X5 OPENS 14,500^TH STORE

Yekaterinburg, 8 February 2019 - X5 Retail Group N.V. ("X5" or the "Company"), a leading Russian food retailer (LSE and MOEX ticker: FIVE), announces the opening of its 14,500th store, a Perekrestok supermarket in Yekaterinburg located at 45 Tveritina St.

Boasting selling space of over 1,400 sq m, the milestone store is fully in line with the updated Perekrestok concept, which has already been implemented in more than 86% of the format's supermarkets. Its product mix consists of 15,000 SKUs, with 52% in the fresh category.

Over 90% of the supermarket's assortment is made in Russia. Some of the products are provided by local suppliers; X5 started working with 37 new producers based in the Sverdlovsk region in 2018. Locally-produced goods currently account for 30% of sales at Perekrestok stores in Yekaterinburg.

Seven checkout lanes guarantee a smooth shopping experience, keeping queues to a minimum. The new supermarket has generated 45 jobs, bringing the total number of Perekrestok employees in Yekaterinburg to 750.

The store is the 19th Perekrestok supermarket in the city. Along with this launch, the first Perekrestok with 1,600 sq m of selling space was opened in Nizhnevartovsk, offering 15,000 SKUs and creating 65 new jobs in the region.

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 2018, X5 had 14,431 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 13,522 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 760 Perekrestok supermarkets, 94 Karusel hypermarkets and 55 convenience stores. The Company operates 42 DCs and 3,830 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). In 9M 2018, revenue totalled RUB 1,109,582 mln (USD 18,061 mln), adjusted EBITDA reached RUB 79,484 mln (USD 1,294 mln), and net profit amounted to RUB 22,400 mln (USD 365 mln).

X5's Shareholder structure is as follows: CTF Holdings S.A. - 47.86%, Intertrust Trustees Ltd (Axon Trust) - 11.43%, X5 Directors - 0.07%, treasury shares - 0.01%, Shareholders with less than 3% - 40.63%.

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