OREANDA-NEWS. September 12, 2011. Starting from September 16, 2011 DIXY Group ordinary shares will be included into the basis for calculating the RTS Index (RTSI) based on the recommendations of the RTS Index Committee. Criteria used for inclusion in the Index are liquidity (trading volume and number of shares) and capitalization. Currently, Company shares are included in two RTS indexes: the Consumer & Retail Index (RTScr) and the RTS-2 Second-Tier Stock Index (RTS2).

The DIXY Group of Companies is one of Russia's leading retailers of foods and everyday products. The company specializes in developing neighborhood store supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg and three federal districts of Russia: Central, Northwest and Urals and also in Kaliningrad region, which together account for more than half of the retail market for foods and everyday products in the Russian Federation.

In May 2007, the Company raised USD 360 million in its IPO on RTS and MICEX. Company shares are included in two RTS indexes: the Consumer & Retail Index (RTScr) and the RTS-2 Second-Tier Stock Index (RTS2), as well as in the MICEX Consumer Goods and Services Index (MICEX CGS)