X5 acquires Victoria and Deshevo stores

X5 Retail Group N.V.

01 August 2023

 

X5 ACQUIRES VICTORIA AND DESHEVO STORES

Moscow, 1 August 2023 - X5 Group ("X5" or the "Company", LSE and MOEX ticker: FIVE), a leading Russian food retailer, announces that it has secured an agreement to acquire Victoria Baltia, the operator of Victoria stores in the Kaliningrad Region, Moscow and the Moscow region, Deshevo stores in the Kaliningrad Region, as well as two distribution centres and a CASH hypermarket in Kaliningrad. The deal has been approved by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation.

The deal encompasses 118 stores with a total selling space of 92,000 square metres, including leased facilities. In addition, X5 will take ownership of two distribution centres in the Kaliningrad Region with a total space of 14,200 square metres. The current management team of Victoria Baltia will continue to manage the company.

"The Kaliningrad Region is an exciting market that has high growth potential for X5 Group's business, while also having a unique profile. In particular, it offers a limited number of locations to open new stores. The deal to acquire Victoria and Deshevo stores will help to consolidate our position in the Kaliningrad Region while improving the logistics support for our stores in this market," said X5 CEO Igor Shekhterman.

Note to Editors:

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 30 June 2023, X5 had 22,682 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. Its store base includes 20,248 Pyaterochka proximity stores, 956 Perekrestok supermarkets, 809 Chizhik hard discounters and 596 Krasny Yar and Slata stores. The Company operates 59 DCs and 4,604 Company-owned trucks across the Russian Federation.

X5 is one of the largest employers in Russia. The Company employs over 358 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 Q1 2023, revenue totalled RUB 696,364 million (USD 9,569 million**), adjusted EBITDA pre-IFRS 16 reached RUB 40,236 million (USD 553 million**), and net profit pre-IFRS 16 amounted to RUB 12,172 million (USD 167 million**).

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* FX rate: 68.5494 USD/RUB

** FX rate: 72.7738 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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