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Lenta

October 13, 2017

Lenta reaches the milestone of twenty supermarkets in Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg, Russia; 13 October, 2017– Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA) one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce the opening of two new supermarkets in Saint Petersburg. These openings bring the number of company’s supermarkets in the city to 20.

The first store is situated at 24A, Kostromskoe ave. The store has a total area of 911 sq.m with 452 sq.m of selling space and is served by 6 cash registers.

The second newly open store is located at 10, Bestuzhevskaya str. The store has a total area of 1,593 sq.m with 1,045 sq.m of selling space. The store has a parking lot and 8 cash registers.

Both stores will be open from 8 am to 11pm. A broad product assortment ranging of 3,600 and 7,800 SKUs, respectively, has been selected specifically for the residents of Saint-Petersburg and includes Lenta’s private labels and federal product ranges alongside various local produce. Both stores are leased by Lenta.

These stores are Lenta’s eighteenth and nineteenth supermarket openings in 2017. Openings in Saint Petersburg bring the total number of Lenta stores to 201 hypermarkets in 79 cities across Russia and 67 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and the Central region.

About Lenta

Lenta is the largest hypermarket chain in Russia (in terms of selling space) and the country’s fourth largest retail chain (in terms of sales as of 1Q2017). The Company was founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg. Lenta operates 201 hypermarkets in 79 cities across Russia and 67 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and the Central region with a total of approximately 1,204,994 sq.m of selling space. The average Lenta hypermarket store has selling space of approximately 5,700 sq.m. The average Lenta supermarket store has selling space of approximately 900 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 45,689 people as of 31 December 20161.

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
Ňel:+7 (812) 336 39 97
E-mail: pr@lenta.com

FTI Consulting :
Anton Karpov & Victoria Afonina
Ňel:+7 495 795 06 23
E-mail: lenta@FTIconsulting.com

 

 

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