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Mobile TeleSystems PJSC: Ad-Hoc Notice

EquityStory.RS, LLC-News: Mobile TeleSystems PJSC / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Legal Matter Mobile TeleSystems PJSC: Ad-Hoc Notice 25.05.2017 / 11:15 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. May 25, 2017

Moscow, Russian Federation - Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ("MTS" or the "Company" - NYSE: MBT; MOEX: MTSS), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announces that Sistema PJSFC (LSE: SSA, MOEX: AFKS), the parent company of MTS with effective ownership stake in MTS of 50.03 per cent, received a motion filed by Rosneft PJSC and Bashneft PJSOC with the Republic of Bashkortostan Arbitration Court to amend damages sought under a legal claim, which MTS previously disclosed, against Sistema PJSFC and its subsidiary Sistema-Invest JSC.

For further information, please see Sistema's release on the issue http://www.sistema.com/press/press-releases/detail/article/22701/ 

The claim does not involve MTS and has no impact on the operational activities of MTS.

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For further information, please contact in Moscow:

Joshua B. Tulgan

Director, Department of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Learn more about MTS. Visit the official blog of the Investor Relations Department at www.mtsgsm.com/blog/

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Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ("MTS" - NYSE:MBT; MOEX:MTSS), the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, provides a range of mobile and fixed-line communications services. We serve over 100 million mobile subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Turkmenistan, and Belarus, and about 9 million customers of fixed-line services, including fixed voice, broadband internet, and pay-TV. To keep pace with evolving customer demand, MTS is redefining what telecommunications services are by offering innovative products beyond its core network-related businesses in various tech segments, including Big Data, financial and banking services, internet of things, OTT, cloud computing, systems integration and e-commerce. We leverage our market-leading retail network as a platform for customer services and sales of devices and accessories. For more information, please visit: www.mtsgsm.com.