Sistema PJSFC: Sistema to divest Sistema Capital LLC

Sistema PJSFC ("Sistema" or the "Company") (LSE: SSA, MOEX: AFKS), a publicly traded Russian investment company, announces that its wholly-owned subsidiaries Sistema Finance JSC and Sistema Telecom Assets LLC have signed binding agreements to divest a 70% stake in Sistema Capital LLC ("Sistema Capital") to Mobile TeleSystems B.V., a subsidiary of PJSC MTS ("MTS"), the leading digital, media and telecommunications services provider in Russia, for RUB 3.5 billion.