5 Jun 2017 07:42
June 2, 2017
S&P Global Ratings withdraws RusHydro's credit rating on national scale
PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that it has been informed by Standard & Poor's Global Ratings that the agency decided to withdraw RusHydro's long-term corporate credit rating on Russia national scale. The last issued rating was ruAA+. Withdrawal of the rating on Russia national scale is not related to and doesn't affect RusHydro's credit rating on international scale.
The decision to withdraw the ratings was taken in light of a change in Russian law that has had the effect of making S&P Global Ratings' Russia national scale credit ratings ineligible for regulatory purposes after July 14, 2017.
Full text of the S&P report is available on:
www.standardandpoors.com or http://standardandpoors.ru
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 38.7 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.
For more information:
Investor Relations Department
Tel. +7 (800) 333 8000 ext. 1607, 1319, 1304
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 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.