Approval of terms of the exchange bonds issue

July 2, 2015

Notice of approval of terms of the exchange bonds issue

JSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that the decision on approval of the second part of the Resolution on the Securities Issue (Terms of the Exchange Bonds Issue) has been made by the Chairman of the Management Board - General Director of JSC RusHydro on July 01, 2015 (Resolution No. 629 of July 01, 2015).

On July 1, 2015, RusHydro finished accepting bids for the exchange traded bonds of series BO-P01, BO-P02, BO-P03 with mandatory centralized custody. The securities will be placed through an open subscription in compliance with the stock-exchange traded bond program of JSC RusHydro (registration number 4-55038-E-001P-02E of April 09, 2015, assigned by MOEX).

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 38.5 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 Moscow Exchange (MOEX), and included in MSCI EM и MSCI Russia indexes. Company's GDRs in the IOB section of LSE, ADRs - in OTCQX.

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