OREANDA-NEWS. On 31 December 2008 was announced, that on 26 December, the JSC Irkutskenergo Board of Directors meeting was held in Moscow, where the issues of the company activity were considered. According to the results of the meeting, the following decisions were made:

- JSC Irkutskenergo Business Plan for 2009 was approved. Due to realization of the investment program, it is planned to provide commissioning of the fixed capital in 2009 for a total of more than RUR 3.5 billion; the sources of financing of the program on development of capital expenditures and commissioning of the fixed capital were the company's own and extra resources. Thus, the installed capacity of power stations of JSC Irkutskenergo in 2009 remains without changes.

- The information was heard on the situation connected with payment of money resources under the repayment of shares from shareholders who presented their demands on repayment of the Irkutskenergo shares belonging to them. According to the corporate legislation, the shareholders who did not take part in the voting or who voted against a spin-off of the new company, presented 161.79 million shares for repayment for a total amount of RUR 3.1 billion; the price of the repayment was RUR 19.06 per one share. As of the end of December, JSC Irkutskenergo directed RUR 1.256 billion for payments to the shareholders who made demands on the repayment of the shares. Repayment of the shares is planned to be completed till 31 January 2009

- The information on entering of Irkutskenergo the autumn and winter cold period was taken into consideration. All the branches of the company work according to the determined dispatching schedule of loads; the stocks of the coal as of the first decade of December are 3,327.6 thousand tons that 50% exceeds the norm recommended by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.