                                                                       
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Profit (loss) for the period               394     669        1 780         (97)
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Other comprehensive income (expense)                                            
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Currency translation differences            36    (37)          107        (150)
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Hedging reserve change                      93       0          329            0
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Total other comprehensive income           129    (37)          436        (150)
 (expense) for the period                                                       
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Comprehensive income for the reporting     523     632        2 216        (247)
 period                                                                         
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Basic and diluted earnings per share      0,01    0,03         0,06       (0,00)
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Consolidated cash flow statement (unaudited)

(EUR thousand)                                            Half year    Half year
                                                               2011         2010
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Cash flows from operating activities from continuing                            
 operations                                                                     
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Operating profit (loss) for the period                        3 230        1 249
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Adjustments for:                                                                
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Depreciation, amortisation and impairment                     1 728        1 661
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Profit (-) loss(+) from business combinations               (1 540)            0
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Profit (loss) on sale and write-downs of property,              (7)          (3)
 plant and equipment                                                            
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Changes in working capital:                                                     
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Trade and other receivables                                   (425)      (2 525)
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Inventories                                                     157          764
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Trade and other payables                                      (991)      (1 406)
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Cash generated from operations                                2 125        (260)
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Income tax paid                                                (98)        (370)
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Interest paid                                               (1 246)      (1 386)
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Net cash generated from operating activities from               781      (2 016)
 continuing operations                                                          
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Net cash used in operating activities from                        0        (160)
 discontinued operations                                                        
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Cash flows from investing activities                                            
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Investments in subsidiaries and joint ventures                 (26)            0
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Proceeds from sale of shares in subsidiaries                      0        3 980
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Interest received                                                20           15
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Purchase of property, plant and equipment                     (400)        (288)
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Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment              25           18
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Loans granted                                                  (16)          (4)
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Loan repayments received                                        127          610
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Net cash used in investing activities from continuing         (270)        4 332
 operations                                                                     
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Net cash generated from investing activities from                 0            0
 discontinued operations                                                        
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Cash flows from financing activities from continuing                            
 operations                                                                     
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Issue of shares                                                   0        5 248
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Finance lease payments made                                   (611)        (678)
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Change in overdraft used                                        583      (2 504)
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Proceeds from borrowings                                         28          116
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Repayments of borrowings                                    (1 671)      (4 972)
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Net cash used in financing activities from continuing       (1 671)      (2 790)
 operations                                                                     
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Net cash used in financing activities from                        0          (5)
 discontinued operations                                                        
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NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS        (1 160)        (640)
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Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the             2 767        2 553
 period                                                                         
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Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period            1 607        1 914
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