Holding(s) in Company

Lenta Ltd., 16 January 2017

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

A disposal of voting rights

Full name of person subject to the notification obligation

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Full name of shareholders

See section 9

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

11 January, 2017

Date on which issuer notified

13 January, 2017

Threshold crossed

Below 5% - Aggregate of voting rights from shares

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)

24,594,426 GDRs representing 4,918,885.2 Shares

4,918,885.2

23,763,590 GDRs representing 4,752,718 Shares

4,752,718

4.8837%

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

Number of shares Percentage outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings 4,752,718 4.8837%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

· Capital Research and Management Company

Additional Information

Contact name

Vivien Tan

Contact telephone number

+1 (213) 615-0469