OREANDA-NEWS. The past year was another test of IDGC of Centre, with which the Company coped brilliantly. Keeping the main priority in ensuring high-quality and reliable power supply, IDGC of Centre continued its policy of disclosure and continuous interaction with shareholders and investors.

In 2015 we used every opportunity to maintain a dialogue with our investors and analysts. The Company continued to search for the optimal format to communicate with the investment community. In April 2015 IDGC of Centre held a meeting with representatives of the investment community within the "Analyst’s Day" in its office, during which the management commented on operational and financial results of the Company for 2014 and guidelines for 2015. The company's predicted results in 2015-2016 and the medium term aroused great interest with analysts. In May 2015 the Company’s management took part in the first annual investment road-show AccEssMeeting China-Russia, which was held in Beijing from 28 to 29 May. As part of the road-show there were several meetings held in the format of direct dialogue with potential Asian partners. The main result of the participation of the delegation of IDGC of Centre in the investment road-show was establishment of business contacts with representatives of the Chinese business, acquaintance with financial products, forms of cooperation and criteria for selection of investment projects by private and public investment funds and financial and banking institutions in China while financing projects abroad.

In 2015 the work of the IR-Division continued to increase liquidity of shares of the Company, including with services of a market-maker. The result of the consistent work is the leading position of the Company on the share trading turnover among distribution companies and stable market making for securities of IDGC of Centre in the highest quotation list of the Moscow Stock Exchange.

A special place in the activities on interaction with shareholders was taken by preparation and conduct of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. In 2015 the meeting was held on 25 June 2015 and was attended by persons owning more than 89% of votes of persons entitled to participate. Shareholders of IDGC of Centre at the annual meeting participated in the discussion and voting on sixteen items on the agenda, among other things, they approved a new Board of Directors consisting of 11 persons. For the second year in a row Oleg Isaev, CEO of the Company, was elected to the Board of Directors. For his nominee shareholders gave the maximum number of votes among all candidates, indicating high confidence of minority shareholders to Oleg Isaev and the Company’s management as a whole. Also at the meeting dividends on the results of 2014 were approved, which amounted to 831 693 thous. RUB. (0.0197 RUB per placed share), or 25.01% of net profit under RAS.

Throughout 2015 we continued to improve the specialized site section "Investors and Shareholders", which serves as the main information resource for the placement of relevant, reliable and useful information for shareholders, investors and analysts. The subsection "Performance" was significantly modified for better reflection of the Company's progress made in terms of financial and operating results, which is updated on a quarterly basis. Under the subsection "Dividend Policy" a special tool for shareholders was introduced - "Dividend Calculator". With it you can calculate the approximate value of the dividend payable to a specified shareholder of the company. The site is an important tool to improve the information transparency of the Company.

In October the Annual Report of IDGC of Centre for 2014 was recognized as the winner of the XVIII Annual Contest of Annual Reports in the main category "Best Annual Report of the company with a market capitalization of up to 30 billion rubles". The organizers of the contest were the Moscow Stock Exchange and the media group RCB. High appreciation of the Annual Report confirms the effectiveness of approaches used by the Company in cooperation with the investment community and shareholders.

At the end of 2015 with the efforts of the IR-Division a perception study was conducted on the results of the Company’s operations and separately for the Office for Interaction with Shareholders. In general, respondents appreciated the disclosure policy of IDGC of Centre in comparison with peers. They also marked such strengths of IDGC of Centre as the desire of the management to continue to communicate with the investment community and the overall operation of the IR-Service. The total aggregate score, the respondents evaluated the work of the Office for Interaction with Shareholders of IDGC of Centre - 9.22 out of 10, is higher than the previous year (9.06 out of 10).

The Company plans in 2016, no matter how difficult it may be, to continue its consistent efforts to improve the investment attractiveness and disclosure to meet the highest standards of corporate governance. An action plan on cooperation with representatives of the investment community has already been approved for the next year, which can also be found on our website under the section «Investor’s Calendar».

More information about the interaction of IDGC of Centre with investors and shareholders can be found on the website under the section «Investors and Shareholders».