REG-O'KEY Group S.A. O'KEY GROUP ANNOUNCES INTERIM DIVIDEND OF USD 7.6 MILLION

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   O'KEY Group S.A. (OKEY)
   O'KEY GROUP ANNOUNCES INTERIM DIVIDEND OF USD 7.6 MILLION

   30-Oct-2020 / 14:30 CET/CEST
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   Press release

   30 October 2020
    

           O'KEY GROUP ANNOUNCES INTERIM DIVIDEND OF USD 7.6 MILLION

                                        

   O'KEY Group S.A. (LSE:  OKEY, the "Group"), one  of Russia's leading  food
   retailers, today announces  that the  Board of Directors  has approved  an
   interim dividend of USD 7.6  million for the period  from 1 January to  20
   October, 2020.

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

    

   The Board of Directors of O'KEY Group S.A. has approved the payment of  an
   interim dividend totalling USD 7,608,067.35, or USD 0.028275 per  ordinary
   Share.

    

   Heigo Kera, Chairman of the Board of Directors of O'KEY Group, said:

    

   "The Board  of Directors  is pleased  to  be able  to declare  an  interim
   dividend, underscoring the  resilience of  our business  model, which  has
   underpinned the Group's performance and  ability to generate positive  net
   cash flow amid  the unprecedented  challenges of  this year.  O'KEY has  a
   long-established  practice   of  making   regular  returns   of  cash   to
   shareholders, and we plan to continue this in future."

    

   The interim dividend will  be paid to shareholders  on record as of  11:30
   a.m. Central European  Time on October  30, 2020. The  Group will pay  the
   interim dividend on November 2, 2020.

    

   Bank of New York  Mellon, the Group's depositary  bank, will announce  the
   record and payment dates for GDR holders in due course.

    

   OVERVIEW

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

   As of September 30, 2020, the Group operates 182 stores across Russia  (77
   hypermarkets and  105 discounters)  with total  selling space  of  591,352
   square meters. The company opened its first hypermarket in St.  Petersburg
   in 2002 and has since demonstrated  continuous growth. O'KEY is the  first
   Russian food retailer  to launch e-commerce  operations in St.  Petersburg
   and Moscow,  offering  a  full  range of  hypermarket  products  for  home
   delivery. The Group has  six e-commerce pick-up points  in Moscow and  six
   e-commerce pick-up points in St.  Petersburg. In 2015, the Group  launched
   the first discount chain in Russia under the DA! brand. The Group operates
   four distribution centres throughout Russia - two in Moscow and two in St.
   Petersburg. The Group employs 20,000+ people.

   In 2019, Group's revenue totalled RUB 165.1 billion, while EBITDA  reached
   RUB 14.1 billion and net income climbed to RUB 747 million.

   The O'KEY shareholder structure  is as follows: NISEMAX  Co Ltd -  44.79%,
   GSU Ltd - 29.52%, free float - 25.69%.

    

   DISCLAIMER

   These materials contain  statements about future  events and  expectations
   that are forward-looking  statements. These  statements typically  contain
   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  which 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.

    

   For further information please contact:

    

   Natalya Belyavskaya

   Head of Investor Relations

   +7 495 663 6677 ext. 266

    2 Natalya.Belyavskaya@okmarket.ru

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   ISIN:          US6708662019
   Category Code: MSCH
   TIDM:          OKEY
   LEI Code:      213800133YYU23T4L791
   Sequence No.:  86933
   EQS News ID:   1144348


    
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