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Sberbank / Miscellaneous - Medium PrioritySberbank: Sberbank Europe finalizes the sale of Sberbank Slovakia 29-Jul-2016 / 13:24 CET/CESTDissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EquityStory.RS,LLC - a company of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sberbank Europe finalizes the sale of Sberbank Slovakia July 29, 2015, Moscow - After signing the agreement on 17 December 2015,Sberbank Europe AG has now completed the sale of 99.5% of its Slovaksubsidiary Sberbank Slovensko, a.s. to Penta Investments. As of December2015, Sberbank Slovensko had total assets of EUR 1.8 bn and more than110,000 active customers. Lev Khasis, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank: 'Thedecision to sell Sberbank Slovensko is consistent with the strategic reviewof the markets in which Sberbank Europe operates. Sberbank Europe continuesto further develop its digital products and services while focusing itsbusiness activities on its core markets.' Binder Groesswang acted as legal counsel to Sberbank Europe AG. # # # SberbankAlexander BaziyanPress office Tel. +7(495) 957 5721media@sberbank.ru Sberbank is Russia's largest bank and a leading global financialinstitution. Sberbank holds almost one third of aggregate Russian bankingsector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggestdeposit taker in Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is thefounder and principal shareholder of Sberbank owning 50% of the Bank'sauthorized capital plus one voting share, with the remaining 50% held bydomestic and international investors. Sberbank has more than 135 millionindividual customers and more than 1 million corporate clients in 22countries. Sberbank has the largest distribution network in Russia withalmost 17,000 branches, and its international operations include UK, US,CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries. The Bank holds the general banking license No.1481 issued by the Bank ofRussia. Official websites of the Bank: www.sberbank.com (Sberbank Groupwebsite), www.sberbank.ru. Penta is a Central European investment group established in 1994,specializing in long-term value investing. It operates mainly inhealthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail and real estatedevelopment. Penta owns two Slovak banks - Primabanka Slovensko andPrivatbanka. The Group manages an evergreen fund sustained by its partners,the company's only shareholders. Its portfolio companies provide jobs tomore than 37,000 people and reported assets of EUR 7 billion in 2015. Pentaoperates in more than 10 European countries and has offices in Prague,Bratislava, Warsaw and Munich. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The EquityStory.RS, LLC Distribution Services include RegulatoryAnnouncements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Archive at www.dgap.de/ukreg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Sberbank 19 Vavilova St. 117997 Moscow Russia Phone: +7-495-957-57-21 E-mail: media@sberbank.ru Internet: www.sberbank.ru ISIN: US80585Y3080, RU0009029540, RU0009029557, US80585Y4070 Listed: Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt ; London, MICEX, RTS Category Code: MSCM TIDM: SBER Sequence Number: 3279 Time of Receipt: 29-Jul-2016 / 13:24 CET/CEST End of Announcement EquityStory.RS, LLC News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 487735 29-Jul-2016UK-Regulatory-announcement transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.