Information for the General Meeting of Shareholders of PJSC Detsky Mir

Detsky Mir Group (“Detsky Mir”, “the Group” or “the Company”) (MOEX: DSKY), Russia’s largest specialized children’s goods retailer, published the information (materials) for the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 4 December 2017.

AGENDA OF THE MEETING:

1. Approval of the procedures for the General Meeting of Shareholders.
2. Distribution of profits and losses of PJSC Detsky Mir (including dividend payout) based on the results of 9M 2017. 
3. Approval of the Company’s internal regulations.

The Board of Directors recommended that the General Meeting of Shareholders approved the payment of dividends for 9M 2017 in the amount of RUB 2.97 per one ordinary share of PJSC Detsky Mir. The total recommended amount of dividends is RUB 2,194,830,000.

The Company’s Board of Directors also proposed setting 15 December 2017 as the record date for the purpose of dividends.

The General Meeting of Shareholders will be held in the format of letter ballot. Postal address for sending completed and signed ballot papers: 20/1 Bolshoi Balkansky per., 129090 Moscow.

Final date for submission of ballots: 4 December 2017.

Date of compiling the list of individuals and legal entities entitled to participate in the General Meeting of Shareholders: 11 November 2017.

Identification parameters of the shares the owners of which are entitled to participate in the General Meeting of Shareholders: ordinary registered shares, state registration number of the issue: 1-02-00844-А dd 11 February 2014.

The materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders will be available at the Company’s website corp.detmir.ru and by request from the Company’s corporate secretariat at: 3/6 3rd Nizhnelikhoborsky proyezd, 127238 Moscow.

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Detsky Mir Group (MOEX: DSKY) is Russia’s largest specialized children’s goods retailer. The company operates a network of 557 stores, including 516 Detsky Mir stores in Russia and 13 in Kazakhstan located in 183 different cities, as well as 41 ELC (Early Learning Centre) stores in Russia. The total selling space as of 30 September 2017 was approximately 631,000 square meters.

In accordance with the audited Financial Statements under IFRS Group revenue amounted to RUB 79.5 bn for the full year 2016. Adjusted EBITDA totaled RUB 8.2 bn and Adjusted profit for the period amounted to RUB 3.8 bn for 2016.

Detsky Mir Group’s shareholder structure is as follows: PJSC Sistema[1]  – 52.10%; Russia-China Investment Fund (RCIF) [2] – 14.03%; Other shareholders owning less than 5% of the shares – 33.87%. 

Lear more at www.detmir.ru, corp.detmir.ru, elc-russia.ru. 

(8) PJSC Sistema is a publicly-traded diversified Russian holding company serving over 100 million customers in the sectors of telecommunications, high technology, pulp and paper, radio and space technology, banking, retail, mass media, tourism and healthcare services. Founded in 1993. Sistema’s global depositary receipts are listed under the symbol SSA on the London Stock Exchange. Sistema’s ordinary shares are listed under the ticker AFKS on Moscow Exchange.

(9) RCIF is an equity fund established by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and China Investment Corporation (CIC), hold its stake in PJSC Detsky Mir through its funds: FLOETTE HOLDINGS LIMITED and EXARZO HOLDINGS LIMITED.