REG-TCS Group Holding PLC TCS Group Holding PLC: BOD Member External Appointment

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   TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS)
   TCS Group Holding PLC: BOD Member External Appointment

   28-March-2018 / 19:31 CET/CEST
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   BOD Member External Appointment

    

   Moscow, Russia - 28 March 2018. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) (the
   "Group"), Russia's leading provider of retail financial services via its
   Tinkoff.ru financial supermarket and award-winning mobile app, was
   notified this week that Mr Martin Cocker, a member of the Board of
   Directors of the Company, was appointed a director of Nostrum Oil and Gas
   plc with effect 16 November 2017. 

   The Company confirms that for the purposes of paragraph 9.6.13(1) of the
   Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority Mr Cocker is currently also a
   director of publicly quoted Etalon Group PLC.

   Mr Cocker does not hold directorships in any other publicly quoted company
   and has not done so at any time in the previous five years.

    

   For enquiries:                                               
                                 Tinkoff Bank
   Tinkoff Bank
                                 Larisa Chernysheva
   Darya Ermolina
   Head of PR                    IR Department
                                                                
   + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009) + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312)

    1 media@tinkoff.ru            2 ir@tinkoff.ru

                                  

   About the Group

   TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail financial
   services operating in Russia through a high-tech branchless platform. TCS
   Group includes Tinkoff Bank, mobile virtual operator network Tinkoff
   Mobile, Tinkoff Insurance, and Tinkoff Software DC, a network of
   development hubs across Russia.

   The Group was founded in 2006 by the Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov and
   has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2013.

   With no retail branches, the Group serves its customers remotely via
   online channels and its call centre, and operates a network of over 2,500
   representatives to ensure smooth delivery of its products. The network
   covers all of Russia and allows next day delivery to most customers.

   The Group's key business is Tinkoff Bank, Russia's first and only direct
   bank offering both own brand and partner retail financial services via its
   Tinkoff.ru platform. The product range includes daily banking (credit and
   debit cards, payments, money transfers), savings, investments, loyalty
   programmes, travel services, SME services, mortgage platform, and
   insurance. With its special focus on mobile business, the bank offers
   mobile applications both for its customer base (Mobile Bank) and beyond it
   (Traffic Fines, MoneyTalk, Card 2 Card instant money transfers).

   As at 1 February 2018, the bank was the second largest player in the
   Russian credit card market, with a market share of 11.7%. The 2017 IFRS
   net income of TCS Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 19 bn, ROE grew to
   52.8%.

   Banki.ru, Russia's largest financial news portal, named Tinkoff Bank the
   Bank of the Year 2016. In October 2016 Tinkoff Bank was named the largest
   independent global direct bank by Frost & Sullivan. In 2015 and 2016, the
   Global Finance magazine named Tinkoff Bank as the Best Consumer Digital
   Bank in Russia. In 2016, the bank also won Global Finance's Best
   Integrated Consumer Bank Site award and was named the Best Digital Bank in
   the CEE by Euromoney. The bank's mobile application was recognised as the
   best in Russia by Markswebb Rank & Report for three consecutive years in
   2014, 2015 and 2016, and by Deloitte for four consecutive years from 2013
   to 2016.

   Tinkoff Bank is a General Partner of the St. Petersburg International
   Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2018.

    

   Forward-looking statements

    

   Some of the information in this announcement may contain projections or
   other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future
   financial performance of the Group and Tinkoff Bank. You can identify
   forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe",
   "anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might", the
   negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Group and Tinkoff
   Bank wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and
   that actual events or results may differ materially. The Group and Tinkoff
   Bank do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and
   circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
   of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to
   differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking
   statements of the Group and Tinkoff Bank, including, among others, general
   economic conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with
   operating in Russia, rapid technological and market change in the
   industries the Group operates in, as well as many other risks specifically
   related to the Group, Tinkoff Bank and their respective operations.

    

    

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   ISIN:          US87238U2033
   Category Code: MSCL
   TIDM:          TCS
   LEI Code:      549300XQRN9MR54V1W18
   Sequence No.:  5341


    
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References

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   2. mailto:ir@tcsbank.ru


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