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Press-release Krasnodar July 1, 2013 OJSC "Magnit" Announces the Acquisition of Shares by the Entity under the Issuer'sControl Krasnodar, July 1, 2013: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest retailer (the"Company", the "Issuer", MICEX and LSE: MGNT), announces the acquisition ofshares by the entity which is under 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 Amount of acquired shares: 31 shares (0.00003% of the total equity) Basis for acquisition: Securities Purchase Agreements executed in the trading of MICEX Stock Exchange Amount of votes before 70,659 votes (0.0747% of the total number of votes)acquisition: Amount of votes after 70,690 votes (0.07476% of the total number of votes)acquisition: Date of acquisition June 21, 2013 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 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.