MOSCOW, Russia — MTS (NYSE: MBT, MOEX: MTSS), Russia’s leading mobile connectivity and digital services provider, announces the completion of payments of the special dividend approved by the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on December 30, 2019 based on the Company’s 9M 2019 financial results and taking into consideration the sale of VF Ukraine PrJSC.

The special dividend amounted to RUB 13.25 per ordinary MTS share (RUB 26.50 per ADR), with a total payout of RUB 26.5 bn (RUB 26,478,309,511.50).

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For further information, please contact in Moscow:

Investor Relations Department 
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC 
Tel: +7 495 223 2025 
E-mail: ir@mts.ru