Holding of BoD Meeting

Press-release Krasnodar November 14, 2014 PJSC "Magnit" Announces the Holding of the BOD Meeting Krasnodar, November 14, 2014: PJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest food retailer(the "Company", MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the holding of theBoard of Directors meeting. On November 14, 2014 the Chairman of the Board of Directors made the decisionto hold the BOD meeting onNovember 17, 2014 with the following agenda: 1. Determination of the recommended price for major related party transactions to be approved by the EGM of PJSC "Magnit". 2. Determination of the form and the text of the voting ballots on the items to be considered at the EGM of PJSC "Magnit". 3. Determination of the position of the PJSC "Magnit" representative at the exercise of the voting right on the JSC "Tander" shares 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 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.