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Press-release Krasnodar May 22, 2015 PJSC "Magnit" Filed the Placement Notice with the Bank of Russia Krasnodar, May 22, 2015: PJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest food retailer (the "Company"; the "Issuer", MICEX and LSE: MGNT) filed the notice on the results of bonds issuance (the "Placement Notice") with the Bank of Russia. Please be informed that today, on May 22, 2015, PJSC "Magnit" filed the Placement Notice with the Bank of Russia. Type of securities: Interest-bearing non-convertible certified bonds of the 02, 03 series to the bearer with the obligatory centralized custody State registration 4-02-60525-P / 4-03-60525-P as of 27.12.2012 number of the issue and date of registration: Maturity date: On the 1092nd day from the date of the placement initiation of the bonds Registration The FFMS authoritywhich effected the state registration of the securities issue: Amount of securities to 5,000,000 bonds/ 5,000,000 bonds be placed: Nominal value: 1,000 rubles each Placement method: Open subscription Share of the placed 100% securities out of the total number of securities subject to placement: Placement May 15, 2015 commencingdate: Placement completion May 15, 2015 date: Date of filing of the May 22, 2015 Placement Notice Stock Exchange: ClosedJoint-Stock Company "MICEX Stock Exchange" The prospectus of securities was registered on the date of the state registration of the issue of securities - Bonds. The copy of the Placement Notice filed with the FFMS can be obtained at the following address: 15/5 Solnechnaya street, Krasnodar, the Russian Federation. Tel: (861) 277-45-54; fax: (861) 277-45-54. The webpage rendered by one of the providers of information disclosure on the securities market: http://www.e-disclosure.ru/portal/company.aspx?id=7671 The Issuer's website: http://ir.magnit.com/en/ For further information, please contact: Timothy Post Director, Investor Relations Email: post@magnit.ru Office: +7-861-277-4554 x 17600 Mobile: +7-961-511-7678 Direct Line: +7-861-277-4562 Dina Svishcheva Deputy Director, Investor Relations Email: Chistyak@magnit.ru Office: +7-861-277-45-54 x 15101 Mobile: +7-961-511-0202 Direct Line: +7-861-277-4562 Company description: Magnit is Russia's largest food retailer. Founded in 1994, the company is headquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of March 31, 2015, Magnit operated 28 distribution centers and over 10,000 stores (8,581 convenience, 300 hypermarkets, and 1,239 drogerie stores) in approximately 2,180 cities and towns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the audited IFRS consolidated financial statements for 2014, Magnit had revenues of RUB 764 billion and an EBITDA of RUB 86 billion. Magnit's local shares are traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX: MGNT) and its GDRs on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MGNT) and it has a credit rating from Standard & Poor's of BB+. Measured by market capitalization, Magnit is one of the largest retailers in Europe.