163rd Hypermarket Opening

Press-release Krasnodar March 3, 2014 OJSC "Magnit" Announces the Opening of the 163rd Hypermarket Krasnodar, March 3, 2014: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest retailer (the"Company"; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the opening of the163rd hypermarket of a small format. Please be informed that on March 1, 2014 the Company has opened its 163rdhypermarket of a small format located at 71, Platovsky prospect, Novocherkassk,Rostov region, Southern federal district. Assortment of the hypermarketconsists of about 7,500 SKUs, out of which about 82% are food items. There are15 cash desks installed in the sales area. The outlet is owned by the Company.The hypermarket is open 7 days a week from 8 am to 10 pm. For further information, please contact: Timothy Post Director, Investor Relations Email: [email protected] Office: +7-861-277-4554 x17600 Mobile: +7-961-511-7678 Direct Line: +7-861-277-4562 Dina Svishcheva Deputy Director, Investor Relations Email: [email protected] Office: +7-861-277-45-54 x15101 Mobile: +7-961-511-0202 Direct Line: +7-861-277-4562 Company description: Magnit is Russia's largest retailer. Founded in 1994, the company isheadquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of December 31,2013, Magnit operated 22 distribution centers and over 8,000 stores (7,200convenience, 207 hypermarkets, and 686 cosmetics) in more than 1,868 cities andtowns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the unaudited IFRS management accounts for 2013, Magnit hadrevenues of $18,202 million USD and an EBITDA of $2,032 million USD. Magnit'slocal shares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MICEX: MGNT) and its GDRson the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MGNT) and it has a credit rating fromStandard & Poor's of BB. Measured by market capitalization, Magnit is nowEurope's 2nd largest retailer.