X5 Retail Regulatory News (FIVE)

X5 LAUNCHES RUB 10 BILLION BOND

Moscow, 26 September 2019 - X5 Retail Group N.V. ("X5" or "the Company"), a leading Russian food retailer (LSE and MOEX ticker: "FIVE"), announces the placement of a 001P-06 series rouble-denominated bond issue worth RUB 10 billion issued by LLC X5 Finance.

The coupon rate on the bonds, which have a 2.5-year put option, was set at 7.40% 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 Alfa-Bank, Region, VTB Capital, Gazprombank, Credit Bank of Moscow, Raiffeisenbank and Sovcombank, with Raiffeisenbank acting as the placement agent.

Х5 Chief Financial Officer Svetlana Demyashkevich commented: "X5 continues to efficiently manage its debt portfolio. At the book closing date, we had achieved the lowest coupon rate seen this year on the local market. We thank the arrangers and the investors in this bond issue for our continued success on the debt markets."

Note to Editors:

X5 Retail Group N.V. (LSE and MOEX: FIVE, Fitch - 'BB+', Moody's - 'Ba1', S&P - 'BB', RAEX - '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 June 2019, X5 had 15,260 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 14,385 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 785 Perekrestok supermarkets and 90 Karusel hypermarkets. The Company operates 42 DCs and 3,952 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 H1 2019, revenue totalled RUB 843,175 mln (USD 12,905 mln), adjusted EBITDA reached RUB 66,072 mln (USD 1,011 mln), and net profit amounted to RUB 22,805 mln (USD 349 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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