X5 acquires distributor Forward-Market

X5 Retail Group N.V.

20 February 2024

 

X5 ACQUIRES FORWARD-MARKET, A BASHKORTOSTAN DISTRIBUTOR

Moscow, 20 February 2024 - X5 Group ("X5" or the "Company", LSE and MOEX ticker: FIVE), a leading Russian food retailer, announces an agreement to acquire Forward-Market, a distributor operating in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation has approved the deal.

As part of the deal, X5 will take over the ownership of distribution centres measuring a total of 28,000 square metres and a fleet of 47 vehicles.

Igor Pletnev, Director of the X5 For Business project, commented:

"Forward-Market is a successful regional distributor with an extensive track record and expertise in supplying small batches of products to small-format stores. This expertise will help build out the Okolo direct franchise concept currently being piloted by X5."

X5 Retail Group N.V. (LSE and MOEX: FIVE; Expert RA - ruAAA; ACRA - AAA(RU)) is a leading Russian food retailer. The Company operates proximity stores under the Pyaterochka brand, Perekrestok supermarkets and Chizhik hard discounters. X5 provides an omnichannel experience to its customers, integrating retail stores and e-commerce through its businesses Vprok.ru, 5Post and Mnogo Lososya.

As of 31 December 2023, X5 had 24,472 Company-operated stores. It has the leading market position in both Moscow and St Petersburg and a significant presence in the European part of Russia, as well as a growing presence in the Russian Far East. Its store base includes 21,308 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 972 Perekrestok supermarkets, 1,500 Chizhik hard discounters and 610 Krasny Yar and Slata stores. The Company operates 62 DCs and 5,344 Company-owned trucks across the Russian Federation.

X5 is one of the largest employers in Russia. The Company employs over 372 thousand people.

For the full year 2022, revenue totalled RUB 2,605,232 million (USD 38,005 million*), EBITDA pre-IFRS 16 reached RUB 186,788 million (USD 2,725 million*), and net profit pre-IFRS 16 for the period amounted to RUB 52,248 million (USD 762 million*). In 9M 2023, revenue totalled RUB 2,264,643 million (USD 27,386 million**), adjusted EBITDA pre-IFRS 16 reached RUB 163,212 million (USD 1,974 million**), and net profit pre-IFRS 16 amounted to RUB 71,250 million (USD 862 million**).

Forward-looking statements

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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances, a number of which are beyond X5 Group N.V.'s control. As a result, actual future results may differ materially from the plans, goals and expectations set out in these forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of X5 Group N.V. speak only as of the date of this announcement. Save as required by any applicable laws or regulations, X5 Group N.V. undertakes no obligation publicly to release the results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements in this document that may occur due to any change in its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document.

* FX rate: 68.5494 USD/RUB

** FX rate: 82.6934 USD/RUB

For further details please contact:
Polina Ugryumova Head of Corporate Finance and IR Tel.: [phone] ext. 13-312 e-mail: [e-mail]	Maria Yazeva Investor Relations Officer Tel.: [phone] ext. 13-147 e-mail: [e-mail]

 

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