75th "Magnit Family" Store Opening

Press-release Krasnodar November 25, 2014 PJSC "Magnit" Announces the Opening of the 75th "Magnit Family" Store Krasnodar, November 25, 2014: PJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest food retailer(the "Company"; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the opening of the75th "Magnit Family" store. Please be informed that today the Company opened its 75th "Magnit Family" storelocated at 3, Ordzhonikidze street, stanitsa Starominskaya, Krasnodar Krai,Southern federal region. Assortment of the store consists of more than 4,800SKUs, out of which about 80% are food items. There are 13 cash desks installedin the sales area. The outlet is owned by the Company. The store is open 7 daysa week from 9 am to 10 pm. 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: +7-861-277-4554 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 September 30,2014, Magnit operated 25 distribution centers and over 9,020 stores (7,891convenience, 243 hypermarkets, and 886 drogerie stores) in approximately 2,000cities and towns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the reviewed IFRS consolidated financial statements for 1H2014, Magnit had revenues of $9,979 million USD and an EBITDA of $1,045 millionUSD. 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 has a creditrating from Standard & Poor's of BB. Measured by market capitalization, Magnitis one of the largest retailers in Europe.

At the weekend the store is open from 8 am to 10 pm