MegaFon : announces full settlement of its obligation in relation to acquisition of a controlling stake in Mail.Ru Group

MegaFon has made the final payment of the consideration under the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of 23 December 2016 (the 'Agreement') with New Media and Technology Investment LP, New Media Technologies Capital Partners Limited and Ardoe Finance Limited, subsidiaries of USM Holdings, a controlling shareholder of MegaFon. Pursuant to the Agreement, MegaFon acquired 11.5 mln Class A shares and 21.9 mln ordinary shares representing an approximately 15.2% of the charter capital and 63.8% voting stake in Mail.Ru on 9 February 2017 (the 'Closing date'), as earlier reported at: https://corp.megafon.com/investors/news/capital_market_releases/20170209-1853.html.

The payment was in the amount of US$100 million plus interest accrued thereon from the Closing date, as earlier announced at: https://corp.megafon.com/investors/news/capital_market_releases/20170123-1238.html.

Additional information related to the acquisition of 63.8% voting stake in Mail.Ru is available at: http://corp.megafon.com/ai/document/9674/file/Acquisition_of_stake_in_Mail.Ru_Group_Eng.pdf and https://corp.megafon.com/investors/news/capital_market_releases/20161223-1000.html.

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MegaFon PJSC is a leading Russian integrated telecommunication service provider, operating in all segments of the telecommunications markets in Russia, and in the Republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Tajikistan. MegaFon is a recognized market leader in the provision of mobile data services, was the first operator in Russia to launch commercial operation of a third generation (3G) network and was the first operator in the world to launch commercial operation of an LTE-Advanced (4G) data network. MegaFon is traded on the Moscow Exchange and the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MFON. Additional information about MegaFon and the products and services provided by MegaFon can be found at: http://www.megafon.ru.

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