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Cherkizovo Group appoints John Ross as Chief Operating Officer

Moscow, Russia - November 16, 2016 - Cherkizovo Group (LSE: CHE; MOEX: GCHE) (hereinafter 'Cherkizovo', 'the Group' or 'the Company'), the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, today announces the appointment of John Ross to the newly-created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO).

John Ross joins Cherkizovo Group with over 25 years' operations and management experience in the agricultural sector. Over the course of his career, he has headed a number of integrated multi-plant production corporations and has served on the management teams of major international poultry companies. John Ross was most recently President of Arasco Food (Saudi Arabia). Prior to this, he was at Zacky Farms for over 20 years, working his way up from Operations Manager to President of the company. He began his career at Cargill.

At Cherkizovo Group, John Ross will be responsible for the production functions across the Group's five business segments. Unifying the management of the segments' operations will enhance the Group's vertical integration capabilities and drive further efficiencies.

Evgeny Mikhailov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cherkizovo Group, commented: 'This newly-created COO role comes at an exciting time in Cherkizovo Group's development and we are fortunate to have John Ross join our team. His vast international experience in operations management, as well as his excellent leadership skills, will be invaluable in helping to coordinate our operations and further drive efficiency across all our segments.'

John Ross will report directly to Sergey Mikhailov, CEO of the company, who, up until this appointment, has been responsible for operations. The redistribution of operational functions to the new COO will allow Sergey Mikhailov to focus more on the Group's strategic business development and global strategy.

For more information please visit www.cherkizovo.com or contact

Cherkizovo Group

Elena Trifonova, PR Manager, +7 (495) 660 2440 ext. 15984, e.d.trifonova@cherkizovo.com Dmitry Yakovlev, IR Manager, +7 (495) 660 2440 ext. 15962, d.yakovlev@cherkizovo.com FTI Consulting, Anton Karpov, +7 (495) 795 0623, anton.karpov@fticonsulting.com

About Cherkizovo Group

Cherkizovo Group is the largest meat and feed producer in Russia. The Group is a top-3 producer in the poultry, pork and processed meat markets and is the largest feed manufacturer in the country.

Cherkizovo Group encompasses 8 full cycle poultry production facilities, 15 modern pork production facilities, 6 meat processing plants, 9 feed mills and more than 140,000 hectares of agricultural land. In 2015, Cherkizovo Group produced more than 825,000 tons of meat products.

Thanks to its vertically integrated structure, which includes grain growing and storage, feed production, livestock breeding, fattening and slaughtering, and meat processing, alongside a distribution system, the Group has consistently delivered stable, long-term growth of both sales and revenue. The Company's consolidated revenue reached RUB 77.0 bn in 2015.

Cherkizovo Group shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and on the Moscow Exchange (MOEX).

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Language: English Company: Cherkizovo Group Lesnaya str. 5B, White Square Office Center, 12th 125047 Moscow Russia Phone: +7 495 660-24-40 Fax: +7 495 788-32-32 E-mail: info@cherkizovo.com Internet: www.cherkizovo.com ISIN: US1641452032 Listed: Foreign Exchange(s) London, Moscow Category Code: MSCH TIDM: CHE Sequence Number: 3606 Time of Receipt: 16-Nov-2016 / 15:43 CET/CEST End of Announcement EquityStory.RS, LLC News Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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