Admission of DRs to repo trading on MOEX

April 22th, 2014

RusHydro's depositary receipts are admitted to trading in repo market section on Moscow Exchange

JSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that the Company's American Depositary Receipts (ADR) are admitted to trading in repo [1] market section on Moscow exchange (MOEX) starting from April 21, 2014.

It was a result of the new federal law dated December 21, 2013 N379, which facilitated access to repo market of securities not listed in Russia.

Trading of RusHydro's ADRs on MOEX allows professional participants of Russian securities market to make transactions with the Company's ADRs, expanding the spectrum of market instruments.

Currently, the total number of RusHydro's ADRs representing the Company's shares at a ratio of 1:100 is 201,969,079 [2], or 5.23% of the Company's share capital.

About RusHydro:

RusHydro Group is one of Russia's largest generating companies. RusHydro is the leading producer of renewable energy in Russia with over 70 generating facilities in Russia and abroad. The company also manages a number of R&D, engineering and electricity retail companies. Group's thermal assets are operated by subsidiary - RAO Energy System of East in the Far East of Russia. Total electricity generation capacity of the Group is 37.5 GW, heat capacity - 16.2 thousand GCal/h.

Russian Federation owns 66.8% in RusHydro, the rest is held by other institutional and individual shareholders (over 360,000). The company's stock is traded on the MICEX and RTS stock exchanges, and included in MSCI EM и MSCI Russia indexes. Company's GDRs in the IOB section of LSE, ADRs - in OTCQX.

[1] Repurchase agreements (Repo) are bilateral transactions on the purchase (sale) of securities (first part of Repo) under the obligation of reverse purchase (sale) of the same securities in the same amount (second part of Repo) in a period and at a price determined by the conditions of the transaction.

[2] As of April 21, 2014

For more information:

JSC RusHydro, Investor Relations Department

Tel. +7 (495) 225-3232 ext. 1319, 1607

[email protected]

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We 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 our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, general economic conditions, our competitive environment, risks associated with operating in Russia and rapid technological and market changes in our industries, as well as many other risks specifically related to RusHydro and its operations.