ETALON GROUP PLC (“Etalon Group” or the “Company”), one of Russia’s largest and longest-established development and construction companies, announces that its subsidiary Etalon LenSpetsSMU has won a RUB 1.1 billion contract for construction of a school building in the Moskovskiy district of St Petersburg.

The school for 825 students will be located on Prospekt Kosmonavtov. The building will range from one to four stories high and will contain two swimming pools. The project is due to be completed by the end of 2019.

Etalon Group has an extensive track record of non-residential construction projects. The Company has contributed to a number of major projects in and around St Petersburg, including a heat and power station, hotels, four car assembly plants, shipyards, a machinery plant, a fitness and sports centre, etc. In 2015 Etalon Group successfully completed a large-scale project to construct a new convention and exhibition arena in St Petersburg called ExpoForum, which has hosted the St Petersburg International Economic Forum since 2016.

This and other recent announcements are available on the Etalon Group website: www.etalongroup.com/investors/news/

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Founded in 1987 by Viacheslav Zarenkov, Etalon Group has become one of Russia's largest development and construction corporations. The Company focuses on middle class residential real estate in the Moscow and St Petersburg metropolitan areas, where it operates through Etalon Invest and Etalon LenSpetsSMU subsidiaries. With a 30-year history, Etalon Group has one of the longest and most successful track records in the Russian real estate industry - since its inception, Etalon Group has commissioned 5.5 million sqm.

Etalon Group's strong reputation among consumers supports its pre-sales business model, which helps the Company to minimise external financing needs for on-going projects while maintaining a secure liquidity position: net debt as of 31 December 2016 was RUB 7.8 billion.

The Company is vertically integrated, which helps it to control costs, quality and timing, as well as to demonstrate best-in-class profitability. Etalon Group employs 5 thousand people, and its nationwide sales and marketing network covers 52 Russian cities.

As of 31 December 2016, Etalon Group's portfolio comprised 35 projects, with a total of 2.82 million sqm of unsold net sellable area. JLL valued this portfolio at RUB 115,818 million.

For the year ended 31 December 2016, Etalon Group's new contract sales totalled 496 ths sqm, or RUB 47,443 million. Deliveries in 2016 amounted to 420 ths sqm.

The Company recorded revenue of RUB 49.0 billion and EBITDA of RUB 7.3 billion for the year ended 31 December 2016.

Etalon Group’s GDRs have been traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since 20 April 2011.