BoD Meeting Results

Press-release Krasnodar October 8, 2014 OJSC "Magnit" Announcesthe Results of the BOD Meeting Krasnodar, October 8, 2014: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest food retailer (the"Company", "Issuer"; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the resultsof the BOD meeting held on October 7, 2014. Please be informed that on October 7, 2014 the BOD meeting was held. Positive decisions were made by the Board of directors meeting on the followingagenda items put to a vote: * Determination of OJSC "Magnit" business priorities. * Approval of the related party transaction. * Determination of the amount of remuneration for the auditor's services. * Determination of the position of the OJSC "Magnit" representative at the exercise of the voting right on the JSC "Tander" shares owned by the Company. * Determination of the position of the OJSC "Magnit" representative at the exercise of the voting right on the Retail Import LLC shares in the charter capital owned by the Company. 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 June 30, 2014,Magnit operated 24 distribution centers and over 8,600 stores (7,614convenience, 226 hypermarkets, and 778 drogeries) in approximately 2,000 citiesand 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.