Vostok-Finance LLC to purchase RusHydro's shares

January 21, 2016. Moscow, Russia.

Vostok-Finance LLC to purchase RusHydro's shares

PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that Vostok-Finance LLC (100% subsidiary of PJSC RAO ES of the East) will purchase RusHydro's shares (state registration number 1-01-55038-Е of 22.02.2005) in the amount of no more than 3,770,346,900 securities in accordance with the agreement signed on January 20, 2016. The shares should be acquired not later than February 29, 2016, within three days from the date of payment.

The transaction will be done as part of the voluntary tender offer of Vostok-Finance LLC to the shareholders of PJSC RAO ES of the East, who were entitled to exchange PJSC RAO ES of the East ordinary and preferred shares into ordinary shares of PJSC RusHydro at a price of RUB 0.5768 per share (calculated as a weighted average price for the past six months prior to tender offer announcement). As a result of the tender offer, shareholders of PJSC RAO ES of the East have submitted offers to sell ordinary and preferred shares comprising in aggregate 11.225% of the company's charter capital.

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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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 and political 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.