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Press-release Krasnodar January 28, 2015 PJSC "Magnit" Announces the Disposal of Shares by the Entity under the Issuer'sControl Krasnodar, January 28, 2015: PJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest food retailer (the"Company", the "Issuer", MICEX and LSE: MGNT), announces the disposal of sharesby the entity which is under the 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 disposal: voting shares of the Issuer Date of disposal: January 26, 2015 Amount of disposed shares: 5,000 shares (0.005288% of the total equity) Basis for disposal: Sale and Purchase Agreements executed in the trading of MICEX Stock Exchange Amount of votes before 40,519 votes (0.042849% of the total number of votes)disposal: Amount of votes after 35,519 votes (0.037562% of the total number of votes)disposal: 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 December 31,2014, Magnit operated 27 distribution centers and over 9,700 stores (8,344convenience, 287 hypermarkets, and 1,080 drogerie stores) in approximately2,100 cities and towns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the unaudited IFRS management accounts for 2014, Magnit hadrevenues of RUB 764 billion and an EBITDA of RUB 86 billion. Magnit's localshares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MICEX: MGNT) and its GDRs onthe 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 largestretailers in Europe.