X5 bought the distribution business of the Gorod 77 group of companies. This is stated in the company's message.
As part of the transaction, 100% of the shares in X5 will be transferred to ownership. LLC "Gorod 77", LLC "Ecovine" and LLC "Alco Nord", which carry out supplies in the Central and North-Western regions of Russia.
The acquisition is aimed at developing the logistics infrastructure, expanding the customer base of the ABOUT franchise and offering on the OKOLO platform.Market.
X5 entered the distribution market in May 2026 by purchasing the company "CGT" in Nizhny Novgorod. The assets and team of Goroda 77 will strengthen this area.
Nikolay Laushkin, the founder of the company, will be responsible for the integration and implementation of synergy with X5 on the part of Goroda 77.
The ABOUT franchise is intended primarily for experienced entrepreneurs who already have a retail business. The franchisee's interaction with X5 is built through the OKOLO B2B platform.Market, which operates according to the classifieds model and allows you to order goods from both X5 and a large number of independent sellers in one place. Today, more than 7.6 thousand stores under the "ABOUT" brand operate in 55 regions of the country. By the end of 2026, it is planned to expand the geography of the franchise's presence to 60 regions.
X5 (PJSC "Corporate center X 5", TIN 9722079341) is a Russian grocery retail company that operates stores of several retail chains: Pyaterochka convenience stores, Perekrestok supermarkets and Chizhik hard discounters. The company's digital businesses include 5Post and X5 Digital.
As of March 31, 2026, X5 operated 30,138 thousand stores (25.75 thousand Pyaterochka stores, 996 Crossroads stores, 3,392 thousand Chizhikov stores), as well as 5,58 thousand points connected to the franchise program under the ABOUT brand; 83 distribution centers and 7,438 thousand own trucks in the Russian Federation. The company employs 375 thousand people.
As of December 31, 2025, the authorized capital of the group amounted to 271.57 million ordinary shares, of which 245.136 million were in circulation, and 26.47 million ordinary shares worth 59.09 billion rubles had the status of their own repurchased shares. The nominal value of each ordinary share is 1164.26 rubles. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, 15.77 thousand shares of the Company were owned by related parties.
X5's net profit under IFRS for 2025 fell by 20.1% to 83.14 billion rubles from 104.06 billion rubles a year earlier. Revenue increased by 18.8% to 4.6 trillion rubles from 3.9 trillion rubles, gross profit — by 17.8% to 1.12 trillion rubles from 950.37 billion rubles, EBITDA — by 10.3% to 440.676 billion rubles from 399.39 billion rubles.
X5's net profit under IFRS for the first quarter of 2026 decreased by 43.1% to 9.326 billion rubles from 16.386 billion rubles a year earlier. Revenue increased by 11.3% to 1.19 trillion rubles from 1.07 trillion rubles, gross profit — by 14.8% to 290.937 billion rubles from 253.329 billion rubles, EBITDA — by 18.6% to 107.463 billion rubles from 90.576 billion rubles.
Revenue of PJSC "Corporate Center X 5" according to RAS for 2025 increased by 41.4% to 85.662 billion rubles, net profit — by 30.6% to 124.46 billion rubles.
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