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O'KEY Group S.A. (OKEY) Press release 19 February 2019    O'KEY GROUP ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF OPERATIONS DIRECTOR  O'KEY Group S.A. (LSE: OKEY; RAEX - 'ruA-') announces the appointment of Pavel Lokshin as Operations Director of O'KEY Group. He will be reporting directly to the Group CEO, Armin Burger.  All materials published by the Group are available on its website .  Pavel Lokshin's career in retail began in 2001 at METRO Cash & Carry, where he took part in the launching of METRO business in Russia. For 12 years at METRO, Pavel Lokshin had different management positions, first as a Store Opening Director, and later as the METRO Cash & Carry Regional General Manager for South China. From 2013 to 2016, he held the CEO position at the K-Rauta Russia DIY chain, and from2016 to 2018, he was the CEO of Perekrestok Express.  As Operations Director of O'KEY Pavel Lokshin will be responsible for the management and effective work of the Sales Operations department.   OVERVIEW O'KEY Group S.A. (LSE: OKEY, RAEX - 'ruA-') operates under two main formats: hypermarkets, under the 'O'KEY' brand and discounters, under the 'DA!' brand. As at 19 February 2019, the Group operates 160 stores across Russia. The Group opened its first hypermarket in St. Petersburg in 2002 and has since demonstrated continuous growth. O'KEY is the first among Russian food retailers to launch and actively develop e-commerce operations in St. Petersburg and Moscow, offering a full range of hypermarket products for home delivery. The Group operates four distribution centres across the Russian Federation. For the full year 2017, revenue totalled RUB 177,454,848 thousand, EBITDA reached RUB 9,334,993 thousand, and the net income for the period amounted to RUB 3,166,913 thousand. The O'KEY shareholder structure is as follows: NISEMAX Co Ltd - 50.95%, GSU Ltd - 29.52%, free float - 19.53%.   DISCLAIMER These materials contain statements about future events and expectations that are forward-looking statements. These statements typically contain words such as 'expects' and 'anticipates' and words of similar import. Any statement in these materials that is not a statement of historical fact is a forward-looking statement that involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. None of the future projections, expectations, estimates or prospects in this announcement should be taken as forecasts or promises nor should they be taken as implying any indication, assurance or guarantee that the assumptions on which such future projections, expectations, estimates or prospects have been prepared are correct or exhaustive or, in the case of the assumptions, fully stated in this announcement.  We assume no obligations to update the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in factors affecting these statements.  For further information please contact:  Veronika Kryachko  Head of Investor Relations +7 495 663 6677 ext. 404  |
| ISIN: | US6708662019 |
| Category Code: | MSCM |
| TIDM: | OKEY |
| LEI Code: | 213800133YYU23T4L791 |
| Sequence No.: | 7552 |
| EQS News ID: | 777359 |
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