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This document is an advertisement and is not a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive.  A prospectus prepared pursuant to the Prospectus Directive has been published which can be obtained from Lenta Ltd. at its registered office. Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this document except on the basis of information contained in the prospectus.  The expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU, to the extent implemented in any relevant Member State) and includes any relevant implementing measure in the relevant Member State.

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St. Petersburg, Russia; 26 October 2015-Lenta Ltd. (LSE, MOEX: LNTA / LNTR; "Lenta" or the "Company"), one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce that the Company's application to the FCA, in its capacity as competent authority under the FSMA, for the GDRs to be admitted to the Official List of the FCA and to the LSE to admit the GDRs for trading under the symbol LNTA on its market for listed securities, has been granted.   Admission to listing and trading has taken place on 26 October 2015.  There are now 486,593,730 GDRs admitted in aggregate, consisting of (i) 462,065,995 existing GDRs, (ii) 21,126,760 GDRs issued on 26 October 2015, and (iii) up to an additional 3,400,975 GDRs to be issued from time to time against the deposit of shares with the custodian for the depositary of our GDR programme.

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For further information, please visit www.lentainvestor.com, or contact:

Lenta
Anna Meleshina, Director of Public Relations and Government Affairs
+7 812 363 28 53
Anna.Meleshina@lenta.com 

Albert Avetikov, Director of Investor Relations
+7 812 363 28 44
Albert.Avetikov@lenta.com