191st Hypermarket Opening

Press-release Krasnodar February 12, 2015 PJSC "Magnit" Announces the Opening ofthe 191st Hypermarket Krasnodar, February 12, 2015: PJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest food retailer(the "Company"; MOEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the opening of the191st hypermarket of a medium format. Please be informed that today the Company opened its 191st hypermarket of amedium format located at 16 "A", 71st km of MKAD ("Way Park" shopping center),Putilkovo village, Moscow oblast, Central federal region. Assortment of thehypermarket consists of about 25,300 SKUs, out of which about 68% are fooditems. There are 23 cash desks installed in the sales area. The outlet isleased by the Company. The hypermarket is open 7 days a week from 10 am to 10pm. For further information, please contact: Timothy Post Director, Investor Relations Email: [email protected] Office: +7-861-277-4554 x 17600 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 x 15101 Mobile: +7-961-511-0202 Direct Line: +7-861-277-4562 Company description: Magnit is Russia's largest food retailer. Founded in 1994, the company isheadquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of December 31,2014, Magnit operated 27 distribution centers and over 9,700 stores (8,344convenience, 287 hypermarkets, and 1,080 drogerie stores) in approximately2,100 cities and towns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the unaudited IFRS management accounts for 2014, Magnit hadrevenues of RUB 764 billion and an EBITDA of RUB 86 billion. Magnit's localshares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX: MGNT) and its GDRs on theLondon Stock Exchange (LSE: MGNT) and it has a credit rating from Standard &Poor's of BB. Measured by market capitalization, Magnit is one of the largestretailers in Europe.