Lenta network will continue to actively conduct M&A transactions. There is a list of companies that are potentially interesting for acquisition and with which negotiations are underway, said the company's CEO Vladimir Sorokin. Over the past few years, Lenta has acquired several large assets, including the Monetka chain of convenience stores, the Rainbow Smil...

Lenta network does not exclude the payment of dividends in the future, but only taking into account the achievement of three higher priority goals. This is organic growth, maintaining a comfortable level of debt burden and the opportunity to conclude interesting M&A deals. If, taking into account these factors, there is a free cache, the company will use it...

Lenta Group intends to accelerate the expansion of Monetka and open at least 1,000 stores per year. It is also planned to open at least 50 Lenta supermarkets and at least 350 Rainbow Smile stores annually.

Lenta network has presented its development strategy until 2028. Company plans to increase revenue to 2.2 trillion rubles mainly due to the organic growth of small formats and M&A transactions. Increase the EBITDA margin to 8%. Net Debt/EBITDA debt ratio is planned to remain at 1-1.5x. Share of capital expenditures will amount to 5.5% of revenue.