Issue of Equity

April 1st, 2011

RusHydro completed the placement of additional share issue

JSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: RTS, MICEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that it completed the placement of additional share issue on April 1, 2011 (state registration number 1-01-55038-Е-039D from December 2, 2010).

1,607,271,577 shares were placed via a public offering, i.e. 86.41% from the total number of additional share issue. Securities have been paid by cash.

The decision to increase the share capital of RusHydro was made by the EGM on October 22, 2010.

The price of additional shares (including for shareholders with preemptive rights) was set by the Board of Directors of RusHydro at RUR 1.61 per share on December 8, 2010 in accordance with articles 36 and 77 of the Federal law on Joint Stock Companies.

In accordance with the terms of the issue the placement is to be done within 120 days since the date of the state registration of additional share issue.

Sale of shares on the over-the-counter market will be possible after the state registration of the report on additional issue of securities (approximately - the beginning of May 2011). Sale of shares on the stock exchange will be possible after the listing procedure of additional issue (approximately - May-June 2011).

DISCLAIMER

The information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of RusHydro. One 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. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially from these statements. 

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.