September 25, 2019. Moscow,
Russia. PJSC
RusHydro (ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces
that the Company's Board of Directors held a meeting in absentia on
September 23, 2019.
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The Board of Directors approved the report on
execution of PJSC RusHydro’s Annual Comprehensive Procurement
Program for the first half of 2019. In the period, the Company has
carried out 1,376 procurement procedures and achieved savings over
budget in the amount of RUB 1.08 bn.
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The Board of Directors determined the maximum
price in the agreement between PJSC RusHydro and JSC TK RusHydro to
provide comprehensive transportation services to RusHydro Group.
JSC TK RusHydro is a 100% subsidiary of PJSC
RusHydro that provides transportation services to the parent company,
its subsidiaries and companies since 2015. The prior agreement
between the parties has expired.
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The Board of Directors took into consideration the
status on implementation of priority projects of thermal generation
in the Far East as of June 30, 2019.
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The Board approved participation of PJSC RusHydro
in the authorized share capital of JSC Sakhalinskaya GRES-2, JSC CHP
in Sovetskaya Gavan and JSC Yakutskaya GRES-2 in the form of entering
into share purchase and sale agreement within the framework of
increase of share capital via private offering. Following additional
share issue, PJSC RusHydro will have a 100% stake in the share
capital of the mentioned subsidiaries.
Additional share issue is necessary to finance the
construction of thermal generating facilities in the Far East
including capitalization of debt to PJSC RusHydro, incurred following
construction financing.
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The Board of Directors approved changes to
calculation methodology of 2019 target KPIs of the company’s
members of the Management Board.
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The Board of Directors approved acquisition of
additional shares of JSC DGK by PJSC RusHydro via conversion of
intra-group debt into shares and restructuring of the Far East assets
in the form of asset swap between PJSC RusHydro and PJSC DEK’s key
minority shareholders. Documentation on the deal of swap of
Luchegorsky coal mine, non-core asset of RusHydro, and Primorskaya
GRES, DGK subsidiary, for minority shareholders’ stake in the share
capital of Far East Energy Company )PJSC DEK( and Far East
Distribution Company (JSC DRSK) is being prepared. The parties filed
an application for authorization of the swap
transaction to the Federal Antimonopoly service of the Russian
Federation.
JSC DGK debt portfolio (including intra-group loan
of RUB 40.5 bn from PJSC RusHydro in the framework of forward
contract with VTB) currently stands at RUB 65.8 bn. The asset swap
with JSC DEK’s minority shareholders and subsequent debt
capitalization will lower DGK’s debt load by more than 60% and
improve its financial position, assuming introduction of economically
justifiable tariffs, which will allow the company to concentrate on
operations, modernize core equipment and implement a modernization
program aimed at improved reliability of energy supply. In addition,
the transaction will allow eventual transfer of new heat and power
plants currently operated or developed by PJSC RusHydro to DGK,
including 2nd phase of Blagoveshenskaya CHP, Vostochnaya CHP and
Sovetkaya Gavan’ CHP.
Debt capitalization of JSC DGK and asset swap are
to be completed before end of 2019.
JSC DGK (Far East Generating Company) is the
largest power and heat generating company in the Russian Far East
with electric installed capacity of 5,922 MW and heat generating
capacity of 18,491 GCal/h. JSC DGK is 100% owned by PJSC DEK
(RusHydro Group).
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