OREANDA-NEWS. November 9, 2011. JSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: HYDR; MICEX, RTS, LSE; RSHYY; OTCQX) announces that it has appointed the investment company OAO IC "Eurofinansy" as its broker to provide services for placing the additional share issue (State Registration Number: 1-01-55038-Е-040D dated August 16, 2011) during the period of open subscription to shares.

The broker's responsibility will include: receiving and registering offers, as well as delivering receipts acknowledging said offers on behalf of RusHydro. The broker will not be empowered to accept or reject any offers.

The Annual General Meeting of shareholders of RusHydro approved an increase of the Company's authorized share capital by issuing 89,000,000,000 additional ordinary shares with a par value of RUR 1 per share on June 30th, 2011. The Board of Directors approved a decision on additional share issue and Prospectus of the issue on July 29, 2011.