RusHydro’s draft Articles of Association

RusHydro publishes the draft Articles of Association

JSC RusHydro announces that the Company's Board of Directors held a meeting in absentia on May 20, 2013, to address issues related to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM).

The Board of Directors approved the agenda for the AGM to be held on June 28, 2013.

The agenda includes the item ‘On approval of the amended Articles of Association of the Company.’ The Board of Directors recommended that the AGM approves the amended Articles of Association of RusHydro.

The shareholders entitled to participate in the AGM can examine the documents within 30 days prior to the AGM, i.e. from May 28, 2013.

The Company publishes the draft Articles of Association for shareholders’ review.

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 36.5 GW, heat capacity – 16.2 thousand GCal/h.

Russian Federation owns 65.9% in RusHydro, the rest is held by other institutional and individual shareholders (over 360,000). The company’s stock is traded on the MICEX and RTS stock exchanges, and included in MSCI EM и MSCI Russia indexes. Company’s GDRs in the IOB section of LSE, ADRs – in OTCQX.

For more information:

JSC RusHydro, Investor Relations Department

Tel. +7 (495) 225-3232 Звонок: +7 (495) 225-3232 ext. 1319, 1607

ir@rushydro.ru

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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 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 operation