Commencing Date of the Exchange-Traded Bonds Placement

PJSC MAGNIT - Commencing Date of the Exchange-Traded Bonds Placement

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London, October 12

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Press-release

Krasnodar

October 12, 2015

PJSC “Magnit” Announces the Commencing Date of the Exchange-Traded Bonds Placement

Krasnodar, October 12, 2015: PJSC “Magnit”, Russia’s largest food retailer (the “Company”; the “Issuer”, MOEX and LSE: MGNT) announces the commencing date of the exchange-traded bonds placement.

Parameters of bonds placement:

If the date of redemption of the Exchange-traded bonds is a public holiday or a day-off, irrespective of whether it is a national holiday or weekend, the transfer of the proper amount shall be executed on the first work day after the public holiday or weekend. The holder of Exchange-traded bonds is not entitled to claim interest accrual or another compensation for such payment delay.

The commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement may be changed by the decision of the sole executive body of the Issuer subject to compliance with the requirements for the procedure of the information disclosure on the change of the Exchange-traded bonds placement commencing date, determined by the legislation of the Russian federation, the Decision on the issuance of securities and the Prospectus.

If the Issuer makes a decision to change the commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement, disclosed pursuant to the procedure and within the time limit specified in paragraph 11 of the Decision on the issuance of securities and paragraph 2.9 of the Prospectus, the Issuer shall publish the announcement on the change of the Exchange-traded bonds placement commencing date pursuant to the procedure specified in paragraph 11 of the Decision on the issuance of securities and paragraph 2.9 of the Prospectus.

The price of the Exchange-traded bonds placement and the procedure of its determination:

The price of the Exchange-traded bonds placement is fixed in the amount of 1,000 (one thousand) rubles per one Exchange-traded bond (100% of the nominal value).

From the second day of the Exchange-traded bonds placement within the settlement of the sale and purchase transaction the acquirer of the Exchange-traded bonds shall also pay the accumulated coupon yield against the Exchange-traded bonds calculated by the following formula:

ACI = Nom * C * ((T - T0) / 365) / 100%, where

ACI – accumulated coupon interest, rubles;

Nom – nominal value of one Exchange-traded bond, rubles;

C – amount of the interest rate of the 1st coupon period in percent per annum (%);

T – current date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement;

T0 – commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement.

The amount of the accumulated coupon yield per one Exchange-traded bond is calculated with the accuracy to one kopeck (rounding of figures in calculation is carried out according to the mathematical rounding rules. In this respect, mathematical rounding rules are the rounding method whereby the value of the integral kopeck (integral kopecks) does not change if the first figure following the rounded one is in the range from 0 to 4, and increases by one if the first figure following the rounded one is in the range from 5 to 9).

The completion date of the placement or the procedure of its determination:

The completion date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement is the earliest date of the following dates:

a) the 3rd (third) business day from the commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement;

b) the date of placement of the last Exchange-traded bond.

The period of placement of Exchange-traded bonds shall not exceed 1 (one) month from the commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement.

The decision was made by the Sole executive body of the Issuer (the CEO) on October 12, 2015 (Decision w/o No. of October 12, 2015).

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Company description:

Magnit is Russia's largest food retailer. Founded in 1994, the company is headquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of September 30, 2015, Magnit operated 29 distribution centers and about 11,400 stores (9,246 convenience, 335 hypermarkets, and 1,807 drogerie stores) in approximately 2,297 cities and towns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation.

In accordance with the reviewed IFRS consolidated financial statements for 1H 2015. Magnit had revenues of RUB 455 billion and an EBITDA of RUB 49 billion. Magnit's local shares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX: MGNT) and its GDRs on the London 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 largest retailers in Europe.