St-Petersburg, Russia; 17 September, 2015–Lenta LLC, the main operating subsidiary of Lenta Ltd. (“Lenta” or the “Company”), is pleased to confirm that Fitch Ratings has assigned Lenta LLC's recently issued RUB5bn bonds a senior unsecured rating of 'BB-'/'RR4' (Recovery Rating) and a National senior unsecured rating of 'A+(rus)'.
Fitch has assigned the bond rating in line with Lenta's long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (“IDR”) of 'BB-' and a National Long-term rating of 'A+(rus)', both with a positive outlook.
About Lenta
Lenta is one of the largest retail chains in Russia and the country’s second largest hypermarket chain (in terms of 2014 sales). The Company was founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg. Lenta operates 121 hypermarkets in 63 cities across Russia and 27 supermarkets in the Moscow region, with a total of approximately 782,222 sq.m. of selling space. The average Lenta hypermarket store has selling space of approximately 6,200 sq.m. The Company operates five hypermarket 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 35,100 people as of 31 December 2014.
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’.

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