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Starting from April 2024, Eesti Päevaleht is published in a new format: as a daily digital edition within the Delfi portal, and as a weekend print edition LP every Friday, featuring longer and more in-depth articles. The change stems from evolving reader habits and preferences, which have led to a decline in print subscriptions and an increase in the popularity and credibility of digital media.

Delfi Meedia organized the Eesti Päevaleht Energy Conference for the third time, under the subtitle “Everything Depends on the Direction of the Wind.” The event was also streamed online and received excellent feedback from participants.

The Supervisory Board of AS Ekspress Grupp decided to increase the share capital by €97,500.60—from €18,478,104.60 to €18,575,605.20—by issuing 162,501 new ordinary shares with a nominal value of €0.60 per share, in connection with the realization of the employee stock option program.

A unique and content-rich Ukraine Investment Conference took place, organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of Climate.

As of 1 July 2024, AS Delfi Meedia acquired the business operations of OÜ Eesti Koolitus- ja Konverentsikeskus. The purpose of the acquisition is to enable Delfi Meedia’s stronger expansion into the training and conference market in Estonia.

Delfi Meedia and Õhtuleht Kirjastus, together with Postimees Grupp and Äripäev, established the Baltic News Media Publishers Association—an organization for the collective representation of news media publishers. The association will promote the interests of publishers in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and collectively manage the copyrights and related rights belonging to them.

The international basketball tournament Epicbet received positive attention even beyond Estonia.

The witty and topical stage production “In Safe Hands. A Mass About the Reform Party” offered a bold and critical look at the Estonian political landscape.

Delfi Lithuania acquired the conference company UAB Kenton Baltic, which organizes conferences in Lithuania and Latvia. Its most prominent event, the EBIT Business Conference, brings together over 2,000 industry leaders and experts in each country every year to share insights and discuss trends. Another popular event, HR Week, focuses on human resource management and attracts around 2,300 participants annually.

The Supervisory Board of AS Express Post, a company 50% owned by AS Ekspress Grupp, decided to close Express Post’s home delivery service operations during 2023.

In March, the coverage of the parliamentary elections reached its peak. During this period, Delfi Meedia’s Delfi TV produced the highest-quality original content in its history, both journalistically and technically. The Delfi Election Studio attracted nearly 100,000 viewers, and the election debate between Kaja Kallas and Martin Helme generated significant public attention and discussion.

AS Õhtuleht Kirjastus acquired 100% of the shares in AS Express Post, which had previously been jointly owned in equal parts by Estonia’s two largest media companies—AS Ekspress Grupp and AS Postimees Grupp.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, digital subscription results showed a 62% year-on-year increase across the Baltic states, reaching a total of 130,731 subscriptions by the end of December 2021.

The shareholders of AS Ekspress Grupp approved a share option program, under which, following the replacement of options issued by Geenius Meedia in 2020, option holders will have the right to acquire up to 371,000 shares of Ekspress Grupp.

Ekspress Grupp acquired the Lithuanian news agency ELTA. The main goal of the transaction is to strengthen and modernize this century-old agency, transforming it into a modern, competitive, and objective source of information for both Lithuanian media and international outlets.

The subsidiary of AS Ekspress Grupp, AS Ekspress Meedia, began operating under the business name Delfi Meedia AS. Delfi has become the most recognized media brand in the Baltics, and due to its strong reputation among media consumers, the company decided to adopt the name of its most powerful digital brand.

AS Ekspress Grupp is acquiring UAB Lrytas, the operator of the Lithuanian media portal lrytas.lt. The news portal attracts an average of over 420,000 daily readers, with annual advertising revenue of approximately €3 million. UAB Lrytas employs more than 50 people.

Latvian company SIA D Screens purchased an outdoor screen network with five screens in Riga from DIMAXI. This transaction increased the screen network of D Screens to 14 screens. The Group continues to actively invest in its outdoor media network both in Latvia and in Estonia.

Delfi Estonia launched a portal with new re-engineered and re-designed visual layout. In addition, also the technological platform and internal tools of the editorial office were upgraded.

SIA D Screens won the second auction of lease rights for the real estate owned by Riga's municipality. The lease consists of 91 advertising spaces owned by Riga’s municipality and allows the company to increase its network to more than 100 screens.

The Group launched Piletitasku – a new ticket sales platform in Estonia that was well received by event organisers and ticket buyers.

