OREANDA-NEWS. Lenta Ltd. (“Lenta” or the “Company”), one of the largest retail chains in Russia, announces that its global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) have been admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to unconditional trading through the International Order Book on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Unconditional dealings in Lenta's GDRs commence at 8:00 am today under the symbols LNTA, in the case of Regulation S GDRs, and LNTR, in the case of Rule 144A GDRs.

The Company expects the admission to trading of the GDRs on the Moscow Exchange to take place on 6 March 2014; dealings in the GDRs on the Moscow Exchange prior to such admission are not permitted.

Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan and VTB Capital are acting as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners; Deutsche Bank and UBS Investment Bank are acting as joint bookrunners; TPG Capital BD, LLC is acting as a co-manager. Rothschild is financial advisor to the Company.