On 26 April 2010 the Supervisory Board of AS Merko Ehitus approved the annual report 2009 and profit allocation proposal prepared by the Management Board of AS Merko Ehitus for presentation at the annual general meeting. The Management Board has made a proposal for the general meeting of the shareholders to pay dividends to shareholders in the total amount of EEK 194 700 000 (EUR 12 443 598), which makes 11.00 kroons (EUR 0,7030) per share. AS Merko Ehitus audited annual report for 2009 is made available on NASDAQ OMX Tallinn and AS Merko Ehitus web page (http://www.merko.ee/eng/investor/). AUDITED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 2009 consolidated, in thousand EEK and EUR EEK EUR 2009 2008 2009 2008 Revenue 3 181 209 4 653 933 203 316 297 441 Cost of goods sold (2 835 169) (4 045 306) (181 200) (258 542) GROSS PROFIT 346 040 608 627 22 116 38 899 Marketing expenses (47 094) (43 921) (3 009) (2 807) Administrative and general expens.(154 000) (202 820) (9 842) (12 963) Other operating income 14 408 9 529 921 609 Other operating expenses (27 326) (43 333) (1 746) (2 769) OPERATING PROFIT 132 028 328 082 8 440 20 969 Financial income and expenses from stocks of subsidiaries - 1 418 - 91 Financial income and expenses from stocks of associate companies and joint ventures (27 090) (4 565) (1 731) (292) Interest expense (23 478) (18 392) (1 501) (1 175) Foreign exchange gain 1 210 (6 942) 77 (444) Other financial income 38 307 34 405 2 448 2 199 Other financial expenses (1 119) (1 297) (72) (83) Total financial income and expenses(12 170) 4 627 (779) 296 PROFIT BEFORE TAX 119 858 332 709 7 661 21 265 Corporate income tax expense (8 496) (26 339) (543) (1 684) NET PROFIT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 111 362 306 370 7 118 19 581 incl.equity holders of the parent 116 166 299 140 7 424 19 119 minority interest (4 804) (7 230) (306) (462) OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Exchange differences on translating foreign subsidiaries (2 266) (7 465) (145) (477) COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 109 096 298 905 6 973 19 104 incl.equity holders of the parent 113 900 291 675 7 279 18 642 minority interest (4 804) 7 230 (306) 462 Earnings per share for profit attributable to the equity holders of the parent (basic and diluted, in EEK and EUR) 6,56 16,90 0,42 1,08 AUDITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF 31.12.2009 consolidated, in thousand EEK and EUR EEK EUR 31.12.2009 31.12.2008 31.12.2009 31.12.2008 ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 359 732 515 191 22 991 32 927 Shortterm financial investments 400 916 262 759 25 623 16 793 Trade and other receivables 665 839 784 540 42 554 50 141 Inventories 1 536 463 1 817 486 98 199 116 158 Assets held for sale - 173 - 11 Total current assets 2 962 950 3 380 149 189 367 216 030 Non-current assets Long-term financial investments 243 958 260 036 15 592 16 619 Investment property 16 552 12 002 1 058 767 Property, plant and equipment 266 276 197 094 17 018 12 597 Intangible assets 24 238 11 807 1 549 755 Total non-current assets 551 024 480 939 35 217 30 738 TOTAL ASSETS 3 513 974 3 861 088 224 584 246 768 LIABILITIES AND OWNERS' EQUITY Current liabilities Borrowings 447 569 206 657 28 605 13 208 Trade and other payables 787 719 972 330 50 344 62 144 Short-term provisions 37 702 32 317 2 410 2 065 Total current liabilities 1 272 990 1 211 304 81 359 77 417 Non-current liabilities Long-term borrowings 76 316 531 396 4 878 33 962 Long-term payables to suppliers 10 653 8 824 681 564 Long-term suppliers advance payments 5 - 0 - Total non-current liabilities 86 974 540 220 5 559 34 526 Total liabilities 1 359 964 1 751 524 86 918 111 943 Equity Minority interest 27 129 34 633 1 734 2 213 Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company Share capital 177 000 177 000 11 312 11 312 Statutory reserve capital 17 700 17 700 1 131 1 131 Currency translation differences(14 816) (12 550) (947) (802) Retained earnings 1 946 997 1 892 781 124 436 120 971 Total equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 2 126 881 2 074 931 135 932 132 612 Total equity 2 154 010 2 109 564 137 666 134 825 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 3 513 974 3 861 088 224 584 246 768 Alar Lagus Member of Management Board +372 6 805 109 alar.lagus@merko.ee