With this opening, Lenta exceeds its guidance to at least double the number of supermarkets opened in 2016 vs. 2015

St. Petersburg, Russia; 30 December, 2016 – Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA) one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce the opening of its 13th supermarket in St. Petersburg.

The new store is a Lenta medium format supermarket located in Raketa shopping mall at 60 Saint Petersburg av., Peterhof, St. Petersburg. The store has a total area of 1,250 sq.m with 743 sq.m of selling space and is open from 8.00 am till 11.00 pm, seven days a week. A broad product assortment of 4,700 SKUs has been selected specifically for residents of St. Petersburg and includes Lenta’s private labels and federal product ranges alongside local produce. The store has 6 cash registers. The property is leased by Lenta.

The opening in St. Petersburg is Lenta’s eighteenth supermarket opening in 2016 and brings the total number of Lenta stores to 190 hypermarkets in 77 cities across Russia and 50 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Central region.

About Lenta

Lenta is the largest hypermarket chain in Russia (in terms of selling space) and the country’s fifth largest retail chain (in terms of 2015 sales). The Company was founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg. Lenta operates 190 hypermarkets in 77 cities across Russia and 50 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Central region with a total of approximately 1,146,542 sq.m of selling space. The average Lenta hypermarket store has selling space of approximately 5,800 sq.m. The average Lenta supermarket store has selling space of approximately 1,000 sq.m. The Company operates seven owned distribution centres.

The Company’s price-led hypermarket formats are differentiated in terms of their promotion and pricing strategies as well as their local product assortment. The Company employed approximately 34,134 people as of 30 June 2016¹.

The Company’s management team combines a mix of local knowledge and international expertise coupled with extensive operational experience in Russia. Lenta’s largest shareholders include TPG Capital and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, both of which are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance. Lenta is listed on the London Stock Exchange and on the Moscow Exchange and trades under the ticker: ‘LNTA’.
A brief video summary on Lenta’s business and its Big Data initiative can be seen here.

For further information please visit www.lentainvestor.com, or contact:

Lenta 
Anna Meleshina, Public Relations & Government Affairs Director 
Tel: +7 812 363 28 53 
E-mail: anna.meleshina@lenta.com

Anastasia Kuznetsova, 
Corporate Communications Manager 
Ňel:+7 (812) 336 39 97 
E-mail: a.kuznetsova@lenta.com

Citigate 
International Media: 
David Westover 
Ňel: +44 207 282 2886 
E-mail: lentateam@citigatedr.co.uk

FTI Consulting 
Russian Media: 
Anton Karpov & Victoria Afonina 
Ňel:+7 495 795 06 23 
E-mail: lenta@FTIconsulting.com

¹ FTE (full-time equivalent). Average FTE for 1H 2016 was 33,758 employees