REG-TCS Group Holding PLC TCS Group Holding PLC Holds Strategy Day in London

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   TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS)
   TCS Group Holding PLC Holds Strategy Day in London

   07-Jun-2018 / 11:14 MSK
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   TCS Group Holding PLC Holds Strategy Day in London

   Moscow, Russia - 7 June 2018. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) (the
   "Group"), Russia's leading digital provider of financial and lifestyle
   products and services, including Tinkoff Bank, holds a Strategy Day for
   analysts and investors today in London.

    

   The Strategy Day will feature presentations from Oleg Tinkov, the
   Group's Founder and Controlling Shareholder and Oliver Hughes, CEO and
   other top executives. Tinkoff management team will share their vision for
   making  1 www.tinkoff.ru and its award-winning mobile app the top
   destination for all lifestyle spending.

   Oleg Tinkov, the Group's Founder and Controlling Shareholder, commented:
   "We look forward to showcasing our experienced management team, who are
   driving our ambitious growth strategy and whose innovative approaches have
   made Tinkoff the leading player in the Russian fintech space today.

   Oliver Hughes, CEO of Tinkoff Bank, commented:

   "As a tech company with a banking license, we are perfectly positioned to
   continue to increase our customer base and their engagement by offering a
   wider array of financial and lifestyle products to fulfil our customers
   every spending need.

   "The Russian market is unique in that it offers the second-highest
   internet penetration rate and the number of smartphones and online
   payments continues to rise steadily. Since the start of the year, our
   mobile app has seen monthly active users (MAU) grow by over 45% to reach
   more than 2.5 million MAU, while app usage has risen over 65% to over 30
   million sessions per month.

   "We will remain a 100% digital bank with off-line fulfilment capability,
   enabling us to scale up quickly and easily. At the same time, we will
   utilise our in-house tech talent and extensive data to offer our own and
   our partners' products and services in a highly targeted way to capture
   new market share in the SME, premium and investment account segments."

   A copy of the presentation is available on the Group's website at
    2 https://www.tinkoff.ru/eng/investor-relations/results-and-reports/164/.

   For enquiries:
                                 Tinkoff Bank
   Tinkoff Bank
                                 Larisa Chernysheva
   Darya Ermolina                IR Department
   Head of PR
                                 + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312)
   + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009)
                                  4 ir@tinkoff.ru
    3 d.ermolina@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 May 2018, the bank was the second largest player in the Russian
   credit card market, with a market share of 11.7%. The 1Q18 IFRS net income
   of TCS Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 5.7 bn, ROE grew to 68.5%.

   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.

    

   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: MSCM
   TIDM:          TCS
   LEI Code:      549300XQRN9MR54V1W18
   Sequence No.:  5624
   EQS News ID:   693295


    
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