OREANDA-NEWS. On 18 May 2009 was announced, that the Federal Financial Markets Service registered an additional issue of JSC RusHydro ordinary shares to be placed by open subscription.

The quantity of placed securities in additional issue is 16,000,000,000 (sixteen billion) shares with a par value of 1 (one) ruble each.

The total volume of the additional issue (at a par value) is 16,000,000,000 (sixteen billion) rubles.

The additional issue has been assigned a state registration number 1-01-55038-Е-037D.

The method of payment for the additionally placed shares shall be cash, no option of payment for the shares by other property is provided.

The decision on increase of the JSC RusHydro charter capital was adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the JSC RusHydro shareholders on 17 November 2008.

The offering price of additional ordinary shares, including for persons on the list of persons enjoying a pre-emptive right for the acquisition of the additional ordinary shares, was determined in accordance with articles 36, 77 of the Federal Law on Joint-Stock Companies by resolution of the JSC RusHydro Board of Directors (Minutes No. 73 of 12 March 2009) as 1 (one) ruble per one additional ordinary share.

Under article 40 of the Federal Law on Joint-Stock Companies, the JSC RusHydro shareholders, (independent of their participation in the vote on the issue of increase of the authorized capital and/or procedure of the vote) have a pre-emptive right to acquire additional shares in an amount proportionate to the number of the JSC RusHydro shares held by them (as of the date of compiling a list of persons entitled to participate in the General Meeting of the JSC RusHydro shareholders, that is on 8 October 2008).

A notice on state registration of additional issue of JSC RusHydro shares and about the possibility of exercising a pre-emptive right to purchase additional shares shall be delivered in accordance with the effective legislation (in accordance with the JSC RusHydro Articles of Association these shall be published in the newspaper Vedomosti).