O'KEY GROUP S.A. ANNOUNCES OPENING OF 49^th HYPERMARKET

November 16, 2012 - O'KEY GROUP S.A. (the "Company" or "O'KEY"), one of the leading Russian food retailers, announces today the opening of its second hypermarket in Surgut. 

The new store is located in a shopping center within the city boundaries. The trading area of the hypermarket is 7,900 sq.m. Total space of the hypermarket is 12,400 sq.m.. The store offers customers more than 35,000 SKUs, with non-food items accounting for approximately 65% of the total.  The store has 357 employees.

This is the Company's 49^th hypermarket, and 80th store overall, including supermarkets, with aggregate trading space exceeding 400,000 sq.m. 

The Company has now opened 9 stores in 2012.

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

"O'KEY" is one of the largest retail chains in Russia. Its primary retail format is the modern Western European hypermarket under the "O'KEY" brand, complemented by "O'KEY - Express" supermarkets.

The Company opened its first hypermarket in St. Petersburg in 2002 and has demonstrated continuous growth ever since. As at 30 June 2012, O'KEY operated 75 stores in 18 cities across Russia: 45 hypermarkets with an aggregate selling space of approximately 329,000 square meters and 30 supermarkets with an aggregate selling space of approximately 39,000 square meters. As of 30 June 2012 OKEY employed more than 20,000 people.

In accordance with the unaudited consolidated financial statements for 1H 2012, O'KEY's revenue was RUR 54,122 million, like-for-like revenue growth rate was 7.9% and its EBITDA margin was 6.8%.

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For further information please contact:

Maksim Kravtsov                                                                                            Artem Glushchenko

Head of investor relations                                                                            Head of public relations

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