JSC Russian Grids – 2012 Management Report Disclaimer This
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JSC Russian Grids – 2012 Management Report Disclaimer This
JSC Russian Grids – 2012 Management Report Disclaimer This document contains forward looking statements with respect to Joint Stock Company “Russian Grids” (formerly JSC IDGC Holding, MRSK Holding) (Russian Grids or the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) financial condition, results of operation, strategy, plans and objectives. These statements include those that express forecasts, projections and expectations. Although Russian Grids believes that the expectations reflected in forward looking statements are reasonable, these statements do not guarantee future performance, are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond control of the Company and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Information on significant risks and uncertainties associated with Company’s business is presented in this document in “Risk management” section. 1 Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. Business Overview................................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.1. Principal Operations .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Mission and Strategy ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.3. Structure .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Corporate Governance Report ............................................................................................................................................. 9 2.1. Principles and Structure of the Corporate Governance System.............................................................. 9 2.2. General Meeting of Shareholders ..................................................................................................... 11 2.3. Board of Directors ........................................................................................................................... 13 2.4. Committees of the Board of Directors................................................................................................ 26 2.5. Management Board ........................................................................................................................ 34 2.6. Remuneration ................................................................................................................................. 40 2.7. Significant events after the end of reporting period ............................................................................. 42 Operating Performance Review of 2012 ............................................................................................................................ 43 3.1. Major Operating Results .................................................................................................................. 43 3.2. Capital Investment .......................................................................................................................... 53 3.3. Research and Innovation ................................................................................................................. 62 3.4. Reliability and Safety ....................................................................................................................... 64 3.5. Human Capital and Social Responsibility .......................................................................................... 66 Financial Performance Review of 2012 ............................................................................................................................. 69 4.1. Profitability ..................................................................................................................................... 69 1.2. Capital Structure and Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements ..................................................................... 76 4.3. Liquidity ......................................................................................................................................... 79 4.4. Cash Flow ...................................................................................................................................... 82 4.5. Dividends and Acquisition of Own Shares ......................................................................................... 83 5. Risk management ................................................................................................................................................................ 84 6. Outlook for 2013 .................................................................................................................................................................. 94 7. Responsibility Statement.................................................................................................................................................... 97 8. Independent Auditor’s Report ............................................................................................................................................ 98 9. Consolidated Financial Statements for 2012 .................................................................................................................. 100 2 1. Business Overview 1.1. Principal Operations Russian Grids is one of the largest electricity distribution companies in the world by the number of customers and the length of its grid. The Company is one of the most important infrastructural companies in Russia, controlled by the Government and acts as the Government’s agent to manage the Russian electricity distribution grid sector. Company's structure comprises 97 branches rendering power distribution services in 69 of Russia’s 83 regions. What is Russian Grids? For the investor community For customers For FGC UES For the regions and local government authorities For its staff An effective instrument for investment, ensuring the reliability and liquidity of invested capital, and striving to deliver competitive return A company striving to provide services of high quality: a high-grade and reliable electricity supply and timely and transparent electricity network connection at affordable prices A reliable partner ensuring the coordinated development of the country’s electric grid sector and implementing a uniform technical policy A company working to satisfy the economy’s demand for distribution capacity, acting as a reliable partner of Russian regional executive authorities in planning and carrying out regional development programs, and being a bona fide taxpayer and employer An efficiently organized company that has a transparent and comprehensible corporate governance system and offers opportunities for personnel to realize their full potential In managing its electric grid subsidiaries, Company pursues a uniform policy on electricity distribution services, including innovation, energy conservation and energy efficiency, and the formulation and implementation of the uniform development strategy for the whole electricity distribution grid sector of the Russian Federation. Key Operating Indicators of the Distribution Grid Sector (all subsidiaries) Indicator Unit 2012 2012 on 2011, % MVA 403,651 102.5 Length of overhead power lines, 35 kV and above kilometers 417,687 101.7 Length of overhead power lines, 0.4-20 kV kilometers 1,546,275 103.0 Installed capacity of substations 3 Staff on the payroll Average tariff growth Electricity network losses Capital investment thousand persons 188.8 100.9 kopecks/kWh 96 98.9 % 8.11 96.5 million rubles 143,672 110.4 4 1.2. Mission and Strategy The mission of Russian Grids is to secure a reliable and efficient electric power supply satisfying the growing demand of the Russian economy and social sector at service prices affordable for customers. To accomplish its mission, the Company carries out a comprehensive program of measures in accordance with its Strategy for Development Until 2015 with Long-Term Plans Until 2020. The program includes the following three areas: 1. Enhancing the Quality and Reliability of the Electricity Supply for Ultimate Customers Enhancing the reliability of the electricity supply for ultimate customers and improving the quality of services provided by the Company's subsidiaries and dependent companies are among the priorities defined in the Strategy. For this purpose, the following measures are specified in the Strategy: Create a system for the accurate measurement of electricity supply quality and reliability based on world standards and use it while formulating investment and repair programs. Raise the responsibility of the technical, financial and economic, and investment divisions of Russian Grids and all subsidiaries, and (as part of the regulation system) all grid organizations for achieving quality and reliability targets. Implement a system for assessing customer satisfaction with respect to services provided by subsidiaries. Organize and develop the Company's subsidiaries’ call centers and face-to-face customer service infrastructure (a network of customer service centers) and online service centers. 2. Maintaining the Tariff-Based Sources of Investment The measures taken by the Company to maintain the tariff-based sources of investment in the renewal and development of networks include: Keeping the RAB system with adjusted parameters and enhancing the transparency of tariff design and investment programs of all grid organizations; Forming the government’s position on the necessity of decreasing the number of territorial grid organizations by means of establishing and gradually raising the minimum requirements applicable to them to be followed by their consolidation. 