The prospective for JSC RusHydro securities was today officially approved by the United Kingdom Listing Authority (UKLA) for the purpose of a technical listing of GDRs of the Company on the London Stock Exchange.  It is planned to launch trading in the GDRs on the London Stock Exchange on 6 July, 2009. 

The Russian version of the prospectus is posted on the website in the section “The Company on the securities market -- the Company on the London Stock Exchange”.

Currently, another two programmes of global depositary receipts for JSC RusHydro shares are open (in accordance with Rule 144À and Regulation S), the aggregate volume of the programme amounting at the moment to about 5.6% of the authorised equity capital.  The maximum volume of a depositary receipt programme permitted by the Russian regulatory authorities is 14.7% of the current authorised equity capital (375 million receipts).