AS Norma has filed a request to the Labor Inspectorate for applying the collective termination of employment contracts with 111 AS Norma employees. The employment termination is a result of deepening global crisis in the automotive industry. The sales of Russian, Ukraine and Western-European car manufacturers keep declining. Consequently, the demand for our production has descended. This has led to a considerable decrease in AS Norma production volumes. According to the January specified forecasts the production will not recover during the first half of 2009. Peep Siimon Chairman of the management board + 372 6500 442