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FIX PRICE ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF EXCHANGE OF GDRS FOR SHARES OF PJSC FIX PRICE VIA STOCK EXCHANGE
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
Reference is made to an invitation by Retail Technologies & Solutions Limited (“RTS”) to the holders of global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) (ISIN US33835G2057) of Fix Price Group PLC (“FPG”) to submit offers to exchange their FPG GDRs for ordinary shares of PJSC Fix Price (the “Exchange”).
• THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR EXCHANGE OFFERS VIA STOCK EXCHANGE ENDED AT 15:00 MOSCOW TIME ON 4 JULY 2025.
• THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR OTC OFFERS CONTINUES UNTIL 19:00 MOSCOW TIME ON 18 JULY 2025.
• INTERIM RESULTS: OFFERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 15% OF PJSC FIX PRICE’s AUTHORISED CAPITAL.
7 July 2025 – Fix Price Group PLC (MOEX: FIXP, AIX: FIXP.Y, “Fix Price”, the “Company” or the “Group”), one of the leading variety value retailers globally and the largest in Russia, announces that its subsidiary, RTS, has completed the acceptance of Exchange offers via stock exchange. The submission period for Exchange offers via stock exchange ended at 15:00 Moscow time on 4 July 2025.
OTC offers may be submitted until 19:00 Moscow time on 18 July 2025, in accordance with the Group’s earlier announcement extending the OTC submission period.
Preliminary results of the Exchange via stock exchange
As part of the Exchange via stock exchange, RTS received more than 240 thousand duly submitted offers to exchange 18.7 million GDRs, which corresponds to approximately 3.0 billion shares of PJSC Fix Price (about 3.0% of PJSC Fix Price’s authorised capital). The acceptance of offers is scheduled for 9 July 2025, with the settlement of transactions to be completed on 10 July 2025.
Interim results of the OTC Exchange
According to preliminary data as of 4 July 2025, as part of the ongoing OTC Exchange, investors have submitted OTC offers to exchange a total of 76.2 million GDRs, which corresponds to approximately 12.0 billion shares of PJSC Fix Price (about 12.0% of PJSC Fix Price’s authorised capital). The OTC offer submission period will continue until 19:00 Moscow time on 18 July 2025, with acceptance scheduled to take place through 25 July 2025 inclusive.
In total, as of 4 July 2025, investors had submitted, as part of both the Exchange via stock exchange and the OTC Exchange, offers to exchange a total of 94.9 million GDRs, which corresponds to approximately 15.0 billion shares of PJSC Fix Price (about 15.0% of PJSC Fix Price’s authorised capital). The final results of the Exchange will be published as soon as possible following the completion of settlements for the OTC Exchange, in accordance with the schedule below.
Trading of PJSC Fix Price shares on the Moscow Exchange is expected to commence on 20 August 2025.
Schedule of Expected Events in Connection with the Exchange
Event Date
Publication of the Memorandum 5 June 2025
Commencement of the exchange offer submission period 5 June 2025 (inclusive)
End of the exchange offer submission period 15:00 Moscow time, on 4 July 2025
Exchange via stock exchange
Acceptance of exchange offers 9 July 2025
Settlement of transactions concluded by acceptance of exchange offers 10 July 2025
OTC exchange
Commencement of the exchange offer submission period 5 June 2025
End of the exchange offer submission period 19:00 Moscow time, on 18 July 2025
Acceptance of exchange offers 7–25 July 2025
Payment by holders of FPG GDRs to RTS Within 5 business days from offer acceptance date
Transfer of FPG GDRs by the holders of FPG GDRs to RTS Within 14 business days from offer acceptance date
Transfer of PJSC Fix Price shares by RTS to holders of FPG GDRs
whose exchange offers were accepted Within 3 business days from the date of transfer of FPG GDRs to RTS
Announcement of completion of the settlements under the Exchange As soon as possible after completion of settlements
Expected date of the commencement of trading in PJSC Fix Price shares
on the Moscow Exchange 20 August 2025
These dates are indicative and may be revised by RTS, and they also depend on the actions of third parties that are beyond RTS’s control.
Detailed terms of the Exchange are set out in the RTS Memorandum on the Exchange dated 5 June 2025, published on the website https://exchange.fix-price.com/ (the “Memorandum”).
Capitalised terms not defined in this press release shall have the meanings given to them in the Memorandum. This press release should be read and interpreted in conjunction with the Memorandum.
