X5 RETAIL GROUP N.V. TO HOLD AGM ON 10 MAY 2018

X5 RETAIL GROUP N.V. TO HOLD AGM ON 10 MAY 2018

Amsterdam, 29 March 2018 - X5 Retail Group N.V. ('X5' or the 'Company'), a leading Russian food retailer (LSE and MOEX ticker: "FIVE"),  invites the Company's shareholders and holders of global depository receipts to X5's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the 'AGM'). The AGM will be held at Parkstraat 20, 2514 JK The Hague, The Netherlands at 11.00 am CET on Thursday, 10 May 2018. 

The record date for shareholders eligible to participate in the AGM is 12 April 2018.

The key agenda items to be discussed at the AGM include:

· Report of the Management Board for the financial year 2017;

· Explanation of the implementation of the new Dutch Corporate Governance Code 2016;

· Financial Statements for the financial year 2017, including

o proposal to adopt the 2017 Financial Statements;

o proposal to approve the dividend for the financial year 2017;

· Proposal to amend the Remuneration Policy for the Management Board and Executive Board.

The full AGM agenda, including explanatory notes, is available on the X5 website at:

https://www.x5.ru/en/Pages/Investors/GeneralMeetingOfShareHolders.aspx

X5's Annual Report for the financial year 2017 is available on the Company's website at:

https://www.x5.ru/en/Pages/Investors/Reports.aspx

Note to Editors:

X5 Retail Group N.V. (LSE and MOEX: FIVE, Fitch - 'BB', Moody's - 'Ba2', S&P - 'BB', RAEX - 'ruAA') is a leading Russian food retailer. The Company operates several retail formats: the chain of proximity stores under the Pyaterochka brand, the supermarket chain under the Perekrestok brand, the hypermarket chain under the Karusel brand and Express convenience stores under various brands.

As of 31 December 2017, X5 had 12,121 Company-operated stores. It has the leading market position in both Moscow and St Petersburg and a significant presence in the European part of Russia. Its store base includes 11,225 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 638 Perekrestok supermarkets, 93 Karusel hypermarkets and 165 convenience stores. The Company operates 39 DCs and 3,144 Company-owned trucks across the Russian Federation.

For the full year 2017, revenue totalled RUB 1,295,008 mln (USD 22,193 mln), adjusted EBITDA reached RUB 99,131 mln (USD 1,699 mln), and adjusted net profit for the period amounted to RUB 33,768 mln (USD 579 mln).

X5's Shareholder structure is as follows: CTF Holdings S.A. - 47.86%, Intertrust Trustees Ltd (Axon Trust) - 11.43%, X5 Directors - 0.06%, treasury shares - 0.01%, Shareholders with less than 3% - 40.63%.

Forward looking statements:

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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances, a number of which are beyond X5 Retail Group N.V.'s control. As a result, actual future results may differ materially from the plans, goals and expectations set out in these forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of X5 Retail Group N.V. speak only as at the date of this announcement. Save as required by any applicable laws or regulations, X5 Retail Group N.V. undertakes no obligation publicly to release the results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements in this document that may occur due to any change in its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document.

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