PRESS RELEASE

DIXY GROUP AND MOSCOW SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SKOLKOVO HOLD A JOINT CONTEST FOR STARTUP ACADEMY GRANTS Moscow, Russian Federation, August 25, 2017 Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and DIXY Group announce the launch of a contest of promising business ideas and projects in retail and e-commerce, as well as service for these areas. The winners will be awarded grants for Startup Academy training programme.

Projects and business ideas in the following nominations will be considered as part of the contest:

  • Energy Efficiency (market of equipment, software, engineering and aftersale services for comprehensive intellectual power engineering systems and services of various scale),
  • Smart Store (new generation of retail chain automation technologies using RFID, smart shelf, smart cart, smart card, smart checkout terminal technologies for product sales),
  • E-Commerce (electronic information exchange, electronic capital transfer, e-commerce, e-money, e- marketing, e-banking, e-insurance services).
Contest webpage: https://startup.skolkovo.ru/event/ssa/grants/all/dixi/

To participate in the grant program one has to pass three selection stages: submit an application until September 10, present the project as a pitch at semi-finals on September 18 and 19, as well as defend the project in the finals in front of the contest committee. The three winners to receive the grants will be determined based on the defense results. Additionally, all finalists will get an opportunity to implement a joint project with DIXY Group. The contest is open for startup founders and co-founders aged from 18 to 59.

Startup Academy programme training will commence on September 28, 2017, and will last five months (including four days of training at the SKOLKOVO campus each month).

DIXY Group already possesses an experience in the area of business acceleration. For example, this June a business accelerator program was launched at the DIXY Academy venue, which was open for entrepreneurs and developers of retail software and technologies. The organizing committee got 80 applications based on the first round results. All the applications received can be attributed to the following categories: product ordering service; marketplace; loyalty systems; logistics; sales technologies; IT developments application in retail; training and HR management technologies.

In the course of their work during the first round, the moderators selected a number of applications to be presented to the expert council. DIXY Group experts provided feedback on each of the projects reviewed and included them into the second round of the Accelerator.

Background:

Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO is one of Russia's and CIS's leading private business schools founded in 2006 upon the business community initiative. SKOLKOVO's training programmes line-up features programmes for every stage of business development - from a startup to a major corporation entering international markets. All programmes are based on the "training through action" principles and include theoretical units, practical assignments, project work, and international modules. www.skolkovo.ru DIXY Group (MICEX: DIXY) is one of Russia's leading companies in food and fast moving consumer goods retail.

As of June 30, 2017 the Company operated 2,717 stores, including 2,550 DIXY convenience stores, 127 Victoria stores and 40 compact hypermarkets MegaMart and MiniMart, located in 754 Russian towns and settlements.

The Group's footprint covers four Federal Districts of Russia: Central, North-West, and Urals, as well as Kaliningrad and Kaliningrad Region.

In 2016, DIXY Group's total revenue amounted to RUR 311 billion.

PJSC DIXY Group's shares are traded in the Moscow Exchange since 2007.

Contacts:

Vladimir Rusanov

Head DIXY Group Press Service

+7 495 223 3337 (ext. 13-09)

+7 903 629 56 03

v.rusanov@dixy.ru pr@hq.dixy.ru http://www.dixygroup.com

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