RusHydro buys out series 01 and 02 bonds

April 22, 2016.

RusHydro buys out series 01 and 02 bonds

PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) has completed purchase of series 01 and 02 bonds (state registration number 4-01-55038-E and 4-02-55038-Е of September 23, 2010) worth a total of over RUB 14.7 bn.

The Company bought out 9,910,821 series 01 bonds worth a total of RUB 9,910,821,000 and paid the accrued coupon in the amount of RUB 10,307,253.84; and 4,839,240 series 02 bonds worth a total of RUB 4,839,240,000 and paid the accrued coupon in the amount of RUB 5,032,809.60.

The bonds were bought back in accordance with the Resolution on bonds issue and the securities Prospectus approved by the Board of Directors on July 29, 2010.

In April 2011, RusHydro successfully placed series 01 and 02 bonds in the amount of RUB 15 bn (state registration number 4-01-55038-E and 4-02-55038-Е respectively). The coupon rate for the first 10 coupon periods was set at 8%. The issues were included in Level 1 list on 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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