RusHydro's subsidiary secured credit facility

July 1, 2015

RusHydro's subsidiary signed a loan agreement with VTB Bank

JSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that JSC RAO Energy Systems of the East (part of RusHydro Group) signed a 12-year loan facility in the amount of up to RUB 6,612,880,000.00 to finance the construction of the offsite infrastructure facilities of the Yakutskaya TPP-2.

Total price of loan amounts to RUB 11,530,846,000.00 (the price is calculated as of the date of the agreement based on the interest rate set by the Central Bank of Russia):

To be determined as the aggregate of the following values:

- Loan amount: No more than RUB 6,612,880,000.00.

- One-time fee for providing the credit facility paid at the signing of the agreement: No more than 0.5% of the loan amount;

- Commitment fee: No more than 0.5 % per annum to be accrued on undrawn amount of the loan;

- Amount of interest for the use of loan funds accrued at the rate of no more than the maximum interest rate for the person provided with the loan to implement the project selected for participation in the Program for supporting the investment projects implemented within the Russian Federation based on project finance in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No 1044, dated 10/11/2014, "On Approval of the Program for supporting the investment projects implemented within the Russian Federation based on project finance" (hereinafter, the "Program"), and which shall not exceed the level of interest rate established by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation when providing the authorized banks with loan funds to refinance the loans issued by the authorized banks to end-borrowers (interest rate for specialized refinancing instrument) plus 2.5% per annum.

If the Project is excluded from the Program and/or if the Central Bank of Russian Federation does not provide or ends the provision of refinancing for the loan provided by the Program, the interest rate shall be determined by the Creditor unilaterally based on market interest rate indicators.

The maximum price of the agreement amounts to RUB 17,000,000,000.

The agreement was approved by the Board of Directors of JSC RAO ES of the East on April 30, 2015.

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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