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PJSC Magnit Announces the Commencing Date of the Exchange-Traded Bonds Placement

Krasnodar, Russia (May 27, 2021): Magnit PJSC (MOEX and LSE: MGNT; Issuer; Company; Group), one of Russia's leading retailers, announces the commencing date of the exchange-traded bonds placement.

Parameters of the bonds placement:

Amount of securities to be placed and their nominal value:

The amount of the Exchange-traded bonds of the BO-002P-04 and BO-001P-05 series to be placed and the nominal value of the securities is specified in the Documents which contains the terms of the securities placement.

The price of the securities placement or the procedure of its determination:

The price of the exchange-traded bonds placement is specified in the Documents which contains the terms of the securities placement.

The commencing date of the securities placement:

The commencing date of placement of the Exchange-traded bonds of the BO-002P-04 and BO-001P-05 series: June 2, 2021.

The commencing date of placement of the Exchange-traded bonds of the BO-002P-04 and BO-001P-05 series may be changed by the decision of the sole executive body of the Issuer subject to the requirements for the procedure of the disclosure of information on the change of the commencing date of placement of the Exchange-traded bonds of the BO-002P-04 and BO-001P-05 series, established in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, the Bonds Program and the Prospectus.

If the Issuer adopts the decision to change the commencing date of placement of the Exchange-traded bonds of the BO-002P-04 and BO-001P-05 series disclosed pursuant to the procedure specified above, the Issuer shall publish the report on change of the commencing date of the Exchange-traded bonds placement in the newswire and on the webpage on the Internet in accordance with the regulatory enactments related to financial markets not later than 1 (One) day prior to the corresponding date.

The completion date of the securities placement or the procedure of its determination:

Information on the completion date is specified in the Documents which contains the terms of the exchange-traded bonds placement.

The decision was made by the Issuer's sole executive body (Chief Executive Officer) on May 27, 2021 (Decision w/o No. of May 27, 2021).