3. Improving Operating and Investment Efficiency In this area, the Company works to improve the efficiency of its operating and investment expenses by raising workforce productivity, prioritizing and cutting the specific costs of work, using technical solutions with higher cost effectiveness, and reducing losses. Measures to improve operating and investment efficiency are as follows: 5 Optimizing per-customer expenses related to repair, operation, dispatching, and support functions by means of implementing an asset administration program, enhancing the effectiveness of prioritizing work, and raising workforce productivity; Introducing high-accuracy automated system measurement of the volume and cost of commercial and technical electricity losses and implementing programs to reduce electricity losses; Achieving an optimal utilization rate of commissioned facilities by means of improving the quality of demand planning, revising the criteria for closing down main substations, introducing multistage construction practices, and raising the responsibility of various divisions of Russian Grids and its subsidiaries. Raising the responsibility of regional authorities and investors for the utilization of constructed facilities, including by means of switching to a two-rate tariff and the take-or-pay principle for new connections; Increasing the effectiveness of investment in the existing grid by means of efficiently ranking and selecting projects and tracking achieved results; Reducing the specific costs of construction by means of implementing model solutions and enhancing the transparency of specific costs; Improving the quality of project implementation by means of introducing the principles of project management; Developing personnel, including training and exchange of knowledge, a stronger orientation toward the achievement of key performance indicators and professional advancement, and the promotion of the best employees and the attrition of weaker employees. In order to ensure a uniform approach to implementing the technical policy and the principles of managing Russia’s electric grid sector and pursue uniform investment, financial and economic, and personnel policies, pursuant to Directive of the Government of the Russian Federation, the powers of the Company’s sole executive body were transferred to FGC UES. 6 1.3. Structure Operating structure As of December 31, 2012, the Company had shareholdings in eleven interregional distribution grid companies (IDGCs), five distribution grid companies, seven sales companies, eight R&D and design companies, four service and construction organizations, eight real estate owners and one company without operations. Shareholding structure As of the end of 2012 registered capital was 49 946 843 800 rubles, divided for 49 946 843 800 shares (nominal value - 1 ruble), including 47 871 694 416 common shares and 2 075 149 384 preferred shares. Quantity of the Company’s shares owned by the government: As of December 31, 2012 Federal Agency for State Property Management Quantity of Shares Ordinary Shares Preference Shares 27,083,623,028 145,523,224 Percentage of Share Capital, % 54.52 Principal Shareholders of the Company (as of December 31, 2012): Percentage of Share Capital, % The Russian Federation represented by the Federal Agency for State Property Management National Settlement Depository (nominee shareholder) Depository and Corporate Technologies (nominee shareholder) 54.52 17.03 15.79 Shareholders owning more than 5% of ordinary shares in the Company (as of December 31, 2012): Type* The Russian Federation represented by the Federal Agency for State Property Management National Settlement Depository Depository and Corporate Technologies Percentage of Registered Ordinary Shares, % 56.58 NS NS 16.19 14.58 7 including: Gazprom Energoholding O 4.10 ING BANK (EURASIA) * “NS” means a nominee shareholder; “O” means an owner NS 5.04 Shareholders owning more than 2% of ordinary shares in the Company (as of October 8, 2012): Name Federal property Gazprom Finance B.V. Gazprom Energoholding Rusenergo Fund Limited Index of Energy – FGC UES Neft-Aktiv MMC Norilsk Nickel Percentage of Share Capital 54.52 5.13 3.93 4.18 2.77 3.18 3.04 Resident and nonresident shareholders of the Company (as of October 8, 2012): Federal property Corporate entities Individuals Residents Percentage Qty of Share Capital 54.52% 1,767 19.24% 317,012 4.173% Nonresidents Qty Percentage of Share Capital 486 396 22.06% 0.007% Shares in Russian Grids are included in the calculation of the main Russian stock market indices: 1. 2. 3. 4. MICEX Index; MICEX Power Index; MICEX Mid Cap Index; RTS Index; Shares in Russian Grids are included by MSCI Barra in the calculation of the MSCI Russia Indices: 1. MSCI Russia Standard Index; 2. MSCI Russia Mid Cap Index; 3. MSCI Russia IMI. 8 2. Corporate Governance Report 2.1. Principles and Structure of the Corporate Governance System The Company’s corporate governance conforms to the applicable Russian laws, the Articles of Association of the Company, and internal documents of the Company and is based on the principles of accountability, fairness, transparency, and responsibility. The management and control bodies of the Company include the following: General Meeting of Shareholders; Board of Directors; Management Board (collegial executive body); Sole executive body; Internal Audit Commission. The Company’s highest management body is the General Meeting of Shareholders that enables shareholders to exercise their rights to participate in running the Company’s business. The General Meeting of Shareholders adopts decisions on issues of utmost importance to the Company’s operations. The Board of Directors of the Company formulates the Company’s strategy, is in charge of the general management of the Company’s activities, and controls the work of the Company’s executive bodies. In order for the Board of Directors to perform its functions in the most effective way and with the aim of preliminarily considering the most important issues falling within the competence of Board of Directors, the Board of Directors of the Company has its specialized committees. With a view to achieving the goals of the Company and implementing its strategy, the Company’s day-to-day activities are managed by a collegial executive body, the Management Board of the Company, and the sole executive body of the Company. The sole executive body and the Management Board are accountable to the Board of Directors of the Company. As specified in Articles of Association of the Company, the members of the Management Board are elected by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Management Board is chaired by the Chairman of the Management Board. The sole executive body is in charge of the Company’s day-to-day activities, dealing with issues except those falling within the competence of the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Board of Directors, and the Management Board of the Company. 9 On June 30, 2012, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders resolved to transfer the powers of the Company’s sole executive body to a management organization, Open Joint-Stock Company Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES). Before that, the functions of the Company’s sole executive body were performed by the Director General of the Company, who also was the Chairman of the Company’s Management Board. In order to control its financial and economic activities, the Company annually elects the Internal Audit Commission, consisting of five members. The competence of the Internal Audit Commission includes carrying out audits (inspections) of the financial and economic activities of the Company and validating the information contained in the Company’s Annual Report and annual accounting statements that should be approved by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. The Internal Audit Commission is accountable to the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company. Therefore, the existing corporate governance system of Russian Grids complies with the applicable Russian laws and aims to ensure the management and control of the Company’s activities and enable shareholders to exercise their rights. 10 2.2. General Meeting of Shareholders The Company’s highest management body is the General Meeting of Shareholders. The procedure for convening, preparing, holding, and summarizing the results of the General Meeting of Shareholders is defined by the Regulations for the Preparation and Holding Procedure for the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company approved by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 22, 2011. In 2012, the Company held three General Meetings of Shareholders. On January 14, 2012, the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders discussed the early termination of the powers of the Company’s Board of Directors and elected the following members of the Company's Board of Directors: 1 Georgy Valentinovich Boos 2 Nikolay Nikolayevich Shvets 3 Denis Vladimirovich Fedorov 4 Seppo Juha Remes 5 Vladimir Vasilyevich Kolmogorov 6 Vladimir Vitalyevich Tatsiy 7 Thomas Hendel 8 Sergey Vladimirovich Serebryannikov 9 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kravchenko 10 Andrey Removich Bokarev 11. Georgy Petrovich Kutovoy 12. Viktor Vasilyevich Kudryavy 13. Pavel Andreyevich Borodin 14. Sergey Renatovich Borisov 15. Igor Vladimirovich Khvalin The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders took place on June 30, 2012. The goal of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was to consider the Company’s performance results for 2011. The principal decision made by the AGM concerned the transfer of the powers of the Company’s sole executive body to a management organization, Open Joint-Stock Company Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES). The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company resolved to pay dividends on the Company’s preference shares out of undistributed profits of prior years in the amount of 0.07 ruble per preference share. 11 On October 8, 2012, the Board of Directors resolved to convene the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to consider an increase in the authorized capital of the Company. The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders took place in absentia on November 13, 2012. The EGM decided to increase the authorized capital of the Company by means of issuing 16,885,114,442 additional ordinary shares to be placed through a public offering at 2.16 rubles per ordinary share. 