140th Hypermarket Opening

Press-release Krasnodar July 12, 2013 OJSC "Magnit" Announces the Opening of the 140th Hypermarket Krasnodar, July 12, 2013: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest retailer (the"Company"; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the opening of the140th hypermarket of a medium format. Please be informed that today the Company has opened its 140th hypermarket of amedium format located at 2, Vinogradniy lane, Sochi, Krasnodar region, Southernfederal district. Assortment of the hypermarket consists of more than 11,200SKUs, out of which about 67% are food items. There are 23 cash desks installedin the sales area. The outlet is owned by the Company. The hypermarket is open7 days a week from 9 am to 11 pm. For further information, please contact: Timothy Post Director, Investor Relations Email: [email protected] Office: +7-861-277-4554 x7600 Mobile: +7-961-511-7678 Direct Line: +7-861-277-4562 Dina Svishcheva Deputy Director, Investor Relations Email: [email protected] Office: +7-861-277-4554 x5101 Mobile: +7-961-511-0202 Direct Line: +7-861-277-4562 Company description: Magnit is Russia's largest retailer. Founded in 1994 by Sergey Galitskiy, thecompany is headquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of June30, 2013, Magnit operates 18 distribution centers and over 7,000 stores (6,552convenience, 164 hypermarkets, and 700 cosmetics) in more than 1,700 cities andtowns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with its audited IFRS consolidated financial statements foryear-end 2012, Magnit had revenues of $14.43 billion USD and an EBITDA of $1.52billion USD. Magnit's local shares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange(MICEX: MGNT) and its GDRs on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MGNT) and it hasa credit rating from Standard & Poor's of BB. Measured bymarket capitalization, Magnit is now Europe's 2nd largest retailer.