Etalon : Pays Final Dividend for 2016

ETALON GROUP PLC ('Etalon Group' or the 'Company'), one of Russia's largest and longest-established development and construction companies, announces that on 23 August 2017 it paid the final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2016 of USD 0.107 per share/GDR. The dividend amounts to 50% of the Company's consolidated net income for 2H 2016 (based on the official Central Bank of Russia exchange rate on 28 April 2017), which is at the top of the dividend payout range of 30% to 50% of consolidated IFRS net income that was approved in 2016.

In addition to the final dividend of USD 0.107 per share/GDR for 2H 2016, Etalon Group paid an interim dividend of USD 0.03 per share/GDR for 1H 2016 on 13 December 2016, bringing the total dividends paid for 2016 to USD 0.137 per share/GDR.

In May 2017, Etalon Group's Board of Directors resolved to increase the Company's target dividend payout range from the current level of 30%-50% to 40%-70% of consolidated IFRS net income. Based on this new range, the Board of Directors will continue to consider semi-annual dividend payments, taking into account the pre-sales performance and funding needs for the Company's development programme. This policy will take effect starting with Etalon Group's IFRS financial results for 1H 2017.

This and other recent announcements are available on the Etalon Group website: www.etalongroup.com/investors/news/

Etalon Group IR Team

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E: info@etalongroup.com

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Sam VanDerlip
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About Etalon Group

Founded in 1987 by Viacheslav Zarenkov, Etalon Group has become one of Russia's largest development and construction corporations. The Company focuses on middle class residential real estate in the Moscow and St Petersburg metropolitan areas, where it operates through Etalon Invest and Etalon LenSpetsSMU subsidiaries. With a 30-year history, Etalon Group has one of the longest and most successful track records in the Russian real estate industry - since its inception, Etalon Group has commissioned 5.5 million sqm.

Etalon Group's strong reputation among consumers supports its pre-sales business model, which helps the Company to minimise external financing needs for on-going projects while maintaining a secure liquidity position: net debt as of 31 December 2016 was RUB 7.8 billion.

The Company is vertically integrated, which helps it to control costs, quality and timing, as well as to demonstrate best-in-class profitability. Etalon Group employs 5 thousand people, and its nationwide sales and marketing network covers 52 Russian cities.

As of 31 December 2016, Etalon Group's portfolio comprised 35 projects, with a total of 2.82 million sqm of unsold net sellable area. JLL valued this portfolio at RUB 115,818 million.

For the year ended 31 December 2016, Etalon Group's new contract sales totalled 496 ths sqm, or RUB 47,443 million. Deliveries in 2016 amounted to 420 ths sqm.

The Company recorded revenue of RUB 49.0 billion and EBITDA of RUB 7.3 billion for the year ended 31 December 2016.

Etalon Group's GDRs have been traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since 20 April 2011.

24 August 2017