12 2.3. Board of Directors The Board of Directors of the Company is the collegial body in charge of the general management of the Company’s activities. The Board of Directors acts in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation, the Articles of Association of the Company, the Corporate Governance Code, and the Regulations for the Convening and Holding Procedure for Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company. The principal objectives and tasks of the activities of the Board of Directors are as follows: define the Company’s development strategy aiming to enhance its market capitalization and appeal to investors, achieve the maximum profit, and increase the Company’s assets; ensure the exercise and protection of the rights and lawful interests of the Company’s shareholders and contribute to resolving corporate conflicts; ensure that the information about the Company disclosed to shareholders and other stakeholders is complete, reliable, and unbiased; create efficient internal control mechanisms; evaluate the performance of the Company’s executive bodies on a regular basis. The work of the Board of Directors is organized by the Chairman of the Board of Directors who is a member of the Board of Directors and is elected by the members of the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the new members. Meetings of the Board of Directors are held in accordance with the approved Action Plan for the Board of Directors and as and when necessary, but at least once every six weeks. If necessary, the Chairman of the Board of Directors may decide to hold an unscheduled meeting of the Board of Directors or reschedule a scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors. Meetings of the Board of Directors may also be convened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the written request of any member of the Board of Directors, the Internal Audit Commission of the Company, the sole executive body of the Company, or the Auditor of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company consists of 15 members elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders. Before January 14, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company was composed of the following members elected by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 22, 2011: Full Name Andrey Removich Bokarev Sergey Renatovich Borisov Pavel Andreyevich Borodin Valery Alekseyevich Gulyaev Position (as of the time of nomination) Chairman of the Board of Directors, JSC CC Kuzbassrazrezugol and CJSC Transmashholding President, OPORA RUSSIA All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium Business and Association of Entrepreneurial Organizations of Russia (OPORA) Nonprofit Partnership Vice President, OJSC VimpelCom Deputy General Director for Procurement and Logistics and Member of the Management Board, 13 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kravchenko Viktor Vasilyevich Kudryavy Georgy Petrovich Kutovoy Sergey Vladimirovich Maslov Seppo Juha Remes Sergey Vladimirovich Serebryannikov Vladimir Vitalyevich Tatsiy Denis Vladimirovich Fedorov Igor Vladimirovich Khvalin Thomas Hendel Nikolay Nikolayevich Shvets OAO OGK-6 Director General, OAO United Energy Sales Company Advisor to President, EUROCEMENT Group ZAO Advisor to President on Energy, United Metallurgical Company President, Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange Director General, OOO Kiuru Rector, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) First Vice President, Gazprombank (Open JointStock Company) Director General, OOO Gazprom Energoholding Executive Director, ZAO Volga Engineering Group General Director, Russian-German Energy Agency (rudea) OOO Director General, MRSK Holding On January 14, 2012, the powers of the Board of Directors were terminated earlier by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company; the following new members of the Board of Directors of the Company were elected: Full Name Georgy Valentinovich Boos Andrey Removich Bokarev Sergey Renatovich Borisov Pavel Andreyevich Borodin Vladimir Vasilyevich Kolmogorov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kravchenko Viktor Vasilyevich Kudryavy Georgy Petrovich Kutovoy Seppo Juha Remes Sergey Vladimirovich Serebryannikov Vladimir Vitalyevich Tatsiy Denis Vladimirovich Fedorov Position (as of the time of nomination) President, Boos Lighting Group Management Company Chairman of the Board of Directors, JSC CC Kuzbassrazrezugol and CJSC Transmashholding President, OPORA RUSSIA All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium Business and Association of Entrepreneurial Organizations of Russia (OPORA) Nonprofit Partnership Vice President, OJSC VimpelCom Advisor to General Director, MMC Norilsk Nickel Director General, OAO United Energy Sales Company Advisor to President, EUROCEMENT Group ZAO Advisor to President on Energy, United Metallurgical Company Director General, OOO Kiuru Rector, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) First Vice President, Gazprombank (Open JointStock Company) Division Manager, Development of the Electric Power Sector and Marketing in the Electric Power 14 Industry, OAO Gazprom; Director General, OAO Tsentrenergokholding; Director General, OOO Gazprom Energoholding; Igor Vladimirovich Khvalin Thomas Hendel Nikolay Nikolayevich Shvets Director General, OOO Gazprom Energoholding Executive Director, ZAO Volga Engineering Group General Director, Russian-German Energy Agency (rudea) OOO Director General, MRSK Holding On June 30, 2012, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company elected the following members of the Board of Directors: Full Name Georgy Valentinovich Boos Andrey Removich Bokarev Sergey Renatovich Borisov Pavel Andreyevich Borodin Boris Gennadyevich Zingarevich Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kravchenko Viktor Vasilyevich Kudryavy Seppo Juha Remes Sergey Vladimirovich Serebryannikov Vladimir Vitalyevich Tatsiy Elena Borisovna Titova Denis Vladimirovich Fedorov Thomas Hendel Pavel Olegovich Shatsky Nikolay Nikolayevich Shvets Position (as of the time of nomination) President, Boos Lighting Group Management Company Chairman of the Board of Directors, JSC CC Kuzbassrazrezugol and CJSC Transmashholding President, OPORA RUSSIA All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium Business and Association of Entrepreneurial Organizations of Russia (OPORA) Nonprofit Partnership Vice President, OJSC VimpelCom Member of the Board of Directors, Ilim Group Chairman of the Board, Nonprofit Partnership Council for Organizing Efficient System of Trading at Wholesale and Retail Electricity and Capacity Market (Market Council) Advisor to President, EUROCEMENT Group ZAO Director General, OOO Kiuru Rector, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (National Research University) First Vice President, Gazprombank (Open JointStock Company) President and Chairperson of the Executive Board, OOO Morgan Stanley Bank Director General, OAO Tsentrenergokholding and OOO Gazprom Energoholding General Director, Russian-German Energy Agency (rudea) OOO First Deputy Director General, OOO Gazprom Energoholding Director General, MRSK Holding 15 From the time of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to the end of 2012, the Board of Directors was not changed: Georgy Valentinovich Boos Year of Birth: 1963 Education: higher education, Candidate of Science (Engineering) Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2012 to the present From 2010 to the present, President of Boos Lighting Group Management Company. From 2005 to 2010, Governor of the Kaliningrad Region. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Andrey Removich Bokarev Year of Birth: 1966 Education: higher education Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2011 to the present President, Transmashholding. Member of the Board of Directors, Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company. Chairman of the Board of Directors, CC Kuzbassrazrezugol. Head of the Regional Office, RSPP Regional Office in the Kemerovo Region. Chairman of the Coordinating Board, RSPP Associations in the Siberian Federal District. Member of the Bureau of the Board of Directors, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). Member of the Bureau of the Board of Directors, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Russian Association of Employers. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares 16 Sergey Renatovich Borisov Year of Birth: 1953 Education: higher education, Candidate of Science (Economics), Doctor of Philosophy Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2010 to the present Member of the Supervisory Board, Russian Bank for Development. Member of the Supervisory Board, Rosbusinessbank. President, Association of Entrepreneurial Organizations of Russia (OPORA). President, OPORA RUSSIA All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium Business. Chief Executive Officer, Russian Fuel Union from 1998 to 2009. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Pavel Andreyevich Borodin Year of Birth: 1971 Education: higher education, Candidate of Science (History) Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2011 to the present Vice President, Operator Activity Support and Government Relations, VimpelCom. Member of the Board of Directors, All-Russian Exhibition Center. Member of the Presidium, Chairman of the International Cooperation Commission, Association of Lawyers of Russia. From 2008 to 2010, Deputy Director General, Russian Housing Development Foundation. From 2004 to 2008, Deputy Director of the Regional Monitoring Department and, then, Deputy Director of the Regional Development and Agriculture Department, Government of the Russian Federation. From 2008 to 2011, member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation with a consultative voice on behalf of Dmitry Medvedev. From 2004 to 2008, member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation with a consultative voice on behalf of Vladimir Putin. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares 17 Boris Gennadyevich Zingarevich Year of Birth: 1959 Education: higher education Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2012 to the present From 2008, member of the Coordinating Innovation Board, Ilim Timber. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kravchenko Year of Birth: 1967 Education: higher education Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2008 to the present Chief Executive Officer, United Energy Sales Company. Chief Executive Officer, RN-Energo. Member of the Boards of Directors: Petersburg Power Sales Company, Altaienergosbyt, Okha CHPP, Financial Settling Center, INTER RAO UES, TSA. From 2008, member of the Supervisory Board, Market Council. From 2009 to 2011, member of the Boards of Directors: Tomskelektrosetremont, Tomskenergoremont, Tomsk Transmission Networks, Tomskenergosbyt, Kuban Generation Company, Kuban Transmission Networks, Kubanenergosbyt. From 2010 to 2011, member of the Board of Directors, RRDB. At certain times from 2008 to 2011, member of the Board of Directors: TDC, Kubanenergo, TGK-11, Irkutskenergo, Rostopprom, Rosgazifikatsiya, Energosetproekt Institute. From August 2008 to December 2008, Chairman of the Board of Directors, MRSK Holding. Before that, Deputy Director of the Department for Structural and Investment Policy and Energy and, then, Director of the Electricity Industry Department, Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none 18 No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Viktor Vasilyevich Kudryavy Year of Birth: 1937 Education: higher education, Doctor of Science (Engineering) Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2009 to the present Member of the Board of Directors, RusHydro. Advisor to President, EUROCEMENT Group ZAO. From 2005 to 2008, Vice President, EUROCEMENT Group OAO. Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Automated Systems, Moscow Power Engineering Institute. From 1996 to 2004, Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation (on May 17, 2000, transformed into the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation). Stake held by the individual in the authorized capital of the issuer (%): 0.0008 Percentage of ordinary shares held by the individual in the issuer (%): 0.0009 Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: Full corporate name: Interregional Distribution Grid Company of North-West, Joint Stock Company INN (Taxpayer Identification Number): 7802312751 OGRN (Principal State Registration Number): 1047855175785 Stake held by the individual in the authorized capital of the entity (%): 0.0001 Percentage of ordinary shares held by the individual in the entity (%): 0.0001 Full corporate name: Joint-Stock Company Moscow United Electric Grid Company INN (Taxpayer Identification Number): 5036065113 OGRN (Principal State Registration Number): 1057746555811 Stake held by the individual in the authorized capital of the entity (%): 0.01 Percentage of ordinary shares held by the individual in the entity (%): 0.01 Transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares: As of December 31, 2011, as a result of a transaction involving the acquisition of ordinary shares in the Company, the stake held by member of the Board of Directors Viktor Kudryavy in the authorized capital of the Company increased from 0.00001% to 0.0009% and the percentage of ordinary shares held by him in the Company increased from 0.00001% to 0.0010%. 19 Seppo Juha Remes Year of Birth: 1955 Education: higher education, Ph.D. in Economics Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2008 to the present Member of the Board of Directors from 2008. Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Strategy Committee, member of the Valuation Committee. Director General, Kiuru. Chairman of the Board of Directors, EOS Russia. Member of the Boards of Directors: Energosetproekt Institute, LENENERGO, IDGC of North-West, SIBUR Holding, Sollers, OMZ. Member of the Investment Policy Committee of the Supervisory Board, Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (since March 2011, RUSNANO). In recent years, member of the Boards of Directors: FGC UES, IDGC of Volga, SO UPS, IDGC of Center and Volga Region, RusHydro, OGK-6, PONSSE, RAO UES of Russia. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Sergey Vladimirovich Serebryannikov Year of Birth: 1952 Education: higher education, Doctor of Science (Engineering) Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2008 to the present Rector, Professor, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University). From 2008 to 2010, member of the Board of Directors, RusHydro. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares 20 Vladimir Vitalyevich Tatsiy Year of Birth: 1960 Education: higher education, Candidate of Science (Economics) Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2008 to the present Chairman of the Board of Directors, Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Depository Clearing Company. First Vice President, Gazprombank. Member of the Boards of Directors: RusHydro, MICEX Stock Exchange, Financial Settling Center, National Association of Securities Market Participants, TSA, Regional Investment Company. Member of the Board of Trustees, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University). Member of the Supervisory Board, National Settlement Depository (NSD) (formerly, NDC and MICEX SH). From 2009 to 2010, member of the Boards of Directors: United Energy Sales Company, RRDB. From 2008 to 2010, member of the Boards of Directors: FGC UES, RusHydro, RAO Energy System of East. For several years, Head of the Depository Center, Gazprombank. Formerly, member of the Boards of Directors: National Depository Center, INFINITUM Specialized Depository. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Elena Borisovna Titova Year of Birth: 1967 Education: higher education, MBA Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2012 to the present Currently, member of the Board of Directors, FGC UES, and President, Russian Regional Development Bank. In several recent years, member of the Boards of Directors: Sovcomflot, Morgan Stanley Bank, City Mortgage Bank. From 2009 to 2012, President, Chairperson of the Executive Board, Morgan Stanley Bank. From 2006 to 2009, Head of the Investment Banking Department, First Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Board, Morgan Stanley Bank. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none 21 No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Denis Vladimirovich Fedorov Year of Birth: 1978 Education: higher education, Candidate of Science (Economics) Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2011 to the present Chairman of the Boards of Directors: Mezhregionenergostroy, Tyumen Power Sales Company, Mosenergo Thermal Power Company, OGK-6, OGK-2. Director General, Tsentrenergokholding. Director General, Gazprom Energoholding. Division Manager, Gazprom. Member of the Management Boards: Kauno elektrine AB; Kaunas Thermofication Plant; Nadezhda Foundation for Education, Science and Engineering Development; Fortis Energy. Member of the Boards of Directors: FGC UES, INTER RAO UES, TGK-1, Mosenergo. Member of the Supervisory Board, Council of Power Producers. Formerly, member of the Boards of Directors: MTenergosbyt, RAO Energy System of East, Gazenergoprombank, IDGC of Volga, Tyumenenergo. From 2006 to 2008 almost simultaneously, Director General, Mezhregionenergosbyt; Advisor to Director General, Mezhregiongaz; Division Head, Gazenergoprom Corporation. From 2002 to 2006, Division Manager, EuroSibPower-Engineering. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Thomas Hendel Year of Birth: 1967 Education: higher education Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2011 to the present General Director, Industrial Energy Company. General Director, rudea. From 2004 to 2010, General Director, THU Trading GmbH + Co. KG, Germany. In 2012, Chief Project Engineer (part-time), Russian Technologies State Corporation. Currently, Head of the Procurement Department, Rosneft, and member of the Investment Committee, Russian Grids. 22 No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Pavel Olegovich Shatsky Year of Birth: 1972 Education: higher education Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2012 to the present Currently, member of the Boards of Directors: Mezhregionenergostroy Shtokman, Mezhregion-energostroy, Heat Sales Company, RAO Energy System of East, Tsentrenergokholding, OGK-2. From 2011 to 2012, member of the Board of Directors, Mosenergo Thermal Power Company. From 2009 to 2010, member of the Board of Directors, Volzhskaya TGK. From 2009 to 2011, member of the Boards of Directors: OGK-6, MRSK Holding. Current First Deputy Director General, Gazprom Energoholding. From 2005 to 2008, Director of the Department for Energy Sector Strategy and, from 2006, Deputy Director for Energy, Mergers and Acquisitions, SUEK. Stake held by the individual in the authorized capital of the issuer (%): 0.00002 Percentage of ordinary shares held by the individual in the issuer (%): 0.000004 Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Nikolay Nikolayevich Shvets Year of Birth: 1956 Education: higher education, Doctor of Science (Economics), Associate Professor, Associate Member of the Academy of Military Sciences Member of the Board of Directors of the Company from 2009 to the present 23 Member of the Board of Directors from 2009. Chairman of the Boards of Directors: IDGC of Northern Caucasus, Kubanenergo, Yantarenergo, Tyumenenergo, LENENERGO, MOESK. Member of the Supervisory Board, Scientific and Technical Council of Unified Energy System. Vice President, member of the Management Board, member of the Management Board Bureau, Russian Engineering Union All-Russia Industry Association of Employers. From 2010 to 2011, Chairman of the Boards of Directors: IDGC of South, IDGC of Centre; member of the Boards of Directors: Energy Forecasting Agency, RRDB. From 2009 to 2010, Chairman of the Boards of Directors: IDGC of Urals, IDGC of North-West, IDGC of Center and Volga Region. Before joining MRSK Holding, Chairman of the Amur Region Legislative Assembly; Professor, Far East State Agrarian University. From 2007 to 2008, First Deputy Chairman of the Amur Region Government. From 2006 to 2008, member of the Board of Directors, Sarapul Electric Generators. From 2004 to 2007, Assistant to the Director General, Rosoboronexport State Corporation. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares In 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company held 32 meetings (12 in person and 20 in absentia) dealing with over 200 issues. The following most important issues were addressed by the Board of Directors in 2012: Review of the consolidated investment program of the Company for 2012–2017 as amended due to transition to regulation based on the return on invested capital method; Review of the report on the implementation of the consolidated investment program of the Company for the 4th quarter of 2011 and 2011; review of the report on the implementation of the consolidated investment program of the Company for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarters of 2012; Approval of the Innovative Development Program of the Company adjusted and synchronized for the period 2012–2016 with the Consolidated Investment Program of the Company for 2012–2017, with such Innovative Development Program to incorporate certain measures for 2012 in relation to payment under donation agreements as a contribution to the Endowment Fund of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology; Approval of the Annual Comprehensive Procurement Program for Goods, Work, and Services for the Company for 2012; Approval of the comparative analysis (benchmarking) report on operations conducted by the Company’s distribution grid companies, including the approval of the comparative analysis methods; Consideration of proposals for the procedure for implementing voluntary mechanisms of the Company’s environmental responsibility and for the compulsory regular publication of the Company’s non-financial sustainability reports including information on environmental responsibility; Approval of the agreement for the transfer of the powers of the sole executive body of JSC Interregional Distribution Grid Companies Holding to be entered into by and between MRSK Holding and FGC UES, which is a related party transaction; 24 Approval of other related party transactions (a list of the approved related party transactions is attached as an annex to this Annual Report); Convocation of the Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders of the Company; Increase in the authorized capital of the Company by means of the placement of additional shares; Acquisition by the Company of additional uncertificated registered ordinary shares in LENENERGO; Acquisition by the Company of additional uncertificated registered ordinary shares in IDGC of Northern Caucasus; Acquisition by the Company of additional shares in Kubanenergo; Measures to ensure the mandatory application of long-term direct contracts for the supply of metal products with a price formula taking account of the recommended guidelines; Defining the principal areas of cooperation between the Company and the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (National Research University); Amendments to the Regulations for the Procedure for Regulated Procurements of Goods, Work, Services for the Needs of the Company approved by the decision adopted by the Board of Directors on December 29, 2011 (Minutes of the Meeting No. 72); Review of internal regulatory documents aimed at improving the efforts to combat insider information misuse. 