In May, the powerful improvment of online media continued. The total growth in the segment compared to the previous year was 16%, while the comparable sales of Delfi Estonia and Delfi Lithuania grew by 33% and 20%, accordingly. In May, the sales revenue of Delfi Lithuania exceeded the sales of all companies of AS Ekspress Grupp in the periodicals segment, except for Eesti Ajalehed AS. The comparable sales revenue of Delfi Latvia decreased by 2%. The sales revenue of periodicals, as compared to the same period last year, decreased. Eesti Päevaleht experienced the largest drop, while the smallest drop was experienced by the Lithuanian publishing company, where the sales revenue for the first time also reflects turnover numbers of the newly acquired magazine Cosmopolitan. The sales revenue of the printing services segment decreased by 9%, which is partly caused by moving the revenue of the end of the month to the following month. Revenue by segment - May, th EEK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Segment | 2010 | 2009 | Change % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Online media | 13 600 | 11 751 | 16% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Periodicals | 31 011 | 37 964 | -18% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Printing services | 29 970 | 32 871 | -9% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Unallocated | 173 | 180 | -4% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Inter-segment sales | (3 861) | (5 172) | 25% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Sales to external customers | 70 893 | 77 594 | -9% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenue by segment - May, th EUR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Segment | 2010 | 2009 | Change % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Online media | 869 | 751 | 16% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Periodicals | 1 982 | 2 426 | -18% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Printing services | 1 915 | 2 101 | -9% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Unallocated | 11 | 12 | -8% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Inter-segment sales | (247) | (331) | 25% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Sales to external customers | 4 531 | 4 959 | -9% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional information: Gunnar Kobin Chairman of the Management Board GSM: +372 5188111 e-mail: gunnar@egrupp.ee