PJSC MAGNIT - Completion of Exchange-Traded Bonds Placement

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Press-release

Krasnodar

July 5, 2016

PJSC "Magnit" Announces the Completion of the Exchange-Traded Bonds Placement

Krasnodar, July 5, 2016: PJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest food retailer (the "Company"; the "Issuer", MOEX and LSE: MGNT) announces the completion of the Exchange-traded bonds placement.

Please be informed that on July 5, 2016 the Issuer completed the placement of its Exchange-traded bonds of the BO-001P-04 series.

Parameters of the bonds placement:

Type of securities:	Non-convertible interest-bearing certified exchange-traded bonds of PJSC "Magnit" of the BO-001P-04 series to the bearer with the obligatory centralized custody, placed under the Program of the exchange-traded bonds with the identification number of 4-60525-P-001P-02E as of 23.10.2015 (the Exchange-traded bonds)
Identification number of the issue and the date of its assignment:	4B02-04-60525-P-001P of 30.06.2016
International securities identification number (ISIN)	RU000A0JWML1
Authority which has assigned the identification number to the securities issue:	Closed Joint Stock Company "MICEX Stock Exchange"
Maturity date:	541 (Five hundred forty first) day from the commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement
Amount of placed securities:	10,000,000 bonds
Nominal value:	1,000 rubles each
Placement method:	open subscription
Date of the actual initiation of the placement:	July 5, 2016
Date of the actual completion of the placement:	July 5, 2016
Share of the placed securities out of the total number of securities subject to placement:	100%
Actual placement price:	10,000,000 exchange-traded bonds were placed at the price of 1,000 rubles per each bond (100% of the nominal value of one Exchange-traded bond)
Payment method:	The payment was made with monetary funds in Russian rubles by means of non-cash settlement

In accordance with the clause 2, article 81 of the Federal law No. 208-FZ "On Joint Stock Companies" of December 26, 1995, the provisions of the chapter XI "Interest in the conclusion of the transaction by the Company" of the above mentioned law shall not be applicable during the Company's placement of bonds not convertible into shares by means of open subscription.

No major transactions were executed during the placement of the Exchange-traded bonds.

For further information. please contact:

Timothy Post	Head of Investor Relations Email: [e-mail] Office: [phone] x 17600 Mobile: [phone] Direct Line: [phone]
Investor Relations Office	[e-mail] Direct Line: [phone] Website: ir.magnit.com/
Media Inquiries	Media Relations Department [e-mail]

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, 2016, Magnit operated 34 distribution centers and about 12,434 stores (9,715 convenience, 382 hypermarkets, and 2,337 drogerie stores) in 2,385 cities and towns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation.

In accordance with the audited IFRS results for 2015, Magnit had revenues of RUB 951 billion and an EBITDA of RUB 104 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.