In accordance with the resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of AS Ekspress Grupp as of 13 July 2021, AS Ekspress Grupp and OÜ Trükitung signed on 3 September 2021 a sales agreement by which Ekspress Grupp sells all its shares of Printall to Trükitung OÜ.

AS Ekspress Grupp acquired the media company Geenius Meedia OÜ to grow the digital media business and expand into a niche that the group publications do not yet regularly cover. After the transaction, Geenius Meedia OÜ will continue to operate as a separate media company and its main founders Hendrik Roonemaa and Siim Saidla will remain actively involved in the company’s management and daily operations.

The Supervisory Board of AS Ekspress Grupp decided to merge UAB Login Conferences with UAB Delfi in Lithuania and dissolve the company UAB Sport Media. SIA Delfi Entertainment was dissolved in Latvia.

Ekspress Meedia consolidated all events that have taken or will take place into the portal Delfi Elamus.

Delfi Lithuania was the first portal to introduce a new visual identity that Delfi will also adopt in Estonia and Latvia.

Delfi Lithuania reached a new record of paid digital subscriptions related to the new Delfi Plius service.

Delfi Latvia launched a sports vertical www.mvp.lv with new subscription options.

In March, through its Lithuanian subsidiary Ekspress Grupp acquires UAB Login Conferences that is the organiser of the largest local technology and innovation conference “Login” in order to enter the conference organisation market.

Ekspress Grupp acquires a 100% ownership interest in Linna Ekraanid OÜ that is engaged in digital out-of-home advertising sales in order to create prerequisites for the Group to launch a new business line and thereby grow its portfolio of operating areas.

In June, Ekspress Grupp acquires the Latvian ticket sales platform SIA Biļešu Paradīze in order to expand into new business sectors and increase the share of the Group’s digital revenue.

In October, Ekspress Grupp issues 5000 bonds via a private placement for the pension funds managed by LHV Varahaldus, each with the nominal value of 1000 euros and interest rate of 6 per cent per year.

Delfi Latvia acquires a 25.5% ownership interest in SIA Altero that manages the comparison and brokerage portals for financial products both in Latvia and Lithuania.

Ekspress Grupp expands with digital out-of-home screens to Tartu, acquiring the digital out-of-home advertising company LedScreen OÜ.

One part of the largest magazine publisher AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus is merged with the Group’s subsidiary Ekspress Meedia and the other one with the joint venture SL Õhtuleht. Ekspress Meedia starts to publish the publisher’s former monthly magazines (Eesti Naine, Anne ja Stiil, Pere ja Kodu, Oma Maitse, Tervis Pluss and Jana) and the weekly magazine Kroonika. Ajakirjade Kirjastus together with the remaining magazines is combined with AS SL Õhtuleht and following the merger, the companies continue their operations under the name of AS Õhtuleht Kirjastus.

The marketing and sales activities of the Group’s real estate portal Kinnisvara24.ee are launched in full.

Delfi Latvia acquires ACM LV that provides digital out-of-home advertising solutions in Latvia.

Ekspress Grupp acquires a 100% ownership interest in UAB Adnet Media that is the largest Baltic online advertising company managing an advertising network.

Ekspress Grupp establishes Kinnisvarakeskkond OÜ, an associate developing and managing a real estate portal.

Ekspress Grupp merges its subsidiary OÜ Hea Lugu and the book publishing unit of the joint venture AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus. The merged publishers continue under the business name of Hea Lugu.

Ekspress Grupp invests in the Estonian start-up company Zlick LTD that intermediates micro payments.

Delfi Lithuania sells its magazine publishing business and focuses on online media development.

Ekspress Grupp acquires a 50% ownership interest in Linna Ekraanid OÜ that is engaged in digital out-of-home advertising sales in Estonia. The purpose is to create prerequisites for launch of a new business line and expand the portfolio of the Group’s operating areas.

In September, Ekspress Grupp acquires a 49% ownership interest in Babahh Media OÜ that is engaged in the sale of infrastructure solutions related to video production, media solutions and videos in Estonia. The purpose is to expand its business in the fast-evolving Internet video production and transmission area.

Ekspress Grupp merges AS Eesti Ajalehed and AS Delfi, the merged public limited company continues under the name of Ekspress Meedia.

