Other Activities

Along its activities in the publishing, printing and digital economy sectors, Lambrakis Press has expanded its corporate scope with strategic holdings in companies active in the sectors of television broadcasting, book publishing and press distribution. The major participations in these sectors are:

TILETIPOS SA was established in 1989 by Lambrakis Press SA, Ethnos Publications SA, C.K. Tegopoulos SA, Geniki Ekdotiki Ellados - Mesimvrini SA and Kathimerini Newspaper Publishing SA.

The company’s purpose is operating television stations and producing television programs.

In 1989 the company established the free-to-air television station "Mega Channel", which has since maintained one of the top television stations in Greece in terms of viewer ship and attracted advertisement spending.

The company’s shares are listed on the Athens Stock Exchange in 1994.

The following tables show the summary financial data of the company and its group for the last two years:

 

SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
(in million euros)
2008 2009
Total assets 270,0 250,7
Total equity 107,7 79,7
Turnover 168,1 139,2
Earnings before tax 38,8 -0,6
Earnings after tax 26,2 -2,7

 

SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA(in million euros) 2008 2009
Total assets 302,9 280,1
Total equity 129,0 102,1
Turnover 168,9 139,4
Earnings before tax 55,3 0,7
Earnings after tax 42,4 -1,6

 

The company is included in the consolidated financial statements of Lambrakis Press SA using the equity accounting method.

Board of Directors
President and Managing Director
Ilias E. Tsingas
Vice Presidents
Fotios G. Bobolas
Members
George H. Aidinis
George F. Bobolas
George I. Prousanidis
Stavros P. Psycharis
Panayiotis St. Psycharis
Shareholders
Lambrakis Press SA: 22.11%
 
Web site
http://www.megatv.com

The company is active in providing subscription services for electronic and printed scientific information and represents large international providers of bibliographic databases and publishing firms. The company specializes in biomedicine offering bibliographic content and management of electronic information systems to medical entities. INTEROPTICS owns the first Greek medical portal, «inhealth» (http://health.in.gr), covering topics of healthy living and prevention. Health.in.gr includes a side professional portal (http://doctors.in.gr) with extensive medical and pharmaceutical content accessible only by doctors and pharmacists (members of the respective professional associations). Also, the company runs the electronic store Health Stores (www.healthstores.gr) selling accessories for healthy lifestyle.

The following table shows the summary financial figures of the company for the last two years:

SUMMARY FINANCIAL FIGURES(million euros) 2008 2009
Total assets 1,7 1,9
Total equity 0,8 0,8
Turnover 3,0 2,9
Earnings before tax 0,2 0,1
Earnings after tax 0,1 0,1

The company’s financial statements are not included in the consolidated financial statements of Lambrakis Press S.A.

Board of Directors
President
Christos Apostolopoulos
Vice President
Stergios Nezis
Members
Vasileios Apostolopoulos
Dimitrios Karayiannis
Nikolaos Anastasopoulos
Dimitrios Albanis
Shareholders
DOL DIGITAL SA: 45,00%
ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER: 27,33%
Q.US SA: 17,67%
EMMANOUIL KOLLIAS: 10,00%
 
Address:
80, Michalakopoulou
GR-11528 Athens
Web sites
http://health.in.gr
http://doctors.in.gr
http://www.healthstores.gr
http://www.interoptics.gr

STUDIO ΑΤΑ is active in producing, editing and finishing television movies and offering studio services. For more than 20 years, the company remains one of the most acknowledged producers of television programs.

The following tables show the company’s summary financial data for the last two years:

SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
(in million euros)
2010 2009
Total assets 14,0 15,0
Total equity -0,6 -0,2
Turnover 14,4 21,5
Earnings before tax -0,4 -0,8
Earnings after tax -0,4 -0,7

The company is fully consolidated in the consolidated financial statements of Lambrakis Press Group

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Board of Directors
President
Panayiotis St. Psycharis
Vice President
Stavros P. Psycharis
Managing Director
Stergios Nezis
Μembers
Nicholas Pefanis
Tryfon Koutalidis
Nikolaos Gotsis
Shareholders
Lambrakis Press SA: 99.3%
Kourentis: 0.7%
 
Address
10, Ziridi st.
151 23 Marousi
Website
www.studioata.gr

Television Enterprises S.A. (TVE) is active in producing, editing and finishing independent television production and offering studio services

The following tables show the summary financial data of the company for the last two years:

SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
(in million euros)
2010 2009
Total assets 9,1 6,5
Total equity 1,5 1,5
Turnover 11,4 9,7
Earnings before tax 0,5 0,7
Earnings after tax 0,3 0,5

 

The company is included in the consolidated financial statements of Lambrakis Press Group using the equity accounting method.

