X5 Retail Group N.V. to hold AGM on 8 May 2024

X5 Retail Group N.V.

25 March 2024

 

X5 RETAIL GROUP N.V. TO HOLD AGM ON 8 MAY 2024
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Amsterdam, 25 March 2024 - X5 Retail Group N.V. ("X5" or the "Company", LSE and MOEX ticker: FIVE), a leading Russian food retailer that operates the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Chizhik retail chains, invites the Company's shareholders and holders of global depository receipts to X5's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "AGM"). The AGM will be held at Zuidplein 196, 1077 XV Amsterdam, The Netherlands at 11.00 am CET on Wednesday, 8 May 2024.

The record date for shareholders eligible to participate in the AGM is 10 April 2024.

Agenda items to be discussed at the AGM include:

·      Report of the Management Board for the financial year 2023;

·      2023 Remuneration Report;

·      Proposal to adopt the 2023 Financial Statements with explanation of the status of the independent auditor's report;

·      Proposal to amend the remuneration policy for the Supervisory Board.

The full AGM agenda, including explanatory notes, is available on the X5 website at:

https://www.x5.ru/en/about/general-meeting-of-shareholders/

X5's Annual Report for the financial year 2023 is available on the Company's website at:

https://www.x5.ru/en/investors/annual-reports/

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 2023, revenue totalled RUB 3,145,859 million (USD 36,903 million*), EBITDA pre-IFRS 16 reached RUB 214,764 million (USD 2,519 million*), and net profit pre-IFRS 16 for the period amounted to RUB 90,284 million (USD 1,059 million*).

Forward-looking statements

This announcement includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not only relate to historical or current events. Forward-looking statements often use words such as "anticipate", "target", "expect", "estimate", "intend", "expected", "plan", "goal", "believe", or other words of similar meaning.

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: 85.2466 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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