Tallink Grupp — Earnings Release 2017

Jan 3, 2018

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year

Tallinn, 2018-01-03 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the

2017 financial year

In December 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 815 255 passengers, which is a

6.2% increase compared to December 2016. The number of cargo units increased by

10.0% to 28 315 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 0.6% to

87 672 units in the same comparison.

In the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year (October ? December) AS

Tallink Grupp transported 2 316 144 passengers which is a 4.0% increase

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

by 14.1% to 97 345 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 0.8%

to 253 896 units in same comparison.

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

December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:

December December Change IV Quarter IV Quarter Change

2017 2016 2017 2016

Passengers 815 255 767 630 6.2% 2 316 144 2 226 320 4.0%

Finland - 232 347 222 693 4.3% 694 884 685 113 1.4%

Sweden

Estonia - 435 511 412 850 5.5% 1 217 468 1 186 508 2.6%

Finland

Estonia - 86 537 81 177 6.6% 236 739 223 025 6.1%

Sweden

Latvia - 60 860 50 910 19.5% 167 053 131 674 26.9%

Sweden

Cargo Units 28 315 25 742 10.0% 97 345 85 350 14.1%

Finland - 5 976 5 647 5.8% 20 098 18 737 7.3%

Sweden

Estonia - 17 893 15 936 12.3% 61 674 53 113 16.1%

Finland

Estonia - 3 292 3 359 -2.0% 11 457 11 326 1.2%

Sweden

Latvia - 1 154 800 44.3% 4 116 2 174 89.3%

Sweden

Passenger 87 672 87 155 0.6% 253 896 255 827 -0.8%

Vehicles

Finland - 9 963 9 050 10.1% 26 980 26 288 2.6%

Sweden

Estonia - 66 966 67 267 -0.4% 195 931 200 690 -2.4%

Finland

Estonia - 5 176 5 408 -4.3% 14 909 15 677 -4.9%

Sweden

Latvia - 5 567 5 430 2.5% 16 076 13 172 22.0%

Sweden

The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in

the fourth quarter of 2017:

ESTONIA ? FINLAND

On 29 January 2017 the new LNG fast ferry Megastar started operating Tallink

Shuttle service on the Tallinn - Helsinki route and replaced fast ferry

Superstar.

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

Cruise ferry Romantika started operating on Riga - Stockholm route in December

2016 as a second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle.

Veiko Haavapuu?

Finance Director

AS Tallink Grupp?

Sadama 5/7

10111 Tallinn, Estonia

Tel. +372 640 9914?

E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee