Pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, d.d, and the relevant legislation, the company Poslovni sistem Mercator, d.d., hereby informs the shareholders and the public of the following:

On 4 April 2012 Mercator issued a 6-month commercial papers under the code MEL03 in total amount of EUR 10.3 mn which bears an interest rate of 4.07% p.a. Total issue consist of 206 denominations of EUR 50,000.00 and was paid up by 22 investors. Commercial papers have been signed in the central registry of KDD – Central Securities Clearing Corporation and are freely transferrable. Commercial papers have been issued as part of the public offering procedure, which does not require compliance with the rules regarding the publication of a prospectus and other rules relating to the public offering of securities as laid down in Chapter 2 of the FIMA.

Mercator applied for the admission of the commercial papers to trading on the regulated market of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange. Base on the decision of Ljubljana Stock Exchange trading will commence on 23 April 2012.

Commercial papers have been issued for the purpose of ensuring continuous short-term financing of the Mercator’s operations and diversifying the base of short-term debt investors primarily to institutional investors.

All services and activities regarding the organisation and execution of the initial offering of the commercial papers, the issuing of the commercial papers in book-entry form together with their entry into the Central Securities Clearing Corporation's central registry, and the admission of the commercial papers to the regulated market are performed by KD Banka, d.d., on behalf of the Mercator.

Attached to this public announcement is disclosed summary of the document for listing on Ljubljana Stock Exchange.

This announcement will be published on the company’s website at www.mercator.si as of 19 April 2012, and will remain posted for a period of at least five years.