AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS 2007


AUDITED INCOME STATEMENT 2007
consolidated, in thousand EEK and EUR

                                           EEK                   EUR
                                      2007        2006       2007       2006

Revenue                          5 510 760   4 414 361    352 202    282 129
Cost of goods sold              (4 731 032) (3 727 561)  (302 369)  (238 234)

GROSS PROFIT                       779 728     686 800     49 833     43 895

Marketing expenses                 (32 472)    (23 390)    (2 075)    (1 495)
Administrative and gen. expenses  (213 806)   (148 792)   (13 665)    (9 510)
Other operating income               5 704     148 205        365      9 472
Other operating expenses           (18 109)    (29 952)    (1 157)    (1 914)

OPERATING PROFIT                   521 045     632 871     33 301     40 448

Financial income and expenses
from stocks of subsidiaries              0       2 326          0        149
Financial income and expenses from stocks of
associate comp. and joint ventures  76 440      17 461      4 885      1 116
Financial income and expenses from
other long-term financial investments    0           7          0          0
Interest expense                   (16 948)    (14 288)    (1 083)      (913)
Foreign exchange gain                 (809)     (6 064)       (52)      (388)
Other financial income              11 016       8 296        704        530
Other financial expenses                (5)         (1)        (0)        (0)
Total financial income and expenses 69 694       7 737      4 454        494

PROFIT BEFORE TAX                  590 739     640 608     37 755     40 942

Corporate income tax expense       (30 830)    (49 917)    (1 970)    (3 190)

NET PROFIT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR      559 909     590 691     35 785     37 752
  incl. net profit attributable to
        equity holders of the
        parent company             545 049     581 738     34 835     37 180
        minority interest           14 860       8 953        950        572

Earnings per share for profit attributable
to the equity holders of the parent company
(basic and diluted, in EEK and EUR)  30,79       32,87       1,97       2,10


AUDITED BALANCE SHEET AS OF 31.12.2007
consolidated, in thousand EEK and EUR

                                       EEK                      EUR
                             31.12.2007   31.12.2006  31.12.2007  31.12.2006

ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents       205 564      676 143      13 138      43 213
Trade and other receivables   1 201 942      860 531      76 818      54 998
Inventories                   2 025 426    1 356 734     129 448      86 712
Assets held for sale                  0          733           0          47
Total current assets          3 432 932    2 894 141     219 404     184 970

Non-current assets
Long-term financial investments 290 852      215 866      18 589      13 796
Investment property               7 361        3 900         470         249
Property, plant and equipment   172 912       90 445      11 051       5 781
Intangible assets                12 574       10 177         804         650
Total non-current assets        483 699      320 388      30 914      20 476

TOTAL ASSETS                  3 916 631    3 214 529     250 318     205 446

LIABILITIES AND OWNERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
Borrowings                      304 879      283 792      19 485      18 138
Trade and other payables      1 032 210    1 100 264      65 970      70 320
Government grants                 1 498        1 498          96          96
Short-term provisions            73 212       33 517       4 680       2 142
Total current liabilities     1 411 799    1 419 071      90 231      90 696

Non-current liabilities
Long-term borrowings            397 713      159 336      25 418      10 183
Long-term payables to suppliers  11 091       10 351         709         662
Long-term suppliers advance paym.46 332       12 925       2 961         826
Total non-current liabilities   455 136      182 612      29 088      11 671

Total liabilities             1 866 935    1 601 683     119 319     102 367

Equity
Minority interest                33 939       18 904       2 169       1 208
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 adjustment  (5 085)      (5 751)       (325)       (368)
Retained earnings             1 826 142    1 404 993     116 712      89 796
Total equity attributable to equity
holders of the parent company 2 015 757    1 593 942     128 830     101 871
Total equity                  2 049 696    1 612 846     130 999     103 079

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY  3 916 631    3 214 529     250 318     205 446


Alar Lagus
Member of Board
+372 6 805 109
alar.lagus@merko.ee

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