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Press Release | Krasnodar | April 28, 2020

PJSC Magnit Announces the Inclusion of the Exchange-Traded Bonds into the Level 1 of the List of Securities Admitted to Trading at Moscow Exchange and the Assignment of the Registration Number to the Issue

Krasnodar, Russia (April 28, 2020): Magnit PJSC (MOEX and LSE: MGNT; Issuer; Company; Group), one of Russia's leading retailers, announces the inclusion of its Exchange-traded bonds into the Level 1 of the List of securities admitted to trading at Moscow Exchange and the assignment of the registration number to the issue.

Please be informed that on April 27, 2020 the Exchange-traded bonds of PJSC Magnit were included into the Level 1 of the List of securities admitted to trading at Moscow Exchange. The Exchange-traded bonds were included into the quotation list.

The registration number 4B02-02-60525-P-002P as of 27.04.2020 has been assigned to the issue of the Exchange-traded bonds of BO-002P-02 series.

The price of the securities placement or the procedure of its determination:

The price of the exchange-traded bonds placement is specified in the Document which contains the terms of the securities placement.

The period of the securities placement or the procedure of its determination:

The commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement is specified in the Document which contains the terms of the securities placement.

The procedure of providing access to the information contained in the Prospectus: 

The Prospectus has been provided to the Stock Exchange at the stage of identification number assignment to the Bonds Program.

The Prospectus and the Program of the Exchange-traded bonds of the 002P series have been disclosed by the Issuer at the following websites:

http://www.e-disclosure.ru/portal/company.aspx?id=7671; https://www.magnit.com.

The Issuer shall publish the text of the securities issue resolution and the text of the Document which contains the terms of the securities placement on the Internet not later than the commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement.

The Bonds Program, the Prospectus and the securities issue resolution and the Document which contains the terms of the securities placement shall be available at the following address: 15/5 Solnechnaya street, Krasnodar, 350072, Russian Federation, tel. +7 (861) 277-45-54. Copies of the above-mentioned documents shall be provided by PJSC "Magnit" for a fee not exceeding the cost of copying.

The publication date of securities issue resolution and the Document which contains the terms of the securities placement:

April 28, 2020.

The text of securities issue resolution and the Document which contains the terms of the securities placement has been published at the following websites:

http://www.e-disclosure.ru/portal/company.aspx?id=7671; https://www.magnit.com.

The procedure for submitting copies of the document to interested parties

PJSC Magnit shall provide a copy of the document containing the issuer's insider information, at the request of the interested party within a period of not more than 7 days from the date of receipt of the claim for a fee, which not exceeding the cost of copying.

For further information, please contact:

Dmitry Kovalenko

Director for Investor Relations

Email: dmitry_kovalenko@magnit.ru

Office: +7 (861) 210-48-80

Dina Chistyak

Director for Investor Relations

Email: dina_chistyak@magnit.ru

Office: +7 (861) 210-9810 x 15101

Media Inquiries

Email: press@magnit.ru

Note to editors:

Public Joint Stock Company "Magnit" is one of Russia's leading retailers. Founded in 1994, the company is headquartered in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar. As of December 31, 2019, Magnit operated 38 distribution centres and 20,725 stores (14,622 convenience, 473 supermarkets and 5,630 drogerie stores) in 3,742 cities and towns throughout 7 federal regions of the Russian Federation.

In accordance with the audited IFRS results for FY 2019, Magnit had revenues of RUB 1,369 billion and an EBITDA of RUB 147 billion. Magnit's local shares are traded on the Moscow Exchange (MOEX: MGNT) and its GDRs on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: MGNT) and it has a credit rating from Standard & Poor's of BB.