Election of the Chairman of the Board and other organizational matters
 

Moscow, Russian Federation (24 December 2018) - Public Joint Stock Company "MegaFon" (MoEx: MFON), a pan-Russian operator of digital opportunities, ("MegaFon" or the "Company"), announces that the Company's Board of Directors, at a meeting held by absentee voting held on 21 December 2018, took the following actions:

1. To elect Mr. Evgeny Bystrykh as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

2. To re-constitute the following committees of the Company's Board of Directors:

- Audit Committee;

- Finance and Strategy Committee;

- Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

3. To elect Mr. Jarkko Armas Veijalainen as Chairman, Mr. Alexander Esikov and Mrs. Anna Serebryanikova as members of the Audit Committee.

4. To elect Mrs. Natalya Chumachenko as Chairwoman, Mr. Evgeny Bystrykh and Mr. Alexey Antonyuk as members of the Finance and Strategy Committee.

5. To elect Mr. Harri Eerik Koponen as Chairman, Mr. Maxim Anipkin and Mr. Evgeny Bystrykh as members of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

6. To re-confirm that Mr. Jarkko Armas Veijalainen and Harri Eerik Koponen are independent members of the Board of Directors.

For more information:

PJSC MegaFon

Investors: Dmitry Kononov
Director for Investor Relations and M&A Tel: +7 926 200 6490 dkononov@megafon.ru

Media: Artem Lebedev
Head of Media Relations Tel: +7 925 696 0677 artem.lebedev@megafon.ru

Notes to Editors
MegaFon PJSC is a leading Russian integrated telecommunication service provider, operating in all segments of the telecommunications markets in Russia, and in the Republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Tajikistan. MegaFon is a recognized market leader in the provision of mobile data services, was the first operator in Russia to launch commercial operation of a third generation (3G) network and was the first operator in the world to launch commercial operation of an LTE-Advanced (4G) data network. MegaFon is traded on the Moscow Exchange under the symbol MFON. Additional information about MegaFon and the products and services provided by MegaFon can be found at http://www.megafon.ru

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