Questions regarding the procedure for submitting offers should be directed to the Russian broker of the corresponding holder of FPG GDRs.
General inquiries regarding the Exchange may also be sent to exchange@fix-price.com.
All information regarding the Exchange will be published at https://exchange.fix-price.com.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Fix Price (AIX: FIXP.Y; MOEX: FIXP), one of the leading variety value retailers globally and the largest in Russia, offers its customers a compelling and constantly updated assortment of non-food goods, including personal care and household products, and food items at low fixed price points.
As of 31 March 2025, Fix Price was operating 7,282 stores in Russia and other countries, all of them stocking approximately 2,000 SKUs across around 20 product categories. As well as its own private brands, Fix Price sells products from leading global names and smaller local suppliers. As of 31 March 2025, the Company was operating 13 distribution centres covering 81 regions of Russia and 9 other countries.
In 2024, the Company recorded revenue of RUB 314.9 billion, EBITDA of RUB 53.1 billion and net profit of RUB 22.2 billion, in accordance with IFRS.
CONTACTS
Fix Price Fix Price EM
Investor Relations Media Relations
Elena Mironova Ekaterina Makurina
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investors@fix-price.ru
THIS PRESS RELEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE COMPLETE TERMS FOR THE INVITATION MADE BY RTS TO MAKE OFFERS TO EXCHANGE FPG GDRS FOR PJSC FIX PRICE ORDINARY SHARES (THE “INVITATION”). ANY HOLDER OF FPG GDRS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVITATION MUST REVIEW THE MEMORANDUM RELATED TO THE INVITATION, AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://EXCHANGE.FIX-PRICE.COM/ (THE “MEMORANDUM”).
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR HOLDERS OF FPG GDRS (AS DEFINED IN THE MEMORANDUM), THEIR BROKERS, AND AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES. THIS PRESS RELEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER UNDER THE LAWS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, OR AN ADVERTISEMENT, OR AN OFFER OF SECURITIES TO AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF PERSONS WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, OR AN INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATION, OR A NOTICE OF AN AUCTION, OR AN OFFER TO CONCLUDE A CONTRACT ON AN AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 447-449 OF THE CIVIL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND APPLICABLE LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
THE TRANSACTIONS (AS DEFINED IN THE MEMORANDUM) CONTEMPLATED BY THE MEMORANDUM ARE NOT CARRIED OUT, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ON THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NOR ARE THEY CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, ANY INSTRUMENTS OF INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OR ANY INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE AFOREMENTIONED RESTRICTION APPLIES, INTER ALIA, TO THE TRANSMISSION BY FAX, EMAIL, TELEPHONE, AND THE INTERNET. ACCORDINGLY, COPIES OF THIS PRESS RELEASE AND THE MEMORANDUM, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR MATERIALS RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS SHALL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BE SENT BY MAIL OR OTHERWISE TRANSMITTED, DISTRIBUTED, OR FORWARDED (INCLUDING BY CUSTODIANS, NOMINEES, OR TRUST MANAGERS) WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ANY OFFER (AS DEFINED IN THE MEMORANDUM) THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY VIOLATES THE AFOREMENTIONED RESTRICTIONS, AS WELL AS ANY OFFER MADE BY A PERSON LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OR BY ANY AGENT, ATTORNEY, OR OTHER INTERMEDIARY ACTING ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF A PRINCIPAL ORIGINATING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SHALL BE INVALID AND SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT ADDRESSED TO U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S OF THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED) OR PERSONS LOCATED IN THE TERRITORY OF THE USA.
This press release may constitute or include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as “plans”, “targets”, “aims”, “believes”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “estimates”, “will”, “may”, “continues”, “should” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect, at the time made, the Group’s beliefs, intentions and current targets/aims concerning, among other things, the results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies of the Group and the companies of the Group. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding: objectives, goals, strategies, outlook and growth prospects, as well as future plans, events or performance and potential for future growth. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in the records of the Group and the companies of the Group, as well as other data available from third parties. Although the Group believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause the actual outcomes and the results of operations of the Group and the companies of the Group or the industry to differ materially from those results expressed or implied in this press release by such forward-looking statements. No representation or warranty is made that any of these forward-looking statements or forecasts will come to pass or that any forecast result will be achieved. Undue influence should not be given to, and no reliance should be placed on, any forward-looking statement. No statement in this press release is intended to be nor may be construed as a profit forecast.
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