REG-O'KEY Group S.A. NOTICE FOR O’KEY GROUP SHAREHOLDERS

O'Key SAAnnouncement

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   O'KEY Group S.A. (OKEY)
   NOTICE FOR O’KEY GROUP SHAREHOLDERS

   12-Apr-2024 / 18:30 CET/CEST

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   12 April 2024
    

                      NOTICE FOR O’KEY GROUP SHAREHOLDERS

    

   O`KEY Group S.A. (LSE, MOEX: OKEY,  the “Group” or the “Company”), one  of
   Russia’s leading food  retailers, notifies  its shareholders  that it  has
   received a resignation  notice from the  depositary bank, the  Bank of  NY
   Mellon, in  respect  to  the Group’s  global  depositary  receipts  (GDRs)
   program (Regulation S, ISIN: US6708662019).

    

   All materials published by the Group are available at  1 www.okeygroup.lu.

    

    

   O’KEY Group S.A. notes that it has received a resignation notice from  its
   depositary bank, the Bank of NY  Mellon, for the Group’s GDRs  (Regulation
   S, ISIN: US6708662019).

   The resignation notice  does not constitute  the immediate termination  of
   the GDR program.  Upon receiving  the notice the  Company has  90 days  to
   agree on appointment with  a potential successor  depositary bank, and  at
   least another 90 days to terminate the program in case such a successor is
   not appointed.

   The Group  currently  works on  all  possible scenarios  related  to  such
   resignation. The  Company’s decision  made in  regard to  this matter  and
   other  material  information  will  be  announced  in  due  course,   when
   appropriate.

    

   For more information, please contact:

   Natalya Belyavskaya

   Head of Investor Relations

   +7 495 663 6677 ext. 266            

    2 Natalya.Belyavskaya@okmarket.ru

    3 www.okeygroup.lu

    

   ABOUT O`KEY GROUP

   O`KEY Group S.A.  (AIX, LSE,  MOEX: OKEY) is  one of  the leading  grocery
   retailers in  Russia, operating  hypermarkets under  the O`KEY  brand  and
   discounters under the DA! brand.

   As of  31 December  2023,  the Group  operated  297 stores  across  Russia
   (77 hypermarkets and  220 discounters)  with  a  total  selling  space  of
   663,865 sq m. O`KEY opened its first hypermarket in St Petersburg in  2002
   and has since  demonstrated continuous  growth. It was  the first  Russian
   food retailer to  launch e-commerce  operations offering a  full range  of
   hypermarket products  for home  delivery.  The Group  operates  e-commerce
   pick-up and delivery points  in 36 O’KEY  hypermarkets: twelve in  Moscow,
   nineteen in St Petersburg, one in Sochi,  and four in Krasnodar. In  2015,
   we launched the first  discount chain in Russia  under the DA! brand.  The
   Group operates five distribution centres  in Russia – three in Moscow  and
   two in St Petersburg – and employs 21,900 people.

   In 2022, the Group’s revenue amounted to RUB 202.2 bn, and EBITDA  reached
   RUB 17.0 bn.

   The O`KEY  Group shareholder  structure  is as  follows:  NISEMAX Co Ltd –
   49.11%. GSU Ltd – 34.14%, free-float and other holders – 16.75%.

    

   DISCLAIMER

   These materials contain  statements about future  events and  expectations
   that are forward-looking  statements. These  statements typically  include
   words such as ‘expects’ and ‘anticipates’ and words of similar import. Any
   statement in these materials that is not a statement of historical fact is
   a  forward-looking  statement  that  involves  known  and  unknown  risks,
   uncertainties and  other  factors  that  may  cause  our  actual  results,
   performance or achievements  to be  materially different  from any  future
   results,  performance  or  achievements  expressed  or  implied  by   such
   forward-looking statements.

   None of the  future projections, expectations,  estimates or prospects  in
   this announcement should  be taken  as forecasts or  promises, nor  should
   they be taken as implying any indication, assurance or guarantee that  the
   assumptions on which such  future projections, expectations, estimates  or
   prospects have been prepared are correct or exhaustive or, in the case  of
   the  assumptions,  fully  stated  in  this  announcement.  We  assume   no
   obligations to update the  forward-looking statements contained herein  to
   reflect actual  results,  changes in  assumptions  or changes  in  factors
   affecting these statements.

    

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   ISIN:          US6708662019
   Category Code: MSCH
   TIDM:          OKEY
   LEI Code:      213800133YYU23T4L791
   Sequence No.:  315429
   EQS News ID:   1879781


    
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