Holding of BoD Meeting

Press-release Krasnodar February 19, 2014 OJSC "Magnit" Announces the Holding of the BOD Meeting Krasnodar, February 19, 2014: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest retailer (the"Company", the "Issuer", MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce theholding of the Board of Directors meeting. On February 19, 2014 the Chairman of the Board of Directors made the decisionto hold the BOD meeting on February 25, 2014 with the following agenda: 1. 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. 2. Determination of the position of the OJSC "Magnit" representative at the exercise of the voting right on the LLC "Tandem" shares in the charter capital owned by the Company. 3. Ratification of the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy of Open Joint-Stock Company "Magnit". 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, the company isheadquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of December 31,2013, Magnit operated 22 distribution centers and over 8,000 stores (7,200convenience, 207 hypermarkets, and 686 cosmetics) in more than 1,868 cities andtowns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the unaudited IFRS management accounts for 2013, Magnit hadrevenues of $18,202 million USD and an EBITDA of $2,032 million USD. Magnit'slocal shares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MICEX: MGNT) and its GDRson the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MGNT) and it has a credit rating fromStandard & Poor's of BB. Measured by market capitalization, Magnit is nowEurope's 2nd largest retailer.