LNTA.L Regulatory News (LNTA)

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St. Petersburg, Russia; 26 March 2015 - Lenta Ltd (LSE, MOEX: LNTA / LNTR; "Lenta" or the "Company"), one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce that the Company's application to the FCA, in its capacity as competent authority under the FSMA, for the GDRs to be admitted to the Official List of the FCA and to the LSE to admit the GDRs for trading under the symbol LNTA on its market for listed securities, has been granted subject to issuance in an additional amount of up to 35,201,995 GDRs, of which 35,200,000 GDRs were placed in an Offering announced on 23 March 2015. Admission to listing and trading is expected to take place on 27 March 2015. Upon admission, there will be 465,466,970 GDRs admitted in aggregate, consisting of (i) 457,562,270 GDRs, and (ii) up to an additional 7,904,700 GDRs to be issued from time to time against the deposit of Shares with the custodian for the depositary of our GDR programme.

***For further information, please visit www.lentainvestor.com, or contact:

Lenta

Anna Meleshina, Director of Public Relations and Government Affairs

+7 812 363 28 53

Anna.Meleshina@lenta.com

Albert Avetikov, Director of Investor Relations

+7 812 363 28 44

Albert.Avetikov@lenta.com

About Lenta

Lenta is one of the largest retail chains in Russia and the country's second largest hypermarket chain (in terms of 2013 sales). The Company was founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg. Lenta operates 111 hypermarkets in 62 cities across Russia and 24 supermarkets in Moscow and the Moscow region, with a total of approximately 720,590 sq.m. of selling space. The average Lenta hypermarket store has selling space of approximately 6,300 sq.m. The Company operates four hypermarket distribution centres.

The Company's price-led hypermarket formats are differentiated in terms of their promotion and pricing strategies as well as their local product assortment. The Company employed approximately 35,1001 people as of 31 December 2014.

The Company's management team combines a mix of local knowledge and international expertise coupled with extensive operational experience in Russia. Lenta's largest shareholders include TPG Capital, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and VTB Capital Private Equity, all of whom are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance. Lenta is listed and trades on the London Stock Exchange under the tickers 'LNTA' and 'LNTR' and on the Moscow Exchange under the ticker 'LNTA'.

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