MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev received consideration in the form of 19,983,816 ordinary shares of the company, which were transferred from the balance sheet of subsidiary Bastion LLC. As a result, Vyacheslav Nikolaev's stake in MTS exceeded 1%, while Sistema's effective stake decreased to 49.94%. At the same time, the total share of Sistema and its subsidiaries in the capital of MTS did not change and remained at the current level of 42.085%.