X5 GROUP ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF EGM
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Amsterdam, 27 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, today held its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the "EGM").

Shareholders and holders of global depository receipts adopted all proposals on the agenda, including, in particular:

· Appointment of Julia Solovieva, Azer Talybov and Alexey Kornya as members of the Supervisory Board;

· Amendment of the remuneration policy for members of the Management Board.

The voting results of the meeting can be found in the Corporate Governance section of the Company's website at: https://www.x5.ru/en/about/general-meeting-of-shareholders/

Additionally, in order to develop the X5 corporate governance system, the Supervisory Board decided to appoint Julia Solovieva, Azer Talybov and Alexey Kornya as members of the Board of Directors at the level of X5 Corporate Centre LLC. This Board was established in February 2024 and is composed of the six current members of the Supervisory Board of X5 Retail Group N.V.

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*).

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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