PJSC RusHydro: RusHydro has completed placement of additional share issue

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RusHydro has 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 of the additional securities issue: 1-01-55038-Е-043D, registered by the Bank of Russia on August 27, 2018, hereinafter referred to as the "Shares"). Additional shares was issued by public subscription.

Actual beginning date of the placement (date of the first sale transaction) was April 19, 2019, actual completed of the placement (date of the last transaction) was June 15, 2020. The placement period expired on August 27, 2020. Altogether 13,000,092,298 shares have been placed, or 92.77% of the total number of shares issued. The shares were placed at RUB 1 per share. All shares have been paid for in cash.