Change of Share

Press-release Krasnodar September 6, 2013 OJSC "Magnit" Announces the Change of Share of the Entity under the Issuer's Control Krasnodar, September 6, 2013: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest retailer (the"Company", the "Issuer", MICEX and LSE: MGNT), announces the change of share ofthe entity which is under the Issuer's control. Full company name and joint-stock company "Tander"address: 185, Levanevskogo street, Krasnodar, Russia Taxpayer Id Number: 2310031475 Principal State 1022301598549Registration Number: Object of acquisition: voting shares of the Issuer September 2, 2013 Disposal of shares Amount of disposed shares: 1 share (0.000001% of the total equity) Basis for disposal: Securities Purchase Agreements executed in the trading of MICEX Stock Exchange Amount of votes before 97,600 votes (0.103213% of the total number of votes)disposal: Amount of votes after 97,599 votes (0.103212% of the total number of votes)disposal: September 3, 2013 Acquisition of shares Amount of acquired shares: 1 share (0.000001% of the total equity) Basis for acquisition: Repurchase Agreement Amount of votes before 97,599 votes (0.103212% of the total number of votes)acquisition: Amount of votes after 97,600 votes (0.103213% of the total number of votes)acquisition: September 3, 2013 Disposal of shares Amount of disposed shares: 2 shares (0.000002% of the total equity) Basis for disposal: Securities Purchase Agreements executed in the trading of MICEX Stock Exchange Amount of votes before 97,600 votes (0.103213% of the total number of votes)disposal: Amount of votes after 97,598 votes (0.103 211% of the total number ofdisposal: votes) September 4, 2013 Disposal of shares Amount of disposed shares: 1,854 shares (0.00196% of the total equity) Basis for disposal: Securities Purchase Agreements executed in the trading of MICEX Stock Exchange Amount of votes before 97,598 votes (0.103211% of the total number ofdisposal: votes) Amount of votes after 95,744 votes (0.10125% of the total number of votes)disposal: September 4, 2013 Acquisition of shares Amount of acquired shares: 2 shares(0.000002% of the total equity) Basis for acquisition: Repurchase Agreement Amount of votes before 95,744 votes (0.10125% of the total number of votes)acquisition: Amount of votes after 95,746votes (0.101252% of the total number of votes)acquisition: 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: +7-861-277-45-54 x5101 Mobile: +7-961-511-0202 Direct Line: +7-861-277-4562 Company description: Magnit is Russia's largest retailer. Founded in 1994 by Sergey Galitskiy, thecompany is headquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of June30, 2013, Magnit operates 18 distribution centers and over 7,000 stores (6,552convenience, 164 hypermarkets, and 700 cosmetics) in more than 1,700 cities andtowns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the reviewed IFRS consolidated financial statements for 1H2013, Magnit had revenues of $8,796 million USD and an EBITDA of $890 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 now Europe's 2nd largest retailer.