Tinkoff GDRs admitted to trading on Moscow Exchange

Moscow, Russia - 23 October 2019. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) ("Tinkoff", the "Company"), Russia's leading provider of online financial and lifestyle services via its Tinkoff ecosystem, today announces that Moscow Exchange has approved the listing of the Company's Global Depositary Receipts (ISIN US87238U2033), and the inclusion of these securities in the Level 1 List.

This listing is a secondary listing of the Company's GDRs which have already been trading on the London Stock Exchange - neither TCS Group Holding PLC, nor its existing shareholders sell the Company's GDRs in connection with their listing on Moscow Exchange. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities of TCS Group Holding PLC.

The listing on Moscow Exchange will expand the Company's investor base to include Russian investors who are not present in London and will support liquidity.

Trading of Tinkoff GDRs (ticker: TCSG) on Moscow Exchange is expected to commence on 28 October 2019. Quotation and settlement will be in Russian rubles.

Renaissance Capital has acted as the Company's adviser in connection with the secondary listing of global depositary receipts on Moscow Exchange.

About Tinkoff Group

TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail financial services. It includes Tinkoff Bank, mobile virtual network operator Tinkoff Mobile, Tinkoff Insurance, management company Tinkoff Capital, Tinkoff Software DC, a network of development hubs in major Russian cities, and Tinkoff Education. The Group is currently developing Tinkoff ecosystem,which offers financial and lifestyle services.

The Group was founded in 2006 by Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov and has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2013.

The Group's key business is Tinkoff Bank, a fully online bank that serves around 10 mn customers and forms the core of the Tinkoff ecosystem.

Tinkoff Bank is the second largest player in the Russian credit card market, with a share of 13%. The 1H 2019 IFRS net income of TCS Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 15.4 bn. The ROE was 64.3%.

With no branches, the Group serves all its customers remotely via online channels and a cloud-based call centre. The centre is staffed by over 10,000 employees, making it one of the largest in Europe. To ensure smooth delivery of the Group's products, the Group has a nationwide network of over 2,500 representatives.

In 2018, Global Finance named Tinkoff Bank the world's Best Consumer Digital Bank, and in 2019, 2018, 2016 and 2015, the Best Consumer Digital Bank in Russia.In 2017 and 2013, the Banker recognised Tinkoff Bank as the Bank of the Year in Russia. The bank's mobile app has been consistently praised by local and global independent experts as the best of its kind (in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 by Deloitte and in 2018 by Global Finance).

Forward-looking statements

Some of the information in this announcement may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Group and Tinkoff Bank. You can identify forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might", the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Group and Tinkoff Bank wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. The Group and Tinkoff Bank do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking statements of the Group and Tinkoff Bank, including, among others, general economic conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with operating in Russia, rapid technological and market change in the industries the Group operates in, as well as many other risks specifically related to the Group, Tinkoff Bank and their respective operations.