2 Sep 2011 16:30

DRAFT FIGURES AND TEXT IN RELEASED ANNOUNCEMENT
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The following replaces the «O'KEY GROUP ANNOUNCES INTERIM DIVIDEND» announcement released on September, 2, 2011 at 14.24 under RNS No 5540N.
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As previously released the announcement contained elements of draft text and draft figures.
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The full amended text is shown below.
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Press Release
2 September 2011
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O'KEY GROUP ANNOUNCES INTERIM DIVIDEND OF USD 0.099481 PER SHARE
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O'Key Group S.A., ("O'Key Group", "the Group" or "the Company"), one of the leading food retailers in Russia (LSE ticker: OKEY), today announces the decision to pay interim dividend for 1H 2011. All related materials have been published on the company's website, www.okmarket.ru.
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The Company is announcing today that the Board of Directors has approved an aggregate amount of distributable interim dividend of USD 26,767,750.59 in respect of the period from 1 January 2011 to 30 June 2011.
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Dividend per Share in issue equals to USD 0.099481, rounded down to two digits after the decimal point, i.e. to the nearest cent.
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The dividend payment will be made on 14 September 2011 to shareholders on the register on 12 September 2011. The ex-dividend date will be 14 September 2011.
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
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"O'KEY" is one of the largest retail chains in Russia. Its primary retail format is the modern Western European hypermarket under the "O'KEY" brand, complemented by "O'KEY - Express" supermarkets.
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The Company opened its first hypermarket in St. Petersburg in 2002 and has demonstrated continuous growth ever since. As at 31 December 2010, O'KEY had 57 stores across Russia: 35 hypermarkets with an aggregate selling space of approximately 260,000 square meters and 22 supermarkets with an aggregate selling space of approximately 27,000 square meters.
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In accordance with the audited consolidated financial statements for FY 2010, O'KEY's revenue was RUR 82,667Â million, while its like-for-like revenue growth rate was 7.7% and EBITDA margin was 8.6%.
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For further information please contact:
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Maksim Kravtsov Artem Glushenko
Head of Investor Relations Head of Public Relations
Num. +7(495)6636677, ext. 220 Num. +7(495)6636677, ext. 338
e-mail: ir@okmarket.ru e-mail: corpcom@okmarket.ru
www.okmarket.ru www.okmarket.ru
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