OREANDA-NEWS. OJSC "Magnit", Russia's largest food retailer (the "Company", the "Issuer", MICEX and LSE: MGNT), announces the disposal of shares by the entity which is under the Issuer's control.

Full company name and address:

joint-stock company "Tander" 185, Levanevskogo street, Krasnodar, Russia

Taxpayer Id Number:

2310031475

Principal State Registration Number:

1022301598549

Object of disposal:

voting shares of the Issuer

Date of disposal:

August 20, 2014

Amount of disposed shares:

559 shares (0.000591% of the total equity)

Basis for disposal:

Sale and Purchase Agreements executed in the trading of MICEX Stock Exchange

Amount of votes before disposal:

267,950 votes (0.283361% of the total number of votes)

Amount of votes after disposal:

267,391 votes (0.282770% of the total number of votes)