NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY LAW. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE PART IN THE SALE. IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA") (EACH, A "RELEVANT MEMBER STATE"), THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER IF MADE SUBSEQUENTLY IS SENT AND ADDRESSED TO AND DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"). FOR THESE PURPOSES, THE EXPRESSION "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, INCLUDING THE 2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE), AND INCLUDES ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURE IN THE RELEVANT MEMBER STATE AND THE EXPRESSION "2010 PD AMENDING DIRECTIVE" MEANS DIRECTIVE 2010/73/EU. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS SENT AND DISTRIBUTED TO AND DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I) WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER") OR (II) WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER, OR (III) TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED, AND THE SHARES WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO, AND ANY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES WILL ONLY BE ENGAGED IN WITH, SUCH PERSONS AND IT SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON BY ANYONE OTHER THAN SUCH PERSONS.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.  SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  PJSC MAGNIT HAS NOT REGISTERED AND DOES NOT INTEND TO REGISTER ANY PART OF THE OFFERING IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

Press-release

Krasnodar

December 26, 2017

PJSC "Magnit" Announces an Invitation to the Public to Purchase Ordinary Shares in an Additional Share Issuance

Krasnodar, Russia (December 26, 2017): Magnit PJSC (the "Company"; MOEX and LSE: MGNT) announces the offering of ordinary registered uncertified shares with state registration number 1-01-60525-Р registered on December 4, 2017 (the "Shares").

Offers to acquire the Shares may be sent to the Company for a period of 2 business days beginning the day after the announcement of the offering has been made on a newswire authorized by the Bank of Russia for the disclosure of information on the securities market, and on the website used by the Company for the disclosure of information.

The Shares of the additional issuance are to be placed by way of open subscription.

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