X5 RETAIL GROUP ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF AGM

X5 RETAIL GROUP ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF AGM

Amsterdam, 12 May 2017 - X5 Retail Group N.V. ('X5' or the 'Company'), a leading Russian food retailer (LSE ticker: "FIVE"), announces the results of the Company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the 'AGM') held on Friday, 12 May 2017.

All of the resolutions proposed to the AGM were approved by the shareholders and holders of global depository receipts.

The key items resolved at the AGM include the adoption of the financial statements for the financial year 2016, and the re-appointment of Mr. Mikhail Fridman and Mr. Pawel Musial as members of the Supervisory Board.

The minutes of the meeting can be found in the Corporate Governance section of the Company's website at: https://www.x5.ru/en/Pages/Investors/GeneralMeetingOfShareHolders.aspx

Note to Editors:

X5 Retail Group N.V. (LSE: FIVE, Fitch - 'BB', Moody's - 'Ba2', S&P - 'BB') is a leading Russian food retailer. The Company operates several retail formats: the chain of proximity stores under the Pyaterochka brand, the supermarket chain under the Perekrestok brand, the hypermarket chain under the Karusel brand and Express convenience stores under various brands.

As of 31 March 2017, X5 had 9,817 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 9,002 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 544 Perekrestok supermarkets, 90 Karusel hypermarkets and 181 convenience stores. The Company operates 36 DCs and 2,293 Company-owned trucks across the Russian Federation.

For the full year 2016, revenue totalled RUB 1,033,667 mln (USD 15,420 mln), Adjusted EBITDA reached RUB 79,519 mln (USD 1,186 mln), and net profit for the period amounted to RUB 22,291 mln (USD 333 mln). In Q1 2017, revenue totalled RUB 293,078 mln (USD 4,981 mln), EBITDA reached RUB 22,167 mln (USD 377 mln), and net profit amounted to RUB 8,355 mln (USD 142 mln).

X5's Shareholder structure is as follows: Alfa Group - 47.86%, Intertrust Trustees Ltd (Axon Trust) - 11.43%, X5 Directors - 0.06%, treasury shares - 0.01%, Shareholders with less than 3% - 40.63%.

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 of 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.

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