In May 2010 AS Tallink Grupp transported 694 673 passengers which is nearly a 6% increase compared to May 2009. The number of passenger vehicles increased by over 12% to 80 078, in comparison the trucks and trailers increased by 12% to 22 677 units. AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for May 2010 and the third quarter of the financial year were the following: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | May 2010 | May 2009 | change | | III | III | change | | | | | | | Quarter | Quarter | | | | | | | | 2009/ | 2008/ | | | | | | | | 2010 | 2009 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers | 694 673 | 657 335 | 5.7% | | 2 156 | 1 829 | 17.9% | | | | | | | 448 | 367 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland-Swe | 222 980 | 217 217 | 2.7% | | 772 333 | 672 573 | 14.8% | | den | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia-Fin | 341 849 | 303 997 | 12.5% | | 981 960 | 824 759 | 19.1% | | land | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia-Swe | 72 652 | 80 522 | -9.8% | | 240 743 | 195 599 | 23.1% | | den | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Latvia-Swed | 54 595 | 48 563 | 12.4% | | 158 632 | 115 879 | 36.9% | | en | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland-Ger | 2 597 | 7 036 | -63.1% | | 2 780 | 20 557 | -86.5% | | many | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo Units | 22 677 | 20 250 | 12.0% | | 68 991 | 60 477 | 14.1% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland-Swe | 7 530 | 7 212 | 4.4% | | 23 589 | 22 172 | 6.4% | | den | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia-Fin | 9 184 | 7 638 | 20.2% | | 30 359 | 22 301 | 36.1% | | land | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia-Swe | 2 943 | 2 182 | 34.9% | | 9 114 | 6 462 | 41.0% | | den | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Latvia-Swed | 1 369 | 1 070 | 27.9% | | 4 094 | 3 084 | 32.7% | | en | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland-Ger | 1 651 | 2 148 | -23.1% | | 1 835 | 6 458 | -71.6% | | many | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger | 80 078 | 71 195 | 12.5% | | 217 673 | 191 387 | 13.7% | | Vehicles | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland-Swe | 12 924 | 13 746 | -6.0% | | 34 129 | 34 326 | -0.6% | | den | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia-Fin | 53 765 | 45 678 | 17.7% | | 147 825 | 124 680 | 18.6% | | land | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia-Swe | 5 567 | 4 243 | 31.2% | | 15 223 | 12 075 | 26.1% | | den | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Latvia-Swed | 6 864 | 5 524 | 24.3% | | 19 482 | 15 705 | 24.0% | | en | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland-Ger | 958 | 2 004 | -52.2% | | 1 014 | 4 601 | -78.0% | | many | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following operational factors influenced the development in May 2010. LATVIA-SWEDEN Since May 2009 the cruise ferry Romantika has replaced the smaller M/S Regina Baltica. ESTONIA-FINLAND In the last week of May the vessel Superstar was in scheduled maintenance and was replaced by Superfast VIII. FINLAND-GERMANY On 26th and 30th of April the vessels Superfast VII and Superfast VIII returned to the line respectively. In the last week of May the vessel Superfast VIII replaced Superstar and left the line operating by one vessel. Harri Hanschmidt Head of Investor Relations AS Tallink Grupp Sadama 5/7, 10111 Tallinn Tel +372 640 8981 E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee