rus
2014

The Board of Directors approved the Regulations for Disclosing Material Information of ROSSETI Under Shareholder Laws and Securities Market Laws (Information Policy), defining the basic principles of disclosure, listing information subject to disclosure, and setting forth the procedure and deadlines for disclosing and submitting information.

The Regulations were prepared in order to protect the rights and legitimate interests of the Company’s shareholders and investors, provide access for the general public to complete and accurate information on the Company’s activities, improve corporate governance, make informed investment decisions, and increase the value of the Company’s financial assets.

The Information Policy of ROSSETI is built on the following principles of disclosure:
• regularity and timeliness
• availability of information
• completeness, accuracy, and objectivity of disclosed information
• reasonable balance between the Company’s transparency and the protection of its commercial interests

The Company is committed to transparency as a means to increase the efficiency and soundness of its activities and build up collaborative relationships with stakeholders. The Company’s transparency is based on the maximum exercise of the rights of shareholders and their representatives, potential investors, and other stakeholders to obtain information on the Company’s activities.

In disclosing information, the Company uses all available methods for its distribution: media publications, press releases, the Company’s management regularly appearing in leading media outlets; press conferences, speeches at public events, and disclosure through the Interfax newswire at http://www.e-disclosure.ru and on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) website through the Regulatory News Service (RNS) at http://www.londonstockexchange.com.

On its corporate website at www.rosseti.ru, the Company publishes complete information about its activities, including statements of material facts, issue-related and internal documents, and other information subject to mandatory disclosure in accordance with the Regulations for Disclosure of Information by Issuers of Issue-Grade Securities.

As required under the laws of the Russian Federation, the Company publishes mandatory information in the Izvestia newspaper or, if necessary, other printed media.

ROSSETI’s System of Disclosure

Company
Status

Compliance with Regulations

Channel of Disclosure

Disclosed Information/Audience

Open
joint-stock
company

Federal Law No. 208-FZ of December 26, 1995, “On Joint-Stock Companies”

Corporate website:
http://www.rosseti.ru/

  • Articles of Association and basic internal documents of the Company
  • Information on material facts and affiliates
  • Information on securities of the Company and dividend payment
  • Information on issue of the issuer’s securities; issue related documents
  • Quarterly, annual, and social reports
  • Annual and interim financial statements
  • Materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders, resolutions of the Meeting, and decisions of the Board of Directors
  • Procedure for providing information to shareholders
  • News releases

Issuer
of issue-grade
securities

Federal Law No. 39-FZ of April 22, 1995, “On the Securities Market”

 

Regulations of the Federal
Financial Markets Service
of the Russian Federation
«On the Disclosure of Information by Issuers of Issue-Grade Securities”

 

Federal Law No. 224-FZ of July 27, 2010, “On Combating Insider Information
Misuse and Market Manipulation”

 

Moscow Exchange requirements applicable
to the issuers whose shares
are traded on the stock exchange’s Quotation List 1

  • Mandatory disclosures
  • Articles of Association and basic internal documents of the Company
  • Information on material facts and affiliates
  • Information on securities of the Company and dividend payment
  • Information on issues of the issuer’s securities; issue-related documents
  • Quarterly, annual, and social reports
  • Annual and interim financial statements
  • Materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders, resolutions of the Meeting, and decisions of the Board of Directors
  • Procedure for providing information to shareholders
  • Information for the Company’s insiders
  • Information disclosed to analysts, shareholders and investors in Russian and English: operating results of the Company,
    financial statements, major capital investment projects, strategic projects
  • Information in English for investors
  • Information disclosed to investment bank analysts, investment
    funds, and the Company’s shareholders about various aspects
    of the Company’s operations