25 2.4. Committees of the Board of Directors Investment, Technical Policy, Reliability, Energy Efficiency, and Innovation Committee The goal of the Committee is to assist the Board of Directors of the Company in performing its functions related to ensuring the implementation of the investment and technical policies, reliability assurance, energy efficiency, and innovative development of the Company. The principal objectives of the Committee include: Analyzing proposals and formulating recommendations for the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to the implementation of the investment and technical policies, reliability assurance, energy efficiency, and innovative development of the Company; Monitoring the implementation of the consolidated investment program of the Company, the Annual Comprehensive Procurement Program of its subsidiaries with respect to large investees, the Consolidated Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Enhancement Program of the Company, the Innovative Development Program of the Company, and the Regulations for the Uniform Technical Policy of the Company in the Distribution Grid Sector; Analyzing proposals and formulating recommendations for the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to the preparation of and amendments to internal corporate documents in relation to the investment and technical activities, reliability assurance, energy efficiency, and innovative development of the Company; Analyzing applicable regulatory documents and formulating recommendations for the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to the implementation of the investment and technical policies, reliability assurance, energy efficiency, and innovative development of the Company. On February 17, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company renamed the Investment Committee the Investment, Technical Policy, Reliability, Energy Efficiency, and Innovation Committee. The members of the Committee were elected three times in the reporting period. In the reporting period, the Investment, Technical Policy, Reliability, Energy Efficiency, and Innovation Committee of the Company held 16 meetings (15 in person/in absentia, one in absentia, and three in person/in absentia jointly with the Audit Committee) dealing with more than 50 issues. The most important of them are as follows: Amendments to the Regulations for the Procedure for Regulated Procurements of Goods, Work, Services for the Needs of the Company; Approval of the Innovative Development Program of the Company adjusted and synchronized for the period 2012–2016 with the Consolidated Investment Program of MRSK Holding for 2012–2017, with such Innovative Development Program to incorporate certain measures for 2012 in relation to payment under donation agreements as a contribution to the Endowment Fund of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and the review of the report on the implementation of the Innovative Development Program of the Company; Review of the reports on the implementation of the consolidated investment program of the Company for 2011 and for the 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 1st half, and 9 months of 2012; 26 Review of the consolidated investment program for 2012–2017; Review of the Technique for the Quarterly Monitoring of Unit Construction Costs of Investment Projects as Part of the Benchmarking and Comparative Analysis of Unit Construction Cost Indicators of the Company’s subsidiaries and their branches and the review of the monitoring report for the 9 months of 2012; Review of the Model Regulations for the Investing Activities of Subsidiaries of the Company (including the Model Schedule of Investment Program Formulation and Adjustment and the Preparation of Investment Program Implementation Reports of Subsidiaries of the Company); Measures to ensure the mandatory application of long-term direct contracts for the supply of metal products with a price formula taking account of the recommended guidelines approved by Order No. 1243 of December 20, 2010, of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation; Review of the general form and draft of the model long-term contract for the supply of electrical products; Approval of the Annual Comprehensive Procurement Program for 2012 and 2013; Review of the performance report on the procurement activities of the Company’s subsidiaries with respect to large investees under the 2012 program according to the performance results in the 1st half of 2012 and in the 9 months of 2012; Review of the report on progress in the implementation by IDGC of Northern Caucasus of the Comprehensive Program of Measures to Reduce Above-standard Electricity Losses in Distribution Networks of IDGC of Northern Caucasus and the action plan to eliminate the existing delay in implementing the Comprehensive Program; Review of the report on progress in the implementation by LENENERGO of the Program to Renew Cable Lines of 6–110 kV and the action plan to eliminate the existing delay in LENENERGO’s implementing the Program; Review of the report on the implementation by Kubanenergo of the investment program as related to the Program for the Development of the Sochi Region’s Electricity Networks for the Period until 2008–2014 to Ensure the Functioning of Olympic Sports Facilities in the first half of 2012; Consideration of proposals for streamlining the management and control system for the business process “Implementing the Programs Financed from Federal Budget Funds” for the purposes of the performance of the agreements with the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation for the provision of budget investments, including ensuring the proper and efficient use of federal budget funds (including routine control procedures as part of procurement operations) and organizing construction supervision; Review of the proposals to delegate authority by corporate governance level: the Board of Directors of the Company, the executive bodies of the Company, and the executive bodies of subsidiaries; Acquisition by Kuzbassenergo-RES, a branch of IDGC of Siberia, of the 110/10kV power line with the associated plot of land located in the Krapivinsky District, Kemerovo Region, and the 110kV Temirtau–Kondoma overhead power line located in Tashtagol, Kemerovo Region; Study “Integration Problems of the Natural Gas and Electric Power Markets in the US Economy” conducted by the Center for Energy Research, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences. 27 Audit Committee The principal goal of the Audit Committee is to ensure effective participation of the Board of Directors in exercising control of the financial and economic activities of the Company. The most important objective of the Audit Committee is to prepare and submit recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning control over: the preparation process and procedures for financial (accounting) statements, including reviewing financial (accounting) statements; the efficiency of the internal control and risk management systems; the selection of the independent external auditor and the evaluation of its performance; the activities of the Company’s internal control/audit function; the Company’s compliance with Russian laws, industry standards, and its internal regulatory documents. In the reporting year, the Audit Committee held 12 meetings (three in person, six in absentia, and three jointly with the Investment, Technical Policy, Reliability, Energy Efficiency, and Innovation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company) dealing with more than 40 issues. The most important of them are as follows: Draft of the financial statements of the Company in accordance with Russian Accounting Standards for 2011; Draft of the consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2011, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards; Terms and conditions of a public bidding procedure for the right to enter into the agreement to mandatorily audit the financial (accounting) statements of the Company in accordance with Russian Accounting Standards for 2012; Determination of the fee for the services provided by the Auditor of the Company; Nominees for the auditor qualifying for agreements to provide services in relation to the audit of the IFRS consolidated financial statements of the Company’s subsidiaries for 2011; Assessment of the auditors’ report on the accounting (financial) statements of the Company for 2011 by the Audit Committee; Review of a restated version of the Regulations for the Internal Audit and Risk Management Department of the Company; Review of the action plan of the Internal Audit and Risk Management Department of the Company for 2012; Review of the performance report of the Internal Audit and Risk Management Department for 2011 and the consolidated performance report of internal audit and risk management divisions of the Company’s subsidiaries for 2011; Review of the report of the Internal Audit and Risk Management Department on the audit of the control and monitoring functions performed by the executive arm of the Company in relation to the construction of Olympic Games facilities and on the evaluation of the efficiency of organizational measures; 28 Consideration of the results of control measures taken by the Internal Audit and Risk Management Department to analyze the efficiency of and the organization of supervising procurement of the Company and its subsidiaries in 2010–2011; Consideration of the results of control measures taken by the Internal Audit and Risk Management Department to assess the efficiency of the executive arm’s activities as related to organizing and supervising investing activities of the Company and its subsidiaries in 2010–2011; Consideration of the results of the inspection of the implementation by the Company and its subsidiaries of Russia’s Energy Conservation And Energy Efficiency Enhancement Governmental Program; Review of the reports on the audits (inspections) conducted by the internal audit commissions in relation to the financial and economic activities of Yantarenergo for the period from August 1, 2007, to and including August 1, 2012, and IDGC of Centre for the period from January 1, 2011, to and including August 1, 2012; Review of the report of the Director General of the Company to the Board of Directors on the implementation of the Company’s local regulatory documents related to improving and developing internal control, risk management, and internal audit for 2011; Review of internal regulatory documents aimed at improving the efforts to combat insider information misuse; Review of internal regulatory documents aimed at improving the efficiency and transparency of operations conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries (including their financial and economic activities and anti-corrupt practices); Review of the report on the implementation of the consolidated investment program of the Company for the 1st quarter of 2012 and the preliminary results for the 1st half of 2012; Progress in the implementation by IDGC of Northern Caucasus of the Comprehensive Program of Measures to Reduce Above-standard Electricity Losses in Distribution Networks of IDGC of Northern Caucasus and progress in the implementation by LENENERGO of the Program to Renew Cable Lines of 6–110 kV; Review of the report on the implementation by Kubanenergo of the investment program as related to the Program for the Development of the Sochi Region’s Electricity Networks for the Period until 2008–2014 to Ensure the Functioning of Olympic Sports Facilities in the first half of 2012. Nomination and Remuneration Committee The goal of establishing the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company is to preliminarily consider and formulate proposals to be submitted to the Board of Directors of the Company in addressing the issues falling within its jurisdiction. Principal objectives of the Committee are as follows: 29 Defining selection criteria for nominees for members of the Board of Directors, members of the Management Board, and the Director General the Company and preliminarily evaluating such nominees. developing proposals to define material terms and conditions of employment contracts with members of the Board of Directors, members of the Management Board, and the Director General the Company. Developing principles and criteria of remuneration for members of the Board of Directors, members of the Management Board, the Director General the Company, the management company or the manager. Regularly evaluating the activities of the Director General (the management company or the manager) and members of the Management Board and preparing proposals to the Board of Directors as to whether they can be reappointed. Developing principles and criteria related to remuneration for the Chairman and members of the Internal Audit Committee of the Company. Formulating recommendations for the formation of the personnel reserve of the Company and its subsidiaries. The most important of the issues addressed by the Committee in 2012 include as follows: Material terms and conditions of the Agreement for the Transfer of the Powers of MRSK Holding’s Sole Executive Body to be entered into by and between the Company and FGC UES, which is a related party transaction; Priority established for the Company’s activities: changes to the system of key performance indicators for the directors general and senior managers of subsidiaries and dependent companies of the Company; Approval of Addendum No. 1 to Agreement for the Transfer of the Powers of the Company’s Sole Executive Body No. 1007 of July 10, 2012, which is a related party transaction. Society, Customer, and Government Relations and Information Policy Committee The principal goal of the Society, Customer, and Government Relations and Information Policy Committee is to formulate recommendations for the Board of Directors of the Company for the improvement of the Company’s activities in relations with governmental and municipal authorities, the enhancement of the quality and reliability of customer service, and the implementation of the Company’s uniform information policy. The principal objectives of the Society, Customer, and Government Relations and Information Policy Committee are to provide the Board of Directors of the Company with recommendations for: implementing the Company’s internal and external information policies; maintaining relations with governmental agencies and local government authorities; maintaining relations across a broad spectrum with civil society (including public organizations and movements, labor unions, and environmentalist associations); 30 improving customer service quality; implementing the government’s policy on the satisfaction of households’ socially important needs and interests. In 2012, the Society, Customer, and Government Relations and Information Policy Committee held one meeting, deciding on the following issues: Election of the Deputy Chairman of the Society, Customer, and Government Relations and Information Policy Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company; Election of the Secretary of the Society, Customer, and Government Relations and Information Policy Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company; Review of the Regulations for the Society, Customer, and Government Relations and Information Policy Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company; Review of proposals to organize the work of the Society, Customer, and Government Relations and Information Policy Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company; Review of the Information Policy Strategy of the Company. Information on the Valuation Committee The goal of the Valuation Committee is to assist the Board of Directors of the Company in fulfilling its duties for developing the procedure and control (in accordance with the developed procedure) of assessment of asset value and business for the Company, its subsidiaries, as well as newly established companies and other business entities, participating in transactions. The principal objectives of the Valuation Committee include: Supervising activities related to the appraisal of assets for the Company and its subsidiaries; Engaging independent experts to advise on the issues falling within the competence of the Committee. In the reporting year, the Valuation Committee held 16 meetings (five in person and 11 in absentia) dealing with 38 issues. The following most important issues were addressed: For asset acquisition: Market value appraisal of the real property and movable property of the electric grid facilities municipally owned by the Stary Oskol Urban District, Belgorod Region; Market value appraisal of electric grid facilities owned by Saint Petersburg by virtue of ownership; Market value appraisal of a shareholding in TDC; Market value appraisal of a shareholding in Kubanenergo; 31 Market value appraisal of the 110kV Temirtau–Kondoma overhead power line located at: Kemerovo Region, Tashtagol, ul. Sovetskaya, 104 meters northwest of Office Building No. 159; Market value appraisal of property owned by Kizlyar City Electricity Networks. For asset swap: Market value appraisal of the real property located at: Samara, ul. Samarskaya, 203b, and owned by Volga Power Engineering Center Real Estate, and the real property located at: Samara, ul. Avrory, 148, and owned by the Samara Region Arbitration Court; Market value appraisal of property owned by Kubanenergo and Kubanenergosbyt; Appraisal of 1 ordinary share and 1 preference share in LENENERGO contained in a 10–15% shareholding in the authorized capital. Value appraisal of shares in Kurganenergo and EnergoKurgan; Appraisal of 1 ordinary share contained in a 49% shareholding in the authorized capital of Kurganenergo; Market value appraisal of property, namely the related real property and movable property located at: Yekaterinburg, ul. Chistopolskaya (formerly, Granitny proezd), 4, and owned by IDGC of Urals, and the detached building, letter designation: 3, designated purpose: nonresidential building, total area: 2,655.8 square meters, located at: Yekaterinburg, ul. Shefskaya, 3a, and owned by Sverdlovenergosbyt. For asset sale: Value appraisal of the property located at: Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Karasunsky District, ul. Demusa, 50, and owned by Kubanenergo; Market value appraisal of the electric grid facilities owned by IDGC of North-West and located on the island of Valaam. Strategy Committee The Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company analyzes and prepares for the Board of Directors recommendations and proposals concerning the Company’s strategic development and the formulation of development planning standards for the Company's subsidiaries and monitors the implementation of approved decisions. In accordance with the Regulations for the Strategy Committee, its principal objectives include: reviewing proposals and formulating recommendations for the Board of Directors of the Company to prepare, change, supplement, and implement efforts aimed at the Company’s development in the key areas; monitoring the implementation of efforts aimed at the Company’s development in the key areas approved by the Board of Directors; 32 reviewing proposals and formulating recommendations for the Board of Directors of the Company to prepare development planning standards for its subsidiaries. The following most important issues were addressed by the Committee in 2012: Proposals for the consolidation of electric grid assets of the Company’s dependent company in the Kurgan Region; Acquisition by the Company of shares in Kubanenergo; Acquisition by the Company of shares in TDC; Progress in preparing the draft of the Strategy of the Electricity Distribution Grid Sector of the Russian Federation Until 2020; Strategy of the Company and Subsidiaries on Information Technology, Automation and Telecommunications Until 2016; Material terms and conditions of the Agreement for the Transfer of the Powers of MRSK Holding’s Sole Executive Body to be entered into by and between the Company and FGC UES, which is a related party transaction; Priority established for the Company’s activities: changes to the system of key performance indicators for the directors general and senior managers of its subsidiaries; Defining of the position of the Company (representatives of the Company) on the item on the agenda of the meeting of the Board of Directors of IDGC of Urals: “Termination of the Company’s holding a stake in Kurganenergo by means of transferring title to its shares and the Company’s holding a stake in LENENERGO by means of acquiring its shares”; Priorities established for the Company’s activities: the organization of measures to reduce receivables for electricity distribution services provided by the Company’s subsidiaries engaged in electricity distribution; Approval of the system of key performance indicators (KPIs) of FGC UES, as the management organization, developed by meetings of the working group headed by Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company G. V. Boos; Approval of the comparative analysis (benchmarking) report on operations conducted by the Company’s distribution grid companies, including the approval of the comparative analysis (benchmarking) methods; Approval of the Company's Budget for 2013; The Company’s membership in G3-PLC Alliance; Priorities established for the Company’s activities: the approval of the strategy of the Company for improving the efficiency of measures to reduce receivables for electricity distribution services; Review of the Implementation Plan for the Comparative Analysis (Benchmarking) Technique for Operations of the Company's-Controlled Distribution Grid Companies. 