RusHydro and Bank VTB signed the credit agreement

April 02, 2018. Moscow, Russia. PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that it has signed a credit agreement with Bank VTB with a debt limit of 30,000,000,000 (Thirty billion) rubles and on the period of 15 years from the effective date of the agreement.

Maximum interest rate: the key rate of Bank of Russia increased by 3 percent per annum.

RusHydro shall repay all the credits on the date that occurs five thousand four hundred and seventy-five (5475) calendar days after the effective date of the Agreement.

The maximum amount of the transaction shall not exceed 76,125,000,000 rubles.

Date of the transaction: March 30, 2018.

The agreement qualified as an interested-party transaction. For the purposes of the transaction, Nikolay Radiyevich Podguzov, the member of the Board of Directors, was determined as interested parties.

In accordance with the Federal Law On Joint-Stock Companies (Article 81), RusHydro notified all members of the Board of Directors and members of the Management Board of RusHydro about that transaction. RusHydro has not received any requests to approve the transaction. Therefore, the decision on the consent to the conclusion or subsequent approval of the transaction was not made.

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 39 GW, heat capacity - 16.2 thousand GCal/h.

Russian Federation owns 60.56% 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 è MSCI Russia indexes. Company's GDRs in the IOB section of LSE, ADRs - in OTCQX.

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Investor Relations Department

Tel. +7 (800) 333 8000 ext. 1607, 1319, 1304

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