Moscow, Russian Federation – MTS PJSC (“MTS” or the “Company” – NYSE: MBT; MOEX: MTSS), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announces that “Bastion” LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MTS, has acquired 1,400,000 ordinary shares of MTS PJSC (0.07% of MTS PJSC share capital) on the open market.

The shares were acquired for the purpose of an option-based remuneration program based on ordinary shares for employees of MTS.

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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