MOSCOW, Russia — MTS (NYSE: MBT; MOEX: MTSS), Russia’s leading mobile connectivity and digital services provider, announces that Bastion LLC, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, has acquired 1,675,000 ordinary shares of MTS PJSC (0.08% of MTS PJSC share capital).

The shares were acquired for MTS’s option-based remuneration and incentive programs for senior management.

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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