O'KEY GROUP SA announces the opening of its 2nd hypermarket in Novosibirsk. The new hypermarket is located within the city boundaries in a commercial center. Total space of the hypermarket is 5,820 sq.m. The trading area of the hypermarket is 3,720 sq.m. The store offers customers more than 23,000 SKUs, with non-food items accounting for approximately 60% of the total. The store has 370 employees. This is the company's 54th hypermarket, and 85th store overall, including supermarkets, with aggregate trading space exceeding 437,000 sq.m.

O'KEY GROUP SA reported consolidated unaudited earnings results for the year ended December 31, 2012. For the year, the company reported revenues were RUB 117,333.2 million against RUB 93,134.4 million a year ago. EBITDA was RUB 9,426.6 million against RUB 7,510.1 million a year ago. Profit before tax was RUB 6,468.1 million against RUB 4,369.7 million a year ago. Profit for the period was RUB 4,678.9 million or RUB 17.4 basic and diluted earnings per share against RUB 3,239.9 million or RUB 12.0 basic and diluted earnings per share a year ago. Net cash from operating activities was RUB 8,937.7 million against RUB 6,400.9 million a year ago. Net debt was RUB 9,154 million as at December 31, 2012 compared to RUB 9,129 million as at December 31, 2011.

O'KEY GROUP SA, 2012 Earnings Call, Apr 26, 2013