Ekspress Grupp establishes the subsidiary OÜ Zave Media that develops the discount offer portal Zave.

Ekspress Grupp sells its 100% ownership interest in LLC Delfi and discontinues operations in Ukraine, due to the failure of the local web portals to become profitable.

In Lithuania, the magazine publishing company Ekspress Leidyba is merged with Delfi to create synergy by combining similar operations.

Organisation of entertainment events is launched as a new business line.

Delfi Latvia acquires Latvia’s most popular web portal targeted at future and young mothers.

Grupp acquires a 49% ownership interest in the Lithuanian company UAB Adnet Media that is engaged in online advertising sales in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The purpose of the acquisition is to expand the portfolio of advertising products in the online media segment.

Delfi Lithuania acquires a 51% ownership interest in UAB Sport Media that owns the portal sportotv.lt and has the exclusive right for online broadcasting of the key basketball events of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation over the next nine years. The transaction enables live broadcasting of up to 600 sports events per year and creates a unique online sales product.

Delfi Lithuania acquires one of Lithuania’s oldest and most well-known online advertisement brands Alio reklama. With the acquisition of Alio, Delfi makes a decisive step to reinforce its leadership position in the Lithuanian online market. The transaction also opens a new important source of revenue – paid classified ads portals.

Ekspress Grupp acquires a 100% ownership interest in Eesti Päevalehe AS and merges the acquired company with AS Eesti Ajalehed, enabling both organisational as well as marketing efficiencies.

Ekspress Grupp establishes a new book publishing company Hea Lugu, combining all book publishing operations of the brands Eesti Ekspress, Maaleht and Eesti Päevaleht. Pooling of expertise enables the company to increase its competitive advantage, while preserving the support of its media brands.

Ekspress Grupp sells AS Rahva Raamat and AS Ekspress Hotline in order to focus on its key activities in printing and digital media.

In cooperation with the Lithuanian Ministry of Environment, Delfi Lithuania launches an environmental portal with the budget of almost one million euros.

In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Delfi launches a new business line, i.e. free classified ads portal

Ekspress Grupp issues 1 877 760 shares, each for a price of EEK 15 per share.
Ekspress Grupp decides to dispose of Ekspress Hotline Grupp.
Ekspress Grupp issues one thousand bonds, each with the nominal value of EUR 1100.

Delfi launches an entertainment portal in all Baltic States.

Ekspress Grupp strengthens its position in book sales by opening three new stores.

Initial public offering of AS Ekspress Grupp, investors are offered a total of 5 321 481 shares. The shares are listed in the main list of the Tallinn Stock Exchange at 5 April 2007.

AS Ekspress Hotline establishes subsidiary in Romania.

Ekspress Grupp acquires AS Maaleht, a publisher of Maaleht.

Ekspress Grupp acquires Delfi Grupp, i.e. Delfi Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. As a result of the transaction, Ekspress Grupp becomes the largest company operating in the online media sector in the Baltic States.

Ekspress Grupp sells its ownership interest in AS Bravocom Mobiil and becomes the sole shareholder of AS Ekspress Hotline.

The book retail sale company Rahva Raamat and wholesale company Raamatuvara are merged. The company continues its operations under the name of Rahva Raamat. The change enables to combine the book sales activities under one management and increase efficiency.

The Group focuses on reinforcing its online presence that is the fastest growing part of the media market.

Ekspress Grupp acquires OÜ Autocentrum that later becomes OÜ Ekspress Internet, engaged in the management of classified ads and entertainment portals.

Due to the readers moving more online, OÜ Netikuulutused is established, operating job search and real estate portals.

Book wholesale activities are moved to the acquired company AS Raamatuvaramu.

In Lithuania, the publishers Mano Namai and Tavo Vaikas are acquired with their five well-known magazines to take over the book publishing segment.

A new activity is launched, i.e. information services, 50% of which is provided by the acquired company AS Ekspress Hotline

The printing house Printall launches its operations in a new building and with new equipment, marking successful completion of a major investment.

An important strategic initiative is the Baltic expansion – the Group acquires two magazine publishers in Lithuania and together with them, 50% in the magazine wholesale publishing company UAB Medipresa.

A new business area is book sales – the Group acquires AS Rahva Raamat and opens the largest Baltic book store in Viru Centre.

The construction of the new building of Printall is launched.

On 1 July, the company is named AS Ekspress Grupp.