REG-O'KEY Group S.A. O'KEY GROUP GDRs START TRADING ON MOSCOW EXCHANGE

O'Key SAAnnouncement

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   O'KEY Group S.A. (OKEY)
   O'KEY GROUP GDRs START TRADING ON MOSCOW EXCHANGE

   14-Dec-2020 / 08:00 CET/CEST
   Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside
   information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR), transmitted by
   EQS Group.
   The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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   Press release

   14 December 2020
    

               O'KEY GROUP GDRs START TRADING ON MOSCOW EXCHANGE

    

   O'KEY Group S.A. (LSE, MOEX: OKEY,  the "Group" or the "Company"), one  of
   Russia's leading food retailers, today  announces the start of trading  of
   its Global Depositary Receipts (the  "GDRs") on Moscow Exchange. The  GDRs
   trade under the ticker "OKEY" and are included in Moscow Exchange's  Level
   1 quotation list.

    

   Renaissance Capital is  acting as  market maker  for the  Group's GDRs  on
   Moscow Exchange. The Group will  continue to maintain its primary  listing
   on the London Stock Exchange, where O'KEY's GDRs have traded since 2010.

    

   Armin Burger, CEO of O'KEY Group, said:

    

   "The listing of our GDRs on Moscow Exchange is an important milestone  for
   O'KEY that will expand the Company's investor base and boost the liquidity
   of O'KEY's traded securities. We are  pleased that our customers, who  are
   well acquainted with O'KEY and DA! brands, can now become our shareholders
   by acquiring the  Company's GDRs  on the largest  Russian stock  exchange.
   O'KEY Group  continues  to  expand  its business  and  maintain  a  strong
   financial position  on the  back  of a  high-quality business  model  that
   leverages the synergies of  the next-generation O'KEY hypermarket  format,
   modern DA! discounters and one of the leading online food retail platforms
   in Russia. Our team sees significant  potential for further growth of  the
   Group's business and is committed to delivering shareholder value."

    

   Oleg Viyugin, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Moscow Exchange, said:

    

   "This year, Moscow Exchange has attracted a dozen new listings from across
   various sectors of the Russian economy. The emergence of these new issuers
   is changing the structure of the Russian market, and increasing the  share
   of companies from  non-extractives industries.  Today, we  are pleased  to
   welcome O'KEY, one  of the  largest food  retailers in  Russia, to  Moscow
   Exchange. This offers an  additional opportunity for  the more than  eight
   million Russian  individual  investors who  trade  on Moscow  Exchange  to
   further diversify  their portfolios.  We  wish O'KEY  every success  as  a
   public company on Moscow Exchange."

    

   All materials  published  by  the  Group are  available  on  its  website,
   okeygroup.lu.

    

   For further information please contact: 

    

   For investors

    

   Natalya Belyavskaya

   Head of Investor Relations

   +7 495 663 6677 ext. 266

    1 Natalya.Belyavskaya@okmarket.ru

    2 www.okeygroup.lu

    

   For media

    

   Peter Morley

   EM

   +43 676 684 5252

    3 morley@em-comms.com

    

    

   ABOUT O'KEY GROUP

    

   O'KEY Group S.A. (LSE, MOEX:  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 operated 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 was 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
   five distribution  centres in  Russia -  three in  Moscow and  two in  St.
   Petersburg. The Group employs more than 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%.

    

    

   ABOUT MOSCOW EXCHANGE GROUP

    

   Moscow  Exchange  Group  operates  Russia's  main  trading  platform   for
   equities,  bonds,   derivative  instruments,   currencies,  money   market
   instruments and  commodities. The  Group includes  the central  securities
   depository  (National  Settlement  Depository),  and  a  clearing   center
   (National  Clearing   Centre),  performing   the  functions   of   central
   counterparty on the  markets, which  allows Moscow Exchange  to offer  its
   clients the full  spectrum of  trading and  post-trading services.  Moscow
   Exchange held the  initial public offering  of its shares  on 15  February
   2013 (ticker MOEX).

    

    

   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  2  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.

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   ISIN:          US6708662019
   Category Code: MSCH
   TIDM:          OKEY
   LEI Code:      213800133YYU23T4L791
   Sequence No.:  89598
   EQS News ID:   1154784


    
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References

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