St. Petersburg, Russia; 21 September, 2017– Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA) one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce the opening of its fourth hypermarket in Orenburg.

The new store is a Lenta compact format hypermarket located in Armada-Astoria mall at 1 Sharlyksoe highway, Orenburg. The store has a total area of 8,854 sq.m. with 5,394 sq.m. of selling space and is open from 10.00 am till 10.00 pm, seven days a week. A broad product assortment of 20,500 SKUs has been selected specifically for residents of Orenburg and includes Lenta’s private labels and federal product ranges alongside local produce. The store has 26 cash registers including 4 self-checkout lanes. The property is leased by Lenta.

This opening in Orenburg is Lenta’s eighth hypermarket opening in 2017 and brings the total number of Lenta stores to 199 hypermarkets in 79 cities across Russia and 61 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk 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 199 hypermarkets in 79 cities across Russia and 61 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and the Central region with a total of approximately 1,191,513 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’.

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Lenta
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E-mail: pr@lenta.com

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