Subsidiary Appointment

JSC ROSSETI

Appointment of Director General at IDGC of North Caucasus

29 August 2014. Moscow, Russia. - JSC ROSSETI (LSE: RSTI) (the "Company"), the largest electricity transmission and distribution grid company in Russia, today announces the appointment of Yuri Zaitsev as Director General of IDGC of North Caucasus, a subsidiary of the Company, for a 3-year term. The appointment becomes effective today, following the meeting of the Board of Directors of IDGC of North Caucasus held on 28 August 2014.

Mr Zaitsev succeeded Sergey Arkhipov, who had served as Acting Director General of IDGC of North Caucasus since 15 February 2014. 

Mr Zaitsev has been First Deputy Director General of IDGC of North Caucasus since May 2014. Prior to this he served as Advisor to Director General of IDGC of North Caucasus.

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JSC ROSSETI is the largest electricity transmission and distribution grid company in Russia. It is also one of the largest electricity transmission and distribution grid companies in the world by length of electricity lines and installed transformer capacity. JSC ROSSETI holds interests in and manages 15 distribution grid companies and Federal Grid Company in Russia. The Company together with its subsidiaries owns and operates 2.25 million kilometers of electricity transmission and distribution lines with a total installed transformer capacity of 743 GVA. The Company operates in 74 regions of Russia covering an area of 13.6m sq. km.

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