TCS Group Holding PLC

Notice of AGM and Posting of Annual Report

Moscow, Russia - 27 April 2017. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS) (the Group), Russia's leading provider of online retail financial services, including Tinkoff Bank and Tinkoff Insurance, today announces that its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) will take place at 12 noon on Monday 29 May 2017 at the Group's registered office, 5^th floor, 25 Berengaria, Spyrou Araouzou 25, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus.

The AGM agenda includes:

- Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited, Cyprus as Auditors of the Group and authorisation of the Board of Directors to determine their remuneration in accordance with their terms of engagement;

- Re-election of Mr. Martin Cocker as a director of the Group;

- Re-election of Mr. Philippe Delpal as a director of the Group;

- Approval of remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors;

- Granting of authority to the Board of Directors to buy back class A shares or interests in class A shares including global depository receipts in the Group;

- Receiving and considering the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2016.

The record date for the AGM is 25 May 2017.

The Notice of AGM and Form of Proxy are available on the Group's website at https://www.tinkoff.ru/eng/

The Group also announces the publication today of its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2016. A copy of the Annual Report has been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom via the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection shortly at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

The Annual Report is also available on the Group's website at https://www.tinkoff.ru/eng/investor-relations/results-and-reports/301/

For enquiries:
Tinkoff Bank Darya Ermolina Head of PR + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009) [email protected]	Tinkoff Bank Larisa Chernysheva IR Department + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312) [email protected]
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About the Group

TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail financial services operating in Russia through a high-tech branchless platform. The Group has also developed a 'smart courier' network covering almost all cities and towns in Russia which allows next day delivery to many customers.

Tinkoff Bank's product range includes daily banking (credit and debit cards, payments, money transfers), savings, investments, loyalty programmes, travel services, SME services, mortgage platform, and insurance. With its special focus on mobile business, the bank offers mobile applications both for its customer base (Mobile Bank) and beyond it (Traffic Fines, MoneyTalk, Card 2 Card instant money transfers).

Tinkoff is transitioning to become an online financial marketplace, Tinkoff.ru, which offers an entire range of both own brand and partner retail financial services via mobile and desktop.

As at 1 March 2017, the bank was the second largest player in the Russian credit card market, with a market share of 10.6%. The FY2016 IFRS net income of the parent company, TCS Group Holding PLC, which includes Tinkoff Bank and the insurance company Tinkoff Insurance, amounted to RUB 11 bn, ROE stood at 43%.

Banki.ru, Russia's largest financial news portal, named Tinkoff Bank the Bank of the Year 2016. In October 2016 Tinkoff Bank was named the largest independent global direct bank by Frost & Sullivan. In 2015 and 2016, the Global Finance magazine named Tinkoff Bank as the Best Consumer Digital Bank in Russia. In 2016, the bank also won Global Finance's Best Integrated Consumer Bank Site award and was named the Best Digital Bank in the CEE by Euromoney. The bank's mobile application was recognised as the best in Russia by Markswebb Rank & Report for three consecutive years in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and by Deloitte for four consecutive years from 2013 to 2016.

Forward-looking statements

Some of the information in this announcement may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Group and Tinkoff Bank. You can identify forward looking statements by terms such as 'expect', 'believe', 'anticipate', 'estimate', 'intend', 'will', 'could,' 'may' or 'might', the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Group and Tinkoff Bank wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. The Group and Tinkoff Bank do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking statements of the Group and Tinkoff Bank, including, among others, general economic conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with operating in Russia, rapid technological and market change in the industries the Group operates in, as well as many other risks specifically related to the Group, Tinkoff Bank and their respective operations.