X5 Retail Regulatory News (FIVE)

X5 COMPLETES RUB 5 BN CORPORATE BOND OFFERING

Moscow, 12 November 2019 - X5 Retail Group ("X5" or the "Company"), a leading Russian food retailer (LSE and MOEX ticker: "FIVE"), successfully completed a 001P-07 series rouble-denominated bond offering worth RUB 5 bn issued by LLC X5 Finance.

The coupon rate on the bonds, which have a 2.5-year put option, was set at 6.65% p.a. The Company plans to use the proceeds to cover current expenses, including loan refinancing to improve the current loan portfolio structure.

The offering was arranged by BCS Global Markets and Sberbank CIB, with Raiffeisenbank acting as the placement agent.

Х5 Chief Financial Officer Svetlana Demyashkevich commented: "For the third time in a row this year we have managed to achieve the lowest coupon rate among all local market placements since the beginning of 2019. This transaction marks an all-time low coupon rate for Х5's public bonds and the lowest coupon among all straight corporate bond offerings in the Russian market since early 2011. We would like to thank our investors and arrangers for their continued support."

Aleksey Kupriyanov, Head of Debt Capital Markets at BCS Global Markets, commented: "We are happy with our successful cooperation with X5, which has enabled us to secure the lowest coupon rate in the corporate bond sector for the second year in a row."

Note to Editors:

X5 Retail Group N.V. (LSE and MOEX: FIVE, Fitch - 'BB+', Moody's - 'Ba1', S&P - 'BB', Expert RA - 'ruAA') 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 and the hypermarket chain under the Karusel brand.

As of 30 September 2019, X5 had 15,752 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 14,850 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 811 Perekrestok supermarkets and 91 Karusel hypermarkets. The Company operates 43 DCs and 4,029 Company-owned trucks across the Russian Federation.

For the full year 2018, revenue totalled RUB 1,532,537 mln (USD 24,439 mln), Adjusted EBITDA reached RUB 109,871 mln (USD 1,752 mln), and net profit for the period amounted to RUB 28,642 mln (USD 457 mln). In 9M 2019, revenue totalled RUB 1,265,130 mln (USD 19,440 mln), adjusted EBITDA reached RUB 95,975 mln (USD 1,475 mln), and net profit amounted to RUB 25,043 mln (USD 385 mln).

X5's Shareholder structure is as follows: CTF Holdings S.A. - 47.86%, Intertrust Trustees Ltd (Axon Trust) - 11.43%, X5 Directors - 0.08%, treasury shares - 0.01%, Shareholders with less than 3% - 40.62%.

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