Inclusion of Shares into the Blue Chip Index of MICEX

Press-release Krasnodar June 13, 2013 OJSC "Magnit" Announcesthe Inclusionofits Sharesinto the Blue Chip IndexConstituents of MICEX Krasnodar, June 13, 2013: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest retailer (the"Company"; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), announces the inclusion of its shares into theBlue Chip Index Constituents of MICEX. Please be informed that shares of the Company are included into the Blue ChipIndex Constituents of MICEX from June 18, 2013. Moscow Exchange Blue Chip Index is an indicator of the market of the mostliquid stocks of Russian companies. The index is calculated on the basis of themost liquid stocks of Russian stock market. The Index is based on the prices ofshares, denominated in rubles. More information on the blue chip list you can find following the linkhttp://rts.micex.ru/s921. For further information, please contact: Timothy Post Director, Investor Relations e-mail: [email protected] Tel. in Krasnodar +7 (861) 277-45-54, 210-98-10 ext. 7600 Mob.: +7 (961) 511-76-78 Direct line for investors only: +7 (861) 277-45-62 Dina Svishcheva Deputy Director, Investor Relations e-mail: [email protected] Tel. in Krasnodar +7 (861) 277-45-54, 210-98-10 ext. 5101 Mob.: +7-961-511-02-02 Direct line for investors only: +7 (861) 277-45-62 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 March31, 2013, Magnit operates 18 distribution centers and over 7,000 stores (6,209convenience, 153 hypermarkets, and 713 cosmetics) in more than1,600 cities andtowns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with its audited IFRS consolidated financial statements foryear-end 2012, Magnit had revenues of $14.43 billion USD and an EBITDA of $1.52billion USD. 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 hasa credit rating from Standard & Poor's of BB. Measured bymarket capitalization, Magnit is now Europe's 2nd largest retailer.