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TCS Group Holding PLC / Transaction in Own Shares*
TCS Group Holding PLC: Tinkoff Controlling Shareholder Increases Stake
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25-Jul-2017 / 17:45 CET/CEST
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Tinkoff Controlling Shareholder Increases Stake
Moscow, Russia - 25 July 2017. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) (the
"Group"), Russia's leading provider of online retail financial services,
has been notified of further transactions in its GDRs by the Group's
controlling shareholder and PDMR, Oleg Tinkov, in line with the plans he
announced on 10 July.
Oleg Tinkov purchased a further 79,997 GDRs between 20 and 24 July for
just over USD 1mn. This is in addition to 1,821,546 GDRs he purchased
earlier in July 2017 for approximately USD 21.4mn.
Details of the purchases are in the documents attached.
For enquiries:
Tinkoff Bank Tinkoff Bank
Darya Ermolina Larisa Chernysheva
Head of PR
IR Department
+ 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009)
+ 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312)
1 d.ermolina@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 centres, and operates a network of over 1,800
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 2017, the bank was the second largest player in the Russian
credit card market, with a market share of 11%. The 1Q 2017 IFRS net
income of TCS Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 3.4 bn, ROE stood at 43%.
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.
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Additional features:
Document: 3 http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=RYHDUUKPLS
Document title: PDMR Notifications
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Language: English
Company: TCS Group Holding PLC
2nd Floor, Sotiri Tofini 4, Agios Athanasios
4102 Limassol
Cyprus
Phone: +7 495 648-10-00
Fax: +7 495 645-59-09
E-mail: media@tinkoff.ru
Internet: https://www.tinkoff.ru
ISIN: US87238U2033
Listed: Foreign Exchange(s) London, Moscow
Category Code: POS
TIDM: TCS
LEI Code: 549300XQRN9MR54V1W18
Sequence No.: 4459
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