X5 ANNOUNCES EGM

X5 RETAIL GROUP ANNOUNCES EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Amsterdam, 7 June 2013 - X5 Retail Group N.V. ("X5" or the "Company"), a leading Russian retailer, invites its shareholders and holders of global depository receipts (GDRs) to its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "EGM") to be held at Parkstraat 20, 2514 JK The Hague, The Netherlands at 15.00 CET on 19 July 2013. The record date for the EGM is 21 June 2013.

The main agenda items to be considered by shareholders and holders of GDRs at the EGM are the appointment of Mr. Alexander Malis and Mr. Igor Shekhterman as members of the Supervisory Board, and the appointment of Mrs. Vladlena Yavorskaya, X5's General Counsel, as member of the Management Board.

Explanatory notes to the EGM agenda are available at www.x5.ru.

Note to Editors:

X5 Retail Group N.V. (LSE: FIVE, Moody's - "B2", S&P - "B+") is a leading Russian retailer. The Company operates several retail formats: the soft discounter chain under the Pyaterochka brand, the supermarket chain under the Perekrestok brand, the hypermarket chain under the Karusel brand, the online retail channel under the E5.ru brand and convenience stores under various brands.

At 31 March 2013, X5 had 3,868 Company-operated stores. It has the leading market position in both Moscow and St. Petersburg and a significant presence in the European part of Russia. Its store base includes 3,279 soft discounter stores, 371 supermarkets, 78 hypermarkets and 140 convenience stores. The Company operates 29 DCs and 1,924 Company-owned trucks across the Russian Federation. At 31 March 2013, the number of X5 employees totaled 106 thousand.

For the full year 2012, net sales totaled USD 15,795 mln, EBITDA reached USD 1,124 mln, and net loss amounted to USD 126 mln. For the first quarter 2013, net sales totaled USD 4,160 mln, EBITDA reached USD 284 mln and net profit amounted to USD 65 mln.

X5's Shareholder structure is as follows: Alfa Group - 47.86%, founders of Pyaterochka - 19.85%, X5 Directors - 0.01%, treasury shares - 0.11%, free float - 32.17%.

Forward looking statements:

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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances, a number of which are beyond X5 Retail Group N.V.'s control. As a result, actual future results may differ materially from the plans, goals and expectations set out in these forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of X5 Retail Group N.V. speak only as at the date of this announcement. Save as required by any applicable laws or regulations, X5 Retail Group N.V. undertakes no obligation publicly to release the results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements in this document that may occur due to any change in its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document.