The following is a Company Announcement issued by MaltaPost p.l.c. pursuant to the Malta Financial Services Authority Listing Rules:

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The Board of Directors of MaltaPost p.l.c. (the Company) has approved the attached Preliminary Statement of annual results as extracted from the Company's Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2011 that were audited by PwC and approved by the Board of Directors on the 1 December 2011. The Board resolved that these audited Financial Statements be submitted for the approval of the shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting scheduled for the 17 January 2012.

The Board of Directors further resolved to recommend for the approval of the Annual General Meeting:

• The payment of a final ordinary net dividend of Euro0.04 per nominal Euro 0.25 share
• That shareholders be given the option of receiving the dividend either in cash or by the issue of new shares. The Attribution Price, at which the number of new shares to be issued will be determined, has been established at Euro 0.98 per nominal Euro 0.25 share.

Shareholders on the Company's share register at the Central Securities Depository of the Malta Stock Exchange, as at close of business on the 17 December 2011* will receive notice of the Annual General Meeting together with the Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 September 2011.

The final dividend, if approved at the Annual General Meeting, will be paid on the 30 January 2012 to shareholders on the Company's share register at the Central Securities Depositary of the Malta Stock Exchange as at close of business on the 17 December 2011.

* 17 December 2011 will include trades undertaken up to and including 12 December 2011

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