33 2.5. Management Board The Management Board of the Company is a collegial executive body in charge of all of the Company’s dayto-day activities. The number of members of the Management Board is determined by and its members are appointed by the Board of Directors. The Management Board performs the functions specified in the Articles of Association of the Company and acts in accordance with the Regulations for the Management Board of MRSK Holding approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company on December 30, 2008. Until October 5, 2012, the Management Board of the Company was composed of the following members: Full Name Nikolay Nikolayevich Shvets Aleksey Vladimirovich Demidov Mikhail Yuryevich Kurbatov Aleksey Yurievich Perepyolkin Sergey Vyacheslavovich Vasilyev Position1 Director General, Chairman of the Management Board Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs and Finance, member of the Management Board Deputy Director General, member of the Management Board Deputy Director General for Corporate Governance and Property, member of the Management Board Director for Legal Affairs and Relations with Electricity Market Entities, member of the Management Board The Board of Directors of the Company decided on October 5, 2012, to terminate the powers of the following members of the Management Board: Mikhail Yuryevich Kurbatov, Aleksey Yurievich Perepyolkin, and Sergey Vyacheslavovich Vasilyev. On October 5 2012, the Board of Directors elected the following members of the Management Board of the Company: Oleg Mikhailovich Budargin Year of Birth: 1960 Education: higher education Chairman of the Management Board of the Company from 2012 to the present (Chairman of the Management Board of FGC UES) Chairman of the Boards of Directors: IDGC of Siberia, MOESK, Kubanenergo. Member of the Boards of Directors: INTER RAO UES, FGC UES, Energy Forecasting Agency. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Association of Solar Energy Enterprises Nonprofit Partnership. From 2009, Chairman of the Management Board, FGC UES. From 2007 to 2009, Assistant Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District. 1 The positions specified are as of the time of nomination. 34 No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to share Andrey Yevgenyevich Murov Year of Birth: 1970 Education: higher education, Doctor of Science (Economics) Member of the Management Board of the Company from 2012 to the present, Executive Director From 2012, member of the Management Board of FGC UES, Chairman of the Board of Directors: LENENERGO, IDGC of Centre, IDGC of North-West, IDGC of Volga. Member of the Board of Directors: MOESK, Kubanenergo. In 2012, member of the Board of Directors: IDGC of Urals. First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, FGC UES. From 2012, Executive Director, the Company. In July 2012, Acting Director General, the Company. Also in 2012, Deputy Director General, the Company. From 2007 to 2012, Director General, Pulkovo Airport. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Roman Nikolaevich Berdnikov Year of Birth: 1973 Education: higher education Member of the Management Board of the Company from 2012 to the present, First Deputy Executive Director Member of the Boards of Directors: IDGC of Northern Caucasus, IDGC of Urals, Tyumenenergo, EnergoRynok, ENIN. From July to October 2012, First Deputy Executive Director, MRSK Holding. Member of the Supervisory Board, Market Council. Member of the Supervisory Board, GruzRosenergo. From 2012, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, FGC UES. From 2009, member of the Management Board, FGC UES. From 2010 to 2012, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, FGC UES. From 2003 to 2010, 35 Deputy Head of the Strategic Planning Department, Head of the Strategic Planning Department, Head of the Customer and Market Relations Department, Development and Customer Relations Director, FGC UES. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Aleksey Vladimirovich Demidov Year of Birth: 1976 Education: higher education Member of the Management Board of the Company from 2009 to the present, Deputy Executive Director for Economic Affairs and Finance Director General, IDGC of Northern Caucasus. Chairman of the Boards of Directors: IDGC of North-West, IDGC of Siberia. Member of the Boards of Directors: Kubanenergo, LENENERGO, IDGC of Northern Caucasus. From 2010 to 2011, member of the Board of Directors, Center for UPS Settlements Optimization. From 2009 to 2010, member of the Boards of Directors: Tyumenenergo, MOESK, IDGC of Center and Volga Region, IDGC of North-West. From 2009 to 2011, Chairman of the Board of Directors, IDGC of Urals. Before joining the Company, First Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Rosneft. In 2006, Advisor to the Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprom. From 2003 to 2006, First Deputy Director General, Sevmorneftegaz. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares Igor Vladimirovich Khvalin Year of Birth: 1974 Education: higher education, Candidate of Science (History) Member of the Management Board of the Company from 2012 to the present, Deputy Executive Director for Strategy Member of the Board of Directors from 2010. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Volga Engineering Group. Member of the Board of Directors, FGC UES. Member of the Working Group for Energy Efficiency of the 36 Presidential Commission for Modernization of Russia’s Economy. From 2009 to 2010, Director General, Volga Engineering Group. From 2008 to 2009, Chairman of the Board of Directors, VPEC. Before that, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Krona Kholding. From 2007 to 2009, member of the Forestry Sector Development Council, Government of the Russian Federation. No stake/ordinary shares held in the authorized capital of the issuer Stakes held by the individual in the authorized (share) capital (unit trust) of the subsidiaries and dependent companies of the issuer: none No transactions involving the acquisition or transfer of title to shares The Company’s Articles of Association specify that the Management Board is in charge of the Company’s day-to-day activities, develops and submits for consideration by the Board of Directors the priority areas of the Company’s activities and long-term implementation plans, and addresses other issues related to the Company’s operations. In the reporting period, the Management Board of the Company held 38 meetings (10 in person and 18 in absentia) dealing with 221 issues. The most important of the addressed issues are as follows: Standard temporary technique for assessing the energy efficiency indicators of investment projects in formulating investment programs of the Company's subsidiaries; Progress in the implementation of the Comprehensive Program of Measures to Reduce Abovestandard Electricity Losses in Distribution Networks in the North Caucasus in 2011; Purchases for the implementation of the long-term development programs for electricity metering systems in the retail electricity markets in the Company's subsidiaries; Agreement on the principal areas of selling power sales companies of subsidiaries and development companies and subsidiary subsidiaries of the Company; Program to improve the payment discipline in the retail and wholesale electricity markets with respect to suppliers of last resort that are the Company's subsidiaries and operate in constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasian Federal District; Report on the implementation of the Innovative Development Program of the Company Until 2016 for the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2011; Methodology for calculating the energy audit of the Company's subsidiaries providing electricity distribution services; Report on the implementation of the Plan for Implementing the Strategy for Development of the Company Until 2015 with Long-Term Plans Until 2020; Performance results of LENENERGO as related to the implementation of the Program to Renew Cable Lines of 6–110 kV in Saint Petersburg and the implementation of the work schedule; Progress in carrying out the critical task of implementing the Smart Metering project for the integrated electricity metering system; Report on operational risks of the Company's subsidiaries; 37 Model structure of the energy conservation and energy efficiency enhancement programs of the Company's subsidiaries; Approval of the scenario conditions for formulating the capital investment programs of the subsidiaries; Report on the status of occupational injuries at subsidiaries in 2011; report on work to reduce occupational injury risks at the Company's subsidiaries and implement the Injury Risk Mitigation Program for 2012–2013; Progress in organizing compulsory energy audits of subsidiaries; Issue of exchange-traded bonds of the Company's subsidiaries; Model list of measures related to energy conservation and energy efficiency enhancement of the Company's subsidiaries; Strategy of the Company's Subsidiaries on Information Technology, Automation and Telecommunications Until 2016; Performance results of Kubanenergo as related to implementing the Program of the Construction of Olympic Games Sites and the Development of Sochi as a Mountain Climate Resort in 2011 and complying with the Olympstroy State Corporation schedule in the 1st half of 2012; Plan of the Company's rule-making activities in energy conservation and energy efficiency enhancement and relations between the Company's subsidiaries and participants infrastructural entities in the wholesale and retail electricity and capacity markets; Analysis of the maximum utilization rate of the Company's subsidiaries’ main substations in 2011 and the expected utilization rate of the main substations as of January 1, 2013, with due consideration to the implementation of the 2012–2017 capital investment programs; Consolidated investment program of the Company for 2012–2017, including 2012; Principal areas of activities of the Company and its subsidiaries in energy conservation and energy efficiency enhancement; Report on the completion of introducing the Olympic Games Site construction management system into Kubanenergo; Progress in the implementation of the Consolidated Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Enhancement Program of the Company; Approval of a restated version of the model internal control policy of the Company's subsidiaries engaged in electricity distribution; Results of preparations for the 2012/13 heat deficit period; Approval of the Model Regulations for the Investing Activities of Subsidiaries of the Company; Results of the inspection of the financial and economic activities of the Company; Report on the progress in the implementation of the Plan for Implementing the Strategy for Development of the Company'Until 2015 with Long-Term Plans Until 2020; Approval of the Program to Improve the Reliability of the Resort Town of Sochi for 2013–2016; Methods for consolidating the territorial grid organizations located in the North Caucasian Federal District within IDGC of Northern Caucasus; Progress in the Company's subsidiaries’ selling noncore assets. 