Proceedings of the advertisement-tax refund claims of subsidiaries of Tallinna Kaubamaja Grupp AS

The Tallinn Administrative Court and the Tartu Administrative Court have dismissed the claims for the refund of advertisement tax paid by the subsidiaries of Tallinna Kaubamaja Grupp AS in Tallinn, Tartu, and Pärnu (stock exchange notices of 11 February 2015, 21 May 2015, and 1 December 2015). All aforementioned judgements ruled by the court of first instance were contested in the circuit court. With a court judgement passed on 31 March 2016, the Tallinn Administrative Court dismissed the appeal filed in the dispute with the City Government of Pärnu. On 29 April 2016, we filed to the Supreme Court of Estonia a cassation complaint concerning the aforementioned circuit court judgement. At the time of publishing this stock exchange notice, it is not yet known if the Supreme Court will proceed the complaint.

With a court judgement passed on 16 May 2016, the Tartu Administrative Court dismissed the appeal filed in the dispute with the City Government of Tartu. We intend to file to the Supreme Court of Estonia a cassation complaint concerning the aforementioned circuit court judgement.

The Tallinn Administrative Court has not yet ordered a hearing for the claim for the refund of advertisement tax paid in Tallinn.