Moscow, 5 October 2012
X5 Retail Group N.V., (“X5” or the “Company”), Russia’s largest retailer in terms of sales (LSE ticker symbol: FIVE) announced today that the Company has opened its first Perekrestok supermarket in the city of Surgut located in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District (Tyumen region, Siberia). The new store was opened by X5’s reverse franchisee partner, RIA Group of Companies (RIA Group).