33rd "Magnit Family" Store Opening

Press-release Krasnodar November 7, 2013 OJSC "Magnit" Announces the Opening of the 33rd "Magnit Family" Store Krasnodar, November 7, 2013: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest retailer (the"Company"; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the opening of the 33rd"Magnit Family" store. Please be informed that today the Company has opened its 33rd "Magnit Family"store located at 46/12 Vostochno-Kruglikovskaya street, Krasnodar, Southernfederal district. Assortment of the store consists of more than 4,200 SKUs, outof which about 81% are food items. There are 11 cash desks installed in thesales area. The outlet is leased by the Company. The store is open 7 days aweek 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, the company isheadquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of September 30,2013, Magnit operated 19 distribution centers and over 7,600 stores (6,783convenience, 178 hypermarkets, and 685 cosmetics) in more than 1,760 cities andtowns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with its reviewed IFRS consolidated financial statements, Magnithad 1H 2013 revenues of $8.7 billion USD and an EBITDA of $890 million USD.Magnit's local shares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MICEX: MGNT) andits GDRs on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MGNT) and it has a credit ratingfrom Standard & Poor's of BB. Measured by market capitalization, Magnit is nowEurope's 2nd largest food retailer.