Tallink Grupp

Earnings Release • Oct 3, 2014

Statistics for September 2014 and the third quarter of the 2014 financial year

Statistics for September 2014 and the third quarter of the 2014 financial year

Tallinn, 2014-10-03 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Statistics for September 2014 and the third quarter of the 2014 financial year

In September 2014 AS Tallink Grupp transported 593 064 passengers which is

nearly an 11% decrease compared to September 2013. The number of passenger

vehicles decreased over 5% to 84 707 and the number of trucks and trailers

increased more than 1% to 27 885 units in same comparison.

In the third quarter of the 2014 financial year (July-September) AS Tallink

Grupp transported 2 561 257 passengers which is nearly a 6% decrease compared

to the previous year. The number of passenger vehicles decreased by almost 4%

to 354 302 units transported and the number of trucks and trailers increased by

1% to 76 830 units in same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp?s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for

September 2014 and third quarter of the financial year were the following:

September September change III Quarter III Quarter change

2014 2013 2014 2013

Passengers 593 064 664 976 -10,8% 2 561 257 2 718 778 -5,8%

Finland-Swed 155 880 184 158 -15,4% 777 727 822 788 -5,5%

en

Estonia-Finl 331 427 350 253 -5,4% 1 324 963 1 370 790 -3,3%

and

Estonia-Swed 67 261 70 646 -4,8% 273 014 283 217 -3,6%

en

Latvia-Swede 38 496 59 919 -35,8% 185 553 241 983 -23,3%

n

Cargo Units 27 885 27 506 1,4% 76 830 76 043 1,0%

Finland-Swed 7 610 8 097 -6,0% 19 868 22 332 -11,0%

en

Estonia-Finl 15 616 13 937 12,0% 43 862 39 339 11,5%

and

Estonia-Swed 4 017 3 863 4,0% 10 589 10 005 5,8%

en

Latvia-Swede 642 1 609 -60,1% 2 511 4 367 -42,5%

n

Passenger 84 707 89 495 -5,4% 354 302 367 969 -3,7%

Vehicles

Finland-Swed 9 996 10 700 -6,6% 70 100 68 741 2,0%

en

Estonia-Finl 63 879 65 637 -2,7% 235 499 243 802 -3,4%

and

Estonia-Swed 5 521 5 169 6,8% 24 899 24 879 0,1%

en

Latvia-Swede 5 311 7 989 -33,5% 23 804 30 547 -22,1%

n

The following operational factors influenced the development in September 2014:

FINLAND-SWEDEN

In September the cruise ferry Silja Symphony did not operate for 25 days due to

scheduled maintenance and reconstruction works, the vessel was not replaced

during that time.

ESTONIA-FINLAND

In August 2014 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the

Tallinn-Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Silja Europa.

ESTONIA-SWEDEN

In August 2014 the cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the

Tallinn-Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Baltic Queen.

LATVIA-SWEDEN

In August 2014 the cruise ferry Romantika stopped operating on the

Riga-Stockholm route, the cruise ferry Isabelle continues operating on the

route.

Harri Hanschmidt

Head of the Finance Department

AS Tallink Grupp

Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn

Tel +372 640 8981

E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee