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Lenta Ltd., 27 October 2015

By way of voluntary compliance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.8.12 R (1), Lenta Ltd. hereby discloses the following information provided to it on Form TR-1 (Notification of major interest in shares).

Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached

Lenta Ltd.

Reason for notification

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Full name of person subject to the notification obligation

Luna, Inc.

Full name of shareholders

Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached

October 26, 2015

Date on which issuer notified

October 27, 2015

Threshold crossed

Falling below the 35% threshold in respect of all voting rights

Notified details - Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

Situation previous to triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

No. of shares

No. of voting rights

No. of shares

No. of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GDRs

US52634T1016 (for 144A GDRs) and US52634T2006 (for Regulation S GDRs)

165,457,915 GDRs representing 33,091,583 Shares

33,091,583

165,457,915 GDRs representing 33,091,583 Shares

33,091,583

34.00%

Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and the financial instruments are effectively held

All of the GDRs specified to be held directly in the "Voting rights attached to shares" section are held by Luna, Inc., which is an investment vehicle beneficially owned by the TPG group and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

Additional Information

The change in the breakdown of voting rights is attributable to an issuance of 4,225,352 new Shares of Lenta Ltd. in the form of 21,126,760 GDRs on October 26, 2015, increasing the total Shares outstanding from 93,093,394 Shares to 97,318,746 Shares.

Contact name

Clive Bode

Contact telephone number

+1 (512) 533-6600