Tallink Grupp — Earnings Release 2016

Jan 3, 2017

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2016 and the fourth quarter of the 2016 financial year

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2016 and the fourth quarter of the 2016 financial year

Tallinn, 2017-01-03 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2016 and the fourth quarter of the

2016 financial year

In December 2016 AS Tallink Grupp transported 767 630 passengers, which is a

7.8% increase compared to December 2015. The number of cargo units increased by

5.9% to 25 742 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 2.2% to

87 155 units in the same comparison.

In the fourth quarter of the 2016 financial year (October - December) AS

Tallink Grupp transported 2 226 283 passengers which is a 4.7% increase

compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased

by 9.2% to 85 349 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 1.6%

to 255 820 units in same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for

December 2016 and fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:

December Decembe Change IV Quarter IV Quarter Change

2016 r 2016 2015

2015

Passengers 767 630 712 129 7.8% 2 226 283 2 125 361 4.7%

Finland - 222 693 210 279 5.9% 685 112 650 193 5.4%

Sweden

Estonia - 412 850 393 362 5.0% 1 186 484 1 150 665 3.1%

Finland

Estonia - 81 177 73 278 10.8% 223 022 221 529 0.7%

Sweden

Latvia - 50 910 35 210 44.6% 131 665 102 974 27.9%

Sweden

Cargo Units 25 742 24 298 5.9% 85 349 78 136 9.2%

Finland - 5 647 5 228 8.0% 18 736 16 411 14.2%

Sweden

Estonia - 15 936 15 068 5.8% 53 113 49 058 8.3%

Finland

Estonia - 3 359 3 408 -1.4% 11 326 10 744 5.4%

Sweden

Latvia - 800 594 34.7% 2 174 1 923 13.1%

Sweden

Passenger 87 155 85 300 2.2% 255 820 251 756 1.6%

Vehicles

Finland - 9 050 9 937 -8.9% 26 288 25 935 1.4%

Sweden

Estonia - 67 267 66 487 1.2% 200 684 198 346 1.2%

Finland

Estonia - 5 408 5 063 6.8% 15 676 15 224 3.0%

Sweden

Latvia - 5 430 3 813 42.4% 13 172 12 251 7.5%

Sweden

The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in

the fourth quarter of 2016:

ESTONIA-FINLAND

In December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating on the

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

ESTONIA-SWEDEN

In December 2016 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the

Tallinn-Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Romantika.

LATVIA-SWEDEN

In December 2016 the cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the

Riga-Stockholm route.

Veiko Haavapuu

Finance Director

AS Tallink Grupp

Sadama 5/7

10111 Tallinn, Estonia

Tel. +372 640 9914

E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee