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TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS)
TCS Group Holding PLC: BOD Member External Appointment
28-March-2018 / 19:31 CET/CEST
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BOD Member External Appointment
Moscow, Russia - 28 March 2018. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) (the
"Group"), Russia's leading provider of retail financial services via its
Tinkoff.ru financial supermarket and award-winning mobile app, was
notified this week that Mr Martin Cocker, a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company, was appointed a director of Nostrum Oil and Gas
plc with effect 16 November 2017.
The Company confirms that for the purposes of paragraph 9.6.13(1) of the
Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority Mr Cocker is currently also a
director of publicly quoted Etalon Group PLC.
Mr Cocker does not hold directorships in any other publicly quoted company
and has not done so at any time in the previous five years.
For enquiries:
Tinkoff Bank
Tinkoff Bank
Larisa Chernysheva
Darya Ermolina
Head of PR IR Department
+ 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009) + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312)
1 media@tinkoff.ru 2 ir@tinkoff.ru
About the Group
TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail financial
services operating in Russia through a high-tech branchless platform. TCS
Group includes Tinkoff Bank, mobile virtual operator network Tinkoff
Mobile, Tinkoff Insurance, and Tinkoff Software DC, a network of
development hubs across Russia.
The Group was founded in 2006 by the Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov and
has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2013.
With no retail branches, the Group serves its customers remotely via
online channels and its call centre, and operates a network of over 2,500
representatives to ensure smooth delivery of its products. The network
covers all of Russia and allows next day delivery to most customers.
The Group's key business is Tinkoff Bank, Russia's first and only direct
bank offering both own brand and partner retail financial services via its
Tinkoff.ru platform. The product range includes daily banking (credit and
debit cards, payments, money transfers), savings, investments, loyalty
programmes, travel services, SME services, mortgage platform, and
insurance. With its special focus on mobile business, the bank offers
mobile applications both for its customer base (Mobile Bank) and beyond it
(Traffic Fines, MoneyTalk, Card 2 Card instant money transfers).
As at 1 February 2018, the bank was the second largest player in the
Russian credit card market, with a market share of 11.7%. The 2017 IFRS
net income of TCS Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 19 bn, ROE grew to
52.8%.
Banki.ru, Russia's largest financial news portal, named Tinkoff Bank the
Bank of the Year 2016. In October 2016 Tinkoff Bank was named the largest
independent global direct bank by Frost & Sullivan. In 2015 and 2016, the
Global Finance magazine named Tinkoff Bank as the Best Consumer Digital
Bank in Russia. In 2016, the bank also won Global Finance's Best
Integrated Consumer Bank Site award and was named the Best Digital Bank in
the CEE by Euromoney. The bank's mobile application was recognised as the
best in Russia by Markswebb Rank & Report for three consecutive years in
2014, 2015 and 2016, and by Deloitte for four consecutive years from 2013
to 2016.
Tinkoff Bank is a General Partner of the St. Petersburg International
Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2018.
Forward-looking statements
Some of the information in this announcement may contain projections or
other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future
financial performance of the Group and Tinkoff Bank. You can identify
forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe",
"anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might", the
negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Group and Tinkoff
Bank wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and
that actual events or results may differ materially. The Group and Tinkoff
Bank do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and
circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to
differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking
statements of the Group and Tinkoff Bank, including, among others, general
economic conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with
operating in Russia, rapid technological and market change in the
industries the Group operates in, as well as many other risks specifically
related to the Group, Tinkoff Bank and their respective operations.
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ISIN: US87238U2033
Category Code: MSCL
TIDM: TCS
LEI Code: 549300XQRN9MR54V1W18
Sequence No.: 5341
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References
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