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X5 Retail Group N.V.08 June 2007 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN X5 Retail GROUP N.V. Notice of AGM Amsterdam, 8 June 2007 - X5 Retail Group N.V., Russia's largest food retailer interms of sales, will be holding their Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at11.00 AM CET on 15 June at Prins Bernhardplein 200, 1097 JB Amsterdam, TheNetherlands. Enquiries to: X5 Retail Group N.V.Gennady FrolovHead of Corporate CommunicationsOffice +7 495 950 5577 ext. 10130Mobile +7 495 998 3335Email [email protected] Note to Editors: X5 Retail Group N.V. is Russia's largest food retailer in terms of sales. As of31 March 2007, the Group had 512 company-managed "Pyaterochka" soft discountstores located in the Moscow (232), St. Petersburg (215) and other Russian areas(65), and 169 company-managed "Perekrestok" supermarkets across Central Russiaand Ukraine, including 99 stores in Moscow. As of 31 March 2007, franchisees operated 533 Pyaterochka branded stores acrossRussia and Kazakhstan. Perekrestok had 10 stores operated by franchisees in theMoscow area. Pyaterochka and Perekrestok have merged their operations as of 18 May 2006 tocreate the clear leader in the Russian food retail market. The Group's audited pro forma net sales for the FY 2006 were US $3,551 million,up +50% vs. 2005. Pyaterochka chain provided US $1,973 million of net sales, thePerekrestok chain contributed US $1,496 million of net sales, and Merkado chaincontributed US $ 82 million. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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