X5 RETAIL GROUP N.V. TO HOLD AGM ON 12 MAY 2017

X5 RETAIL GROUP N.V. TO HOLD AGM ON 12 MAY 2017

Amsterdam, 31 March 2017 - X5 Retail Group N.V. ('X5' or the 'Company'),  a leading Russian food retailer (LSE ticker: "FIVE"),  invites the Company's shareholders and holders of global depository receipts to X5's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the 'AGM'). The AGM will be held at Parkstraat 20, 2514 JK The Hague, The Netherlands at 11.00 am CET on Friday, 12 May 2017. 

The record date for shareholders eligible to participate in the AGM is 14 April 2017.

The key agenda items to be discussed at the AGM include:

· the annual report of the Management Board and adoption of the Financial Statements for the financial year 2016;

· re-appointment of Mr. M. Fridman as member of the Supervisory Board;

· re-appointment of Mr. P. Musial as member of the Supervisory Board;

The full AGM agenda, including explanatory notes, is available on the X5 website at:

https://www.x5.ru/en/Pages/Investors/GeneralMeetingOfShareHolders.aspx

X5's Annual Report for the financial year 2016 is available on the Company's website at:

https://www.x5.ru/en/Pages/Investors/Reports.aspx 

Note to Editors:

X5 Retail Group N.V. (LSE: FIVE, Fitch - 'BB', Moody's - 'Ba3', 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 December 2016, X5 had 9,187 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 8,363 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 539 Perekrestok supermarkets, 91 Karusel hypermarkets and 194 convenience stores. The Company operates 35 DCs and 2,318 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).

X5's Shareholder structure is as follows: Alfa Group - 47.86%, founders of Pyaterochka - 14.43%, X5 Directors - 0.06%, treasury shares - 0.01%, free float - 37.64%.

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.