AUDITED ANNUAL REPORT 2009 AND PROFIT ALLOCATION PROPOSAL


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

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2009.a. merko auditeeritud aastaaruannne eng.pdf