AS Tallink Grupp receives an exemption from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority from preparing a prospectus in connection with the contemplated secondary listingNOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, SOUTH AFRICA, SINGAPORE OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. AS Tallink Grupp (the “Company”) announces that it has received an exemption from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (in Finnish: Finanssivalvonta) (the “FIN-FSA”) from the obligation to publish a prospectus in connection with the contemplated secondary listing of the Company's shares on the main list of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (“Nasdaq Helsinki”) in the form of Finnish share depositary receipts (the “FDRs”). As a condition for receiving the exemption from the obligation to publish a prospectus, the Company has prepared a listing summary (the “Listing Summary”) in Finnish and translated it into English. Both language versions of the Listing Summary are expected to be available in electronic form on the Company’s website at www.tallink.com/nasdaq-helsinki, and in Finnish on OP Financial Group’s website at www.op.fi/listautuminen, on or about 19 November 2018. Printed copies of both language versions of this Listing Summary are expected to be available at the Company’s headquarters at Sadama 5/7, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia, and printed copies of the Finnish language version are expected to be available at the service point of Nasdaq Helsinki at Fabianinkatu 14, FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland, on or about 19 November 2018. In addition, the Company announces that the Company has received acceptance forms from in total of 271 employees of Tallink Silja Oy and Tallink Silja AB to participate in the FDR reward program for the selected group of employees of Tallink Silja Oy and Tallink Silja AB announced with the stock exchange release dated 1 November 2018 (“FDR program”). As a result, the Company will allocate in total up to 203 250 FDRs to these employees pursuant to the FDR reward program.
Veiko Haavapuu
Financial Director AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel. +372 640 9914
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee
DISCLAIMER None of the information contained herein constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire, any shares, FDRs, rights or other securities of AS Tallink Grupp in any jurisdiction whatsoever, including but not limited to, Finland, Estonia, and other member states of the European Economic Area. The information contained herein has been furnished solely for the purpose of communicating about the potential listing of, and commencement of trading in, the Company’s shares in the form of FDRs at the main list of Nasdaq Helsinki. The information contained herein is not an offer for sale of securities in the United States. The shares, FDRs, rights or other securities of the Company referred to on this website have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration thereunder. The information contained herein is not intended for, and must not be accessed by, or distributed or disseminated to, persons resident or physically present in the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Singapore, and do not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire, any shares, FDRs, rights or other securities of the Company in the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore or any other country in which it would be contrary to the laws and regulations of that country. None of the information contained herein constitute an offer of securities in the United Kingdom. No prospectus has been or will be approved in the United Kingdom in respect of the securities referred to herein. This information is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). Any investment activity to which this document relates will be only available to, and will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents. This release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws of certain applicable jurisdictions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, all statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this release. By their nature, forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Tallink cautions readers that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are based on numerous assumptions and that its actual results of operations, including their financial condition and liquidity and the development of the industries in which it and the members of its group operate, may differ materially from (and be more negative than) those made in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements contained in this release. 
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