Amsterdam, 26 July 2013
X5 Retail Group N.V. (“X5” or the “Company”), a leading Russian retailer, invites its shareholders and holders of global depository receipts (GDRs) to its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “EGM”) to be held at Parkstraat 20, 2514 JK The Hague, The Netherlands at 11.00 CET on 6 September 2013. The record date for the EGM is 9 August 2013.