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TCS Group Holding PLC / Transaction in Own Shares* TCS Group Holding PLC: Tinkoff Controlling Shareholder Increases Stake (news with additional features) 20-Jul-2017 / 17:30 CET/CEST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EquityStory.RS, LLC - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Tinkoff Controlling Shareholder Increases Stake Moscow, Russia - 20 July 2017. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) (the "Group"), Russia's leading provider of online retail financial services, has been notified of transactions in its GDRs by the Group's controlling shareholder and PDMR, Oleg Tinkov, in line with the plans he announced on 10 July. Oleg Tinkov purchased a further 128,341 GDRs between 17 and 19 July for a total amount of close to USD 1.59mn. This is in addition to 1,693,205 GDRs purchased earlier in July 2017 for approximately USD 19.8mn. Details of the purchases are in the documents attached. For enquiries: Tinkoff Bank Tinkoff Bank Darya Ermolina Larisa Chernysheva Head of PR IR Department + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009) + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312) d.ermolina@tinkoff.ru ir@tinkoff.ru [1] About the Group TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail financial services operating in Russia through a high-tech branchless platform. TCS Group includes Tinkoff Bank, mobile virtual operator network Tinkoff Mobile, Tinkoff Insurance, and Tinkoff Software DC, a network of development hubs across Russia. The Group was founded in 2006 by a Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov and has been listed at the London Stock Exchange since October 2013. With no retail branches, the Group serves its customers remotely via online channels and its call centre, and operates a network of over 1,800 representatives to ensure smooth delivery of its products. The network covers the entire Russia and allows next day delivery to most customers. The Group's key business is Tinkoff Bank, Russia's first and only direct bank offering both own brand and partner retail financial services via Tinkoff.ru platform. The product range includes daily banking (credit and debit cards, payments, money transfers), savings, investments, loyalty programmes, travel services, SME services, mortgage platform, and insurance. With its special focus on mobile business, the bank offers mobile applications both for its customer base (Mobile Bank) and beyond it (Traffic Fines, MoneyTalk, Card 2 Card instant money transfers). As at 1 May 2017, the bank was the second largest player in the Russian credit card market, with a market share of 11%. The 1Q 2017 IFRS net income of TCS Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 3.4 bn, ROE stood at 43%. Banki.ru, Russia's largest financial news portal, named Tinkoff Bank the Bank of the Year 2016. In October 2016 Tinkoff Bank was named the largest independent global direct bank by Frost & Sullivan. In 2015 and 2016, the Global Finance magazine named Tinkoff Bank as the Best Consumer Digital Bank in Russia. In 2016, the bank also won Global Finance's Best Integrated Consumer Bank Site award and was named the Best Digital Bank in the CEE by Euromoney. The bank's mobile application was recognised as the best in Russia by Markswebb Rank & Report for three consecutive years in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and by Deloitte for four consecutive years from 2013 to 2016. Additional features: Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=URLMSRATWI [2] Document title: PDMR Notifications as of 20 July 2017 The EquityStory.RS, LLC Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de/ukreg Language: English Company: TCS Group Holding PLC 2nd Floor, Sotiri Tofini 4, Agios Athanasios 4102 Limassol Cyprus Phone: +7 495 648-10-00 Fax: +7 495 645-59-09 E-mail: media@tinkoff.ru Internet: https://www.tinkoff.ru ISIN: US87238U2033 Listed: Foreign Exchange(s) London, Moscow Category Code: POS TIDM: TCS LEI Code: 549300XQRN9MR54V1W18 Sequence No.: 4437 End of Announcement EquityStory.RS, LLC News Service 594457 20-Jul-2017 1: mailto:ir@tcsbank.ru 2: http://public-cockpit.eqs.com/cgi-bin/fncls.ssp?fn=redirect&url=663b454134cc2bc07eac4a412ba28c5e&application_id=594457&site_id=vwd&application_name=news
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