URALSIB Capital acts as the main adviser of selling shareholders in the transaction whereby OJSC “TH Kopeika” is sold to X5 Retail Group N.V. for 51.5 billion rubles

December 6th, 2010, Moscow – URALSIB Capital acted as the main advisor for the sale of shares in a transaction whereby OJSC “TH Kopeika” was sold to X5 Retail Group NV. The deal was closed on the evening of December 4th, 2010. The deal amounted to 51.5 billion rubles, including debt.

«The sale of “Kopeika” trade house is the biggest M&A deal in the history of the Russian retail sector, said Mark Temkin, CEO of URALSIB Capital. It was a long and laborious task to organize a deal like that. Our team did its utmost and successfully executed the transaction, the result of which made both us and our client very happy».

December 6, 2010