20.10.2011 – 15:28

Österreichische Post AG

EANS-News: Österreichische Post AG
AUSTRIAN POST ACQUIRES A 26% STAKE IN POSTMASTER S.R.L., ROMANIA

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Subtitle: POSTMASTER:  NUMBER ONE AMONG ALTERNATIVE POSTAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN
ROMANIA 

Wien (euro adhoc) - October 20th, 2011 marked the closing of Austrian Post´s
acquisition of a 26% stake (including an option to increase this shareholding to
100% over the next two years) in the Romanian firm PostMaster s.r.l. After
entering the Hungarian, Slovakian and Croatian letter mail markets, Austrian
Post is now also represented in Romania. This comprises a further step in the
company´s growth strategy and an entry into one of the largest markets in the
CEE region. The two parties have agreed not to disclose any details about the
purchase price.  

POSTMASTER S.R.L.
PostMaster s.r.l. headquartered in Bucharest was founded in the year 2007, and
is already the leading alternative postal provider on the Romanian market. The
core business of the company is delivering direct mail items (advertising mail)
weighing more than 50 gr. Thus the company has established a good starting
position for the upcoming postal market liberalisation in Romania as of the year
2013, and thus a solid basis for future growth. Serving as the top alternative
postal company, PostMaster also delivers unaddressed direct mail items
throughout Romania. The firm has a workforce of about 100 employees as well as a
delivery staff of about 1.500 people used on a service contract basis. They
delivered more than 100m unaddressed and 13m addressed direct mail items in
2010, generating revenue of EUR 6.7m.  Revenue is expected to rise by more than
30% in 2011 to about EUR 10m.


Further inquiry note:
Austrian Post
Head of Investor Relations
DI Harald Hagenauer
Tel.: +43 57767-30400 
harald.hagenauer@post.at


Austrian Post
Head of Group Communications
Mag. Ina Sabitzer
Tel.: +43 577 67-21763 
ina.sabitzer@post.at


Austrian Post
Press Spokesman
Michael Homola
Tel.: +43 577 67-32010 
michael.homola@post.at

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company:     Österreichische Post AG
             Postgasse 8
             A-1010 Wien
phone:       +43 (0)57767-0
mail:         investor@post.at
WWW:      www.post.at
sector:      Transport
ISIN:        AT0000APOST4
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