Notice of change of ownership of Sakhalinenergo shares

PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces that JSC RAO ES East, member of RusHydro Group, purchased 236,075,164 additionally issued shares of PJSC Sakhalinenergo.

As a result of the transaction JSC RAO ES East's share in PJSC Sakhalinenergo's share capital has increased from 57.82% (or 170,092,994 shares) to 76.60% (406,168,158  shares).

The Bank of Russia registered report on additional issue of securities of PJSC Sakhalinenergo (state registration number 1-03-00272-A-001D of December 07, 2017) on September 26, 2019.

About RusHydro

RusHydro Group is the leading producer of renewable energy in Russia. It is Russia's largest generating company and is among the top-5 in the world with over 400 generating facilities in Russia and abroad. The Group's total electricity generation capacity including Boguchanskaya HPP is 39.4 GW.

Russian Federation owns 61.20% in RusHydro, the rest is held by other institutional and individual shareholders (over 360,000). The company's stock is traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange. Group's GDRs are traded in the IOB section of LSE, ADRs - in OTCQX.

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