Board of Directors
President
Fotios G. Bobolas
Vice Presidents and Managing Director
Christos Elmatzioglou
Members
Stavros P. Psycharis
Nikolaos Elmatzioglou
Shareholders
Lambrakis Press SA:25,00%
Pigasos SA: 25,00%
Elmatzioglou Family: 50,00% 
 
Address
2o klm Paianias-Koropiou Avenue
Web site
http://www.tve.gr

LAMBRAKIS PRESS SA and PUBLICWORLD SA, developing a joint business activity, set up a new company in the sector of electronic commerce.

The aim of this cooperation is to create the largest online shop in Greece providing services and products, by using the experience of the well known chain of “Public” stores in both the e-commerce technology and services to customers along with the expertise of Lambrakis Press in the media, internet and communication sectors.

The new company sells products over the internet shop www.getitnow.gr.

The company is included in the consolidated financial statements of Lambrakis Press Group using the equity accounting method.

Board of Directors
President
Panos Germanos
Managing Director
Panayiotis St. Psycharis
Members
Stavros Psycharis
Konstantinos Karafotakis
Stergios Nezis
Vasileios Giouvalakis
 Nikolas Pefanis
Shareholders
Lambrakis Press SA: 38%
PublicWorl: 57% 
 
Web site
www.getitnow.gr

"PAPASOTIRIOU S.A. " was established in 1993 with a 50-year duration. The company is currently the largest bookstore chain in Greece specializing in scientific and technical books of various disciplines. "PAPASOTIRIOU SA" operates 25 bookstores all over Greece and an internet bookstore (www.papasotiriou.gr) featuring 20,000 Greek and more than 60,000 foreign book titles along with 7,000 CD-ROM titles. All the stores in the chain feature a special multimedia department.

The following table shows the company’s summary financial data for the previous two years:

SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
(in million euros)
2009 2008
Total assets 17,3 22,4
Total equity 2,5 2,3
Turnover 22,5 29,5
Earnings before tax 0,6 0,3
Earnings after tax 0,5 0,2

The company is included in the consolidated financial statements of Lambrakis Press Group using the equity accounting method.

Board of Directors
Presidentand Managing Director
Georgios Papasotiriou
Vice President
Alexandra Papasotiriou
Members
Christos Felemengas
Nikoleta Papasotiriou
Stergios Nezis
Nikolas Pefanis
Shareholders
Lambrakis Press SA: 30%
Alexandra Papasotiriou: 58.88%
Georgios Papasotiriou: 11.12%
 
Address
35, Stournari st.
GR-106 82 Athens
Website
www.papasotiriou.gr

"ΑRGOS S.Α." was established in 1998 with a 12-year duration (2010) by Lambrakis Press SA. In February 1999 the company broadened its shareholding base with 13 additional newspaper and magazine publishers that are eminent in the Greek publishing market. After acquiring the required license, the company is active in distributing press all over Greece .

Currently, ARGOS SA is the largest press distribution agency in Greece , operating the most extensive organized nation-wide distribution network for newspapers and magazines

The following tables show the summary financial data for the company and its group for the previous two years:

SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
(in million euros)
2009 2008
Total assets 33,5 37,8
Total equity 8,3 9,0
Turnover 113,2 121,9
Earnings before tax 0,8 1,2
Earnings after tax 0,5 1,1

 

SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA (in million euros) 2009 2008
Total assets 48,7 50,3
Total equity 9,3 9,9
Turnover 266,2 248,0
Earnings before tax 1,2 1,1
Earnings after tax 0.6 0.8

The company is included in the consolidated financial statements of Lambrakis Press Group using the equity accounting method.

The company’s consolidated financial statements include the companies ARGOS NET LTD. And ARGOS EVROPI LTD.

Board of Directors
President
Stavros Psycharis
Vice President
Marianthi Tegopoulou
Managing Director
Nikolaos Biliris
Members
Petros Kostopoulos
Antonios Liberis
Theoharis Filippopoulos
Georgios Anemodouras
Andreas Kouris
Petros Kapnistos
Shareholders
Lambrakis Press SA: 38,7%
Tegopoulos SA: 24,13%
Liberis Publications SA:10,05%
ΙΜΑΚΟ Media Group SA:5,03%
Attica Publications SA:5,03%
Tetarti Exousia SA:5%
Apogevmatini SA:3,02%
Kouris Media Group SA:3,02%
Periodikos Typos SA:3,02%
Dragounis Publishing SA:1%
Tilerama SA:1%
Ekdoseis Thema SA:0,5%
Pnevma SA:0,5%
 
Address
3, Emm. Pappa
Egalleo
Web site
http://www.argos.net.gr/