Moscow, 26 February 2010
X5 Retail Group N.V., Russia’s largest retailer in terms of revenue (LSE ticker: “FIVE”), announced today that the Company’s CEO Lev Khasis has been awarded the prestigious international “Person of the Year 2009” award by publishing house RosBusinessConsulting Group (RBC). Lev Khasis received RBC’s Grand-Prix “for promoting the interests of the strategically important retail sector of the Russian economy and for personal contributions to the development of a modern consumer market".