With this opening, Lenta expands its network in the Urals to 19 hypermarkets in 8 cities

St. Petersburg, Russia; 7 December, 2016 – Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA) one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce the opening of its fifth hypermarket in Chelyabinsk.
The new store is a Lenta supercompact format hypermarket located at 15 Akademika Sakharova str., Chelyabinsk. The store has a total area of 5,948 sq.m with 2,630 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 12,000 SKUs has been selected specifically for residents of Chelyabinsk and includes Lenta’s private labels and federal product ranges alongside local produce. The store has 260 parking spaces and 20 cash registers. The property is owned by Lenta.
The opening in Chelyabinsk is Lenta’s forty second hypermarket opening in 2016 and brings the total number of Lenta stores to 181 hypermarkets in 77 cities across Russia and 44 supermarkets in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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 181 hypermarkets in 77 cities across Russia and 44 supermarkets in Moscow and St. Petersburg, with a total of approximately 1,091,795 sq.m of selling space. The average Lenta hypermarket store has selling space of approximately 5,900 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 2016 ¹.
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