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Press-release Krasnodar July 19, 2013 OJSC "Magnit" Announces the Disposal of Shares by the Entity under the Issuer's Control Krasnodar, July 19, 2013: OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest 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: July18, 2013 Amount of disposed shares: 3,801 shares (0.004% of the total equity) Basis for disposal: Securities Purchase Agreements executed in the trading of MICEX Stock Exchange Amount of votes before 78,195 votes (0,0827% of the total number of votes)disposal: Amount of votes after 74,394votes(0,0787% 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 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 by Sergey Galitskiy, thecompany is headquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of June30, 2013, Magnit operates 18 distribution centers and over 7,000 stores (6,552convenience, 164 hypermarkets, and 700 cosmetics) in more than 1,700 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.