Moscow, Russian Federation – MTS PJSC (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT; MOEX: MTSS), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announces that Stream Digital, LLC, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, recently acquired 6,704,580 MTS shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock represented by ADSs) representing 0.336% of share capital issued by MTS. Stream Digital, LLC purchased MTS shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock represented by ADSs) under the Repurchase Plan announced on September 6, 2017.

Under Russian legislation, MTS is required to disclose any shares acquired by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. MTS will fully disclose the aggregate number of shares acquired during the period, what this represents in MTS’ share capital, as well as price paid, during its next quarterly disclosure.

Since the launch of the Repurchase Plan on September 6, 2017, Stream Digital has acquired 41,985,128 shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock represented by ADSs) representing 2.1% of share capital issued by MTS. This includes shares of Common Stock acquired from Sistema Finance under a sale and purchase agreement concluded prior to the launch of the Repurchase Plan.

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For further information, please contact in Moscow:

Joshua B. Tulgan
Director, Department of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC
Tel: +7 495 223 2025
E-mail: ir@mts.ru