Tiimari Plc Stock Exchange Release April 15, 2009 at 10.30 TIIMARI GROUP'S NET SALES IN MARCH 2009 (preliminary) Tiimari Group's preliminary net sales in March 2009 was MEUR 5.9, 11% less than during the comparison period. Easter is the next important sales season for Tiimari after Christmas and it was three weeks later in 2009 compared to 2008. The sales season during Easter lasts for five weeks and the additional sales during that time has traditionally been about MEUR 1.5. Only three weeks of this years Easter season was during the first quarter. According to preliminary estimates the whole Easter sales during this year was about 6% below the respective sales for last year. The total sales for the first quarter was 12% below last years sales figures. Tiimari Group's first quarter sales was MEUR 15.7, MEUR 2.1 or 12% below last years respective sales figures. In addition to the later timing of the Easter sales season the first quarter sales were reduced by the currency exchange rate development for the Swedish, Polish and Latvian currencies and the general deterioration of market demand for consumables in Finland. Tiimari shops in Russia were closed in the beginning of March. Tiimari Plc will publish its 2009 first quarter report May 12. 2009 as announced previously. Tiimari Group's sales in March 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | monthly sales | accumulated sales | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 3/2009 | 3/2008 | chg | Q1/2009 | Q1/2008 | chg | 12/2008 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tiimari | 4 805 | 5 387 | -11 % | 12 481 | 14 300 | -13 % | 70 848 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Gallerix | 977 | 1 150 | -15 % | 2 994 | 3 253 | -8 % | 13 082 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TiiMore | 102 | 110 | -8 % | 208 | 223 | -6 % | 1 115 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total | 5 884 | 6 647 | -11 % | 15 684 | 17 776 | -12 % | 85 045 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland | 4 330 | 4 881 | -11 % | 11 200 | 13 274 | -16 % | 63 530 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Sweden | 1 067 | 1 131 | -6 % | 3 212 | 3 367 | -5 % | 14 089 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ROW | 385 | 525 | -27 % | 1 063 | 1 269 | -16 % | 6 311 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Retail | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | sales | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | concepts | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | total | 5 782 | 6 537 | -12 % | 15 475 | 17 910 | -14 % | 83 930 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tiimore | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland | 102 | 110 | -8 % | 208 | 223 | -7 % | 1 115 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total | 5 884 | 6 647 | -11 % | 15 684 | 17 776 | -12 % | 85 045 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiimari Plc Hannu Krook CEO Further information: CEO Hannu Krook tel. + 358 (0)3 812911, e-mail hannu.krook@tiimari.fi Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki important news media Tiimari Plc is a listed company. The group consists of three retail shop concepts: Tiimari, Gallerix and Paperazzi. These three concepts do business in eight countries within the Baltic Sea region and there are altogether nearly 300 shops. All three concepts belong to the forerunners of their market segment. In the corporation there is also a company called Tiimore Oy which specialises in corporate gifts and sales promotion solutions.