Notice for Shareholders

10 June 2024
 

O`KEY GROUP TRANSFERS ITS GDRs TO II LEVEL LIST ON MOEX

O`KEY Group S.A. (AIX, LSE, MOEX: OKEY, the “Group” or the “Company”), one of Russia’s leading food retailers, announces the transfer by the Moscow Exchange of the Company's global depositary receipts (GDRs) to Level II Quotation List from 13 June 2024.

All materials published by the Group are available at www.okeygroup.lu.

GDRs of O'KEY GROUP S.A. have been traded in Level I Quotation List on the Moscow Exchange since December 2020.

In view of the potential delisting from the London Stock Exchange planned for 18 June 2024, the Group had applied to the Moscow Exchange requesting to transfer the GDRs of O'KEY GROUP S.A. to Level II List. On 10 June 2024, the Moscow Exchange decided to transfer O'KEY GROUP S.A. GDRs from Level I to Level II section of the Quotation List from 13 June 2024.

O'KEY GROUP S.A. GDR program continues to operate and trade seamlessly on the Moscow Exchange.

Additionally, O'KEY GROUP S.A. GDRs have been listed on the Astana International Stock Exchange (AIX) since March 2023. The Group plans to keep its listing on both the Moscow Exchange and AIX.

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ABOUT O`KEY GROUP

O`KEY Group S.A. (AIX, LSE, MOEX: OKEY) is one of the leading grocery retailers in Russia, operating hypermarkets under the O`KEY brand and discounters under the DA! brand.

As of 31 March 2024, the Group had 297 stores across Russia (77 hypermarkets and 220 discounters) with a total selling space of 661,149 sq m. O`KEY opened its first hypermarket in St Petersburg in 2002 and has since demonstrated continuous growth. It was the first Russian food retailer to launch e-commerce operations offering a full range of hypermarket products for home delivery. The Group operates e-commerce pick-up and delivery points in 70 O’KEY hypermarkets across the country. In 2015, we launched the first discount chain in Russia under the DA! brand. The Group operates five distribution centres in Russia – three in Moscow and two in St Petersburg – and employs 19,200 people.

In 2023, the Group’s revenue amounted to RUB 207.9 bn, and EBITDA reached RUB 17.0 bn.

The O`KEY Group shareholder structure is as follows: NISEMAX Co Ltd – 49.11%. GSU Ltd – 34.14%, free-float and other holders – 16.75%.

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