REG-O'KEY Group S.A. O'KEY GROUP GDRS APPROVED FOR LISTING ON MOSCOW EXCHANGE

O'Key SAAnnouncement

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   O'KEY Group S.A. (OKEY)
   O'KEY GROUP GDRS APPROVED FOR LISTING ON MOSCOW EXCHANGE

   09-Dec-2020 / 17:05 CET/CEST
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   Press release

   9 December 2020
    

            O'KEY GROUP GDRS APPROVED FOR LISTING ON MOSCOW EXCHANGE

    

   O'KEY Group  S.A.  (LSE: OKEY,  the  "Group"  or the  "Company"),  one  of
   Russia's leading food retailers, today  announces that the Group's  global
   depositary receipts  ("GDRs") have  been approved  for listing  by  Moscow
   Exchange. The  Group's  GDRs  are  included  in  the  Exchange's  Level  1
   quotation list.

    

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

    

   O'KEY expects its  GDRs to  begin trading under  the ticker  "OKEY" on  14
   December 2020.

    

   The Company will continue  to maintain its primary  listing on the  London
   Stock Exchange, where O'KEY's GDRs have traded since 2010. The Group  does
   not plan any issue of shares related to its listing on Moscow Exchange.

    

    

   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 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
   four distribution  centres  in Russia  -  two 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%.

    

    

   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.

    

    

   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 Communications

   +43 676 684 5252

    3 morley@em-comms.com

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   ISIN:          US6708662019
   Category Code: MSCH
   TIDM:          OKEY
   LEI Code:      213800133YYU23T4L791
   Sequence No.:  89392
   EQS News ID:   1154053


    
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