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May 12, 2017

RusHydro completed placement of additional share issue

PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that it has completed placement of additional share issue (state registration number 1-01-55038-Е-042D from 07.12.2016). Actual beginning date of the placement (date of the first sale transaction) was December 22, 2016, actual close of the placement (date of the last transaction) was March 06, 2017. The placement period expired on May 11, 2017.

Altogether 40,033,348,661 shares have been placed, or 99.02% of the total number of shares issued. The shares were placed at RUB 1 per share. All shares have been paid for in cash.

RusHydro's Board of Directors approved increase of the Company's charter capital by issuing additional shares on November 22, 2016. Total amount of additional issue is RUB 40.429 bn, the shares were placed through open subscription. Detailed information on the additional issue of shares is available at the Company's website: http://www.eng.rushydro.ru/investors/stock-market/shares/additional-share-issue-2016-2017-40-429-bln-shares

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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