NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OR CONNECTED PERSONS
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Amsterdam, 26 March 2024 - X5 Retail Group N.V. ("X5" or the "Company", LSE and MOEX ticker: FIVE), a leading Russian food retailer that operates the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Chizhik retail chains, announces that on 25 March 2024, Frank Lhoëst, a member of the Company's Management Board, sold a total of 20,000 X5 Global Depositary Receipts ('GDRs') at a price of USD 21.00 per GDR.
Following this sale, Mr Lhoëst holds no GDRs in the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company.
The Notification of Dealing Form required in accordance with UK MAR is set out below.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a)
| Name
| Frank Lhoëst | |||
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| Reason for the notification
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| a)
| Position/status
| Member of the Management Board of X5 Retail Group N.V. | |||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| a)
| Name
| X5 Retail Group N.V. | |||
| b)
| LEI
| 213800J17UJJJDGUVF56 | |||
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| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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| a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) with each GDR representing an interest of 0.25 in an ordinary share. The nominal par value of each ordinary share is EUR 1 | |||
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| Identification code | ISIN: US98387E2054 | ||||
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Disposal of GDRs | |||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | | | | |
| | | Price(s) | Volume(s) | | |
| | | USD 21.00 | 20,000 | | |
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| d)
| Aggregated information | | |||
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| - Aggregated volume | 20,000 | ||||
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| - Price | USD 21.00 | ||||
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 25 March 2024 | |||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
X5 Retail Group N.V. (LSE and MOEX: FIVE; Expert RA - ruAAA; ACRA - AAA(RU)) is a leading Russian food retailer. The Company operates proximity stores under the Pyaterochka brand, Perekrestok supermarkets and Chizhik hard discounters. X5 provides an omnichannel experience to its customers, integrating retail stores and e-commerce through its businesses Vprok.ru, 5Post and Mnogo Lososya.
As of 31 December 2023, X5 had 24,472 Company-operated stores. It has the leading market position in both Moscow and St Petersburg and a significant presence in the European part of Russia, as well as a growing presence in the Russian Far East. Its store base includes 21,308 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 972 Perekrestok supermarkets, 1,500 Chizhik hard discounters and 610 Krasny Yar and Slata stores. The Company operates 62 DCs and 5,344 Company-owned trucks across the Russian Federation.
X5 is one of the largest employers in Russia. The Company employs over 372 thousand people.
For the full year 2023, revenue totalled RUB 3,145,859 million (USD 36,903 million*), EBITDA pre-IFRS 16 reached RUB 214,764 million (USD 2,519 million*), and net profit pre-IFRS 16 for the period amounted to RUB 90,284 million (USD 1,059 million*).
Forward-looking statements
This announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not only relate to historical or current events. Forward-looking statements often use words such as "anticipate", "target", "expect", "estimate", "intend", "expected", "plan", "goal", "believe", or other words of similar meaning.
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances, a number of which are beyond X5 Group N.V.'s control. As a result, actual future results may differ materially from the plans, goals and expectations set out in these forward-looking statements.
Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of X5 Group N.V. speak only as of the date of this announcement. Save as required by any applicable laws or regulations, X5 Group N.V. undertakes no obligation publicly to release the results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements in this document that may occur due to any change in its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document.
* FX rate: 85.2466 USD/RUB
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