38 Internal Audit Commission Members of the Internal Audit Commission of the Company elected by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 30, 2012: No. Full Name 1. Anna Valeryevna Drokova 2. Valeria Dmitryevna Kuvaeva 3. Oleg Anatolyevich Oreshkin 4. Sergey Aleksandrovich Pakhomov 5. Pavel Viktorovich Shpilevoy Position (as of the time of nomination) Deputy Division Head, Federal Agency for State Property Management of the Russian Federation Division Advisor, Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation Division Head, Federal Agency for State Property Management of the Russian Federation Deputy Division Head, Federal Agency for State Property Management of the Russian Federation Deputy Division Director, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation 39 2.6. Remuneration The remuneration paid in 2012 to the members of the Board of Directors for the period from June 22, 2011, to June 30, 2012, is 6 636,53 thousand rubles. Remuneration No. Full Name (rubles in thousands) 1. Andrey Removich Bokarev N/A 2. Georgy Valentinovich Boos 201,90 3. Sergey Renatovich Borisov 516,92 4. Pavel Andreyevich Borodin 490,00 5. Valery Alekseyevich Gulyaev 414,62 6. Vladimir Vasilyevich Kolmogorov 7. Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kravchenko 516,92 8. Viktor Vasilyevich Kudryavy 560,00 9. Georgy Petrovich Kutovoy 484,62 10. Sergey Vladimirovich Maslov 269,23 11. Seppo Juha Remes 603,08 12. Sergey Vladimirovich Serebryannikov 473,85 13. Vladimir Vitalyevich Tatsiy 560,00 14. 15. 16. 17. Denis Vladimirovich Fedorov Igor Vladimirovich Khvalin Thomas Martin Hendel Nikolay Nikolayevich Shvets N/A Total: 452,31 689,23 403,85 N/A 6 636,53 The remuneration paid in 2012 to the members of the Internal Audit Commission is 222,03 thousand rubles. Remuneration No. Full Name 1. 2. Aleksey Aleksandrovich Ozherelyev Sergey Aleksandrovich Pakhomov 3. Alexander Mikhailovich Kuryanov 4. 5. Oleg Anatolyevich Oreshkin Pavel Viktorovich Shpilevoy (rubles in thousands) 222,03 N/A N/A Total: N/A N/A 222,03 40 The remuneration paid in 2012 to the management organization, FGC UES, under the agreement for the transfer of the powers of the issuer's sole executive body (Agreement No. 1007 of July 10, 2012) is 15 541,94 thousand rubles. 41 2.7. Significant events after the end of reporting period Issuance of additional shares On 4 March 2013 the placement of the additional share issue of the Company was completed. 9,375,608,049 shares were placed for the amount of RUB 20,251 million paid in cash. On 5 April 2013 the Board of Directors of the Company recommended the General Shareholders Meeting to increase the Company’s charter capital through issuance of 161,066,440,775 additional ordinary shares with a par value of 1 rouble each under an open subscription. The offering price was determined at 2.79 roubles per share. Managing company On 5 April 2013 the Board of Directors of the Company recommended the General Shareholders Meeting to early terminate an agreement signed between JSC “IDGC Holding” and Open Joint Stock company “Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System” (hereinafter referred to as JSC “FGC UES”) by which the powers of the sole executive body of JSC “IDGC Holding” were transferred to JSC “FGC UES”. Status of electricity supplier From February 2013, pursuant to orders of the Russian Ministry of Energy, "On the transfer of the functions of electricity supplier" JSC IDGC of Siberia, JSC IDGC of North-West, JSC IDGC of Centre, JSC IDGC of Centre and Volga Region, JSC IDGC of Volga undertook the functions of electricity supplier in Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, Omsk, Novgorod, Ivanovo, Tula, Penza regions and Karelia republic. Hence, in addition to performing power transmission services, the group subsidiaries commenced performing a whole range of power distribution services: purchasing electricity on the wholesale market and selling it on the retail market, and entering into power purchase agreements with all customers, including householders. The functions of the electricity supplier will be undertaken by these subsidiaries until the effective date of the decision to provide the tender winner with the electricity supplier status in the abovementioned operating areas, but for not more than 12 months. 42 3. Operating Performance Review of 2012 3.1. Major Operating Results Electricity Transmission The Company’s total electricity delivery to customers and allied territorial grid organizations in 2012 was 597,249.4 million kWh, or 1.25% more than in 2011 (589,870.9 million kWh). Operating Results in 2012 Delivery to Networks Subsidiary million kWh IDGC of Centre Delivery from Networks to Customers and Allied Territorial Grid Organizations, million kWh Electricity Losses million kWh % 63,968.46 57,870.52 6,097.94 9.53 59,682.91 54,539.09 5,143.83 8.62 61,365.83 57,462.18 3,903.64 6.36 IDGC of North-West 43,239.29 40,467.64 2,771.65 6.41 IDGC of Siberia 80,568.06 74,004.80 6,563.25 8.15 TDC IDGC of Urals IDGC of South IDGC of Northern Caucasus Kubanenergo MOESK LENENERGO 6,629.49 76,065.29 30,176.60 6,039.37 70,080.89 27,262.39 590.12 5,984.40 2,914.20 8.90 7.87 9.66 11,131.78 9,561.53 1,570.25 14.11 20,767.39 86,915.65 34,513.04 18,092.61 78,546.10 30,934.64 2,674.78 8,369.55 3,578.41 12.88 9.63 10.37 Tyumenenergo 70,870.03 69,061.22 1,808.81 2.55 Yantarenergo Total 4,052.48 649,946.28 3,326.42 597,249.40 726.06 52,696.87 17.92 8.11 IDGC of Center and Volga Region IDGC of Volga 43 Changes in Electricity Delivery from Networks in 2011–2012 Electricity Delivery to Customers and Allied Territorial Grid Organizations, million kWh Subsidiary Change 2011 2012 million kWh % IDGC of Centre 56,667.42 57,870.52 1,203.10 2.12 IDGC of Center and Volga Region 54,298.85 54,539.09 240.24 0.44 IDGC of Volga 57,622.80 57,462.18 -160.61 -0.28 IDGC of North-West 40,243.69 40,467.64 223.94 0.56 IDGC of Siberia TDC IDGC of Urals 72,079.23 6,074.54 71,576.96 74,004.80 6,039.37 70,080.89 1,925.57 -35.17 -1,496.07 2.67 -0.58 -2.09 IDGC of South 27,172.38 27,262.39 90.01 0.33 IDGC of Northern Caucasus 9,477.77 9,561.53 83.76 0.88 Kubanenergo MOESK 17,197.98 75,469.67 18,092.61 78,546.10 894.63 3,076.44 5.20 4.08 LENENERGO 29,913.93 30,934.64 1,020.70 3.41 Tyumenenergo Yantarenergo Total 68,881.62 3,194.07 589,870.91 69,061.22 3,326.42 597,249.40 179.60 132.35 7,378.49 0.26 4.14 1.25 Changes in Electricity Delivery from Networks in 2011–2012 on a Comparable Basis (i.e. inclusive of electricity delivered to last mile customers in 2012) Electricity Delivery to Customers and Allied Territorial Grid Organizations (on a Basis Comparable with 2012), million kWh Subsidiary Change 2011 2012 million kWh % 44 IDGC of Centre 56,667.42 58,033.62 1,366.20 2.41 IDGC of Center and Volga Region 54,298.85 54,604.67 305.82 0.56 IDGC of Volga 57,622.80 58,272.15 649.35 1.13 IDGC of North-West 40,243.69 40,636.90 393.21 0.98 IDGC of Siberia TDC IDGC of Urals 72,079.23 6,074.54 71,576.96 74,680.51 6,271.87 72,013.43 2,601.28 197.33 436.47 3.61 3.25 0.61 IDGC of South 27,172.38 27,306.72 134.33 0.49 IDGC of Northern Caucasus 9,477.77 9,564.61 86.84 0.92 Kubanenergo MOESK 17,197.98 75,469.67 18,092.61 78,546.10 894.63 3,076.44 5.20 4.08 LENENERGO 29,913.93 30,934.64 1,020.70 3.41 Tyumenenergo Yantarenergo Total 68,881.62 3,194.07 589,870.91 69,061.22 3,326.42 601,345.47 179.60 132.35 11,474.56 0.26 4.14 1.95 Excluding the portion of electricity redistributed to FGC UES in 2012 and delivered to customers connected to electric grid facilities that are part of the Unified National (All-Russian) Electric Grid (so-called last mile customers), electricity delivery showed a 1.95% increase. Actual Electricity Losses in 2010–2011 Electricity Losses 2011 Actual Subsidiary 2012 Actual Change million kWh % %* million kWh % million kWh % IDGC of Centre 6,247.24 9.93 9.96 6,097.94 9.53 -149.30 -0.42 IDGC of Center and Volga Region 5,353.71 8.97 8.98 5,143.83 8.62 -209.89 -0.37 45 IDGC of Volga 4,207.47 6.80 6.90 3,903.64 6.36 -303.83 -0.53 IDGC of North-West IDGC of Siberia TDC 2,747.06 6,875.86 576.08 6.39 8.71 8.66 6.42 8.78 8.98 2,771.65 6,563.25 590.12 6.41 8.15 8.90 24.59 -312.60 14.04 -0.01 -0.64 -0.07 IDGC of Urals 6,179.42 7.95 8.15 5,984.40 7.87 -195.03 -0.28 IDGC of South 2,842.21 9.47 9.48 2,914.20 9.66 72.00 0.17 IDGC of Northern Caucasus Kubanenergo 1,589.63 2,783.71 14.36 13.93 14.37 13.93 1,570.25 2,674.78 14.11 12.88 -19.38 -108.94 -0.26 -1.05 MOESK 8,695.59 10.33 10.33 8,369.55 9.63 -326.04 -0.70 LENENERGO Tyumenenergo Yantarenergo Total 3,546.44 1,789.69 667.90 54,102.03 10.60 2.53 17.29 8.40 10.60 2.53 17.29 8.46 3,578.41 1,808.81 726.06 52,696.87 10.37 2.55 17.92 8.11 31.96 19.11 58.15 -1,405.16 -0.23 0.02 0.62 -0.35 * Electricity losses in 2011 are calculated on a basis comparable with 2012 Total actual electricity losses were 52,696.9 million kWh, or 8.11% of electricity delivered to networks. With electricity delivery to networks increased by 1.57% on 2011 (on a basis comparable with 2012), electricity losses in 2012 fell by 1,405.2 million kWh, or 0.35% against 2011 on a comparable basis. The reduction in electricity losses was due primarily to the measures implemented under the Consolidated Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Enhancement Program for the Company's Subsidiaries for 2012–2017 approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. Changes in Revenues from Electricity Distribution Services in 2010–2011 Subsidiary IDGC of Centre Revenues from Electricity Distribution Services, million rubles (exclusive of VAT) Change 2011 2012 million rubles % 65,670.57 67,486.83 1,816.26 2.77 63,248.81 58,375.41 -4,873.39 -7.71 47,222.12 45,124.13 -2,097.98 -4.44 IDGC of North-West 29,486.28 29,276.40 -209.88 -0.71 IDGC of Siberia 50,359.83 48,305.79 -2,054.04 -4.08 TDC IDGC of Urals IDGC of South 6,501.48 52,866.14 22,688.10 6,327.67 49,691.28 21,362.64 -173.81 -3,174.87 -1,325.46 -2.67 -6.01 -5.84 IDGC of Center and Volga Region IDGC of Volga 46 IDGC of Northern Caucasus Kubanenergo MOESK LENENERGO 10,235.30 9,982.58 -252.72 -2.47 27,535.50 106,993.82 28,526.19 27,194.31 100,280.18 28,815.86 -341.20 -6,713.64 289.67 -1.24 -6.27 1.02 Tyumenenergo 45,764.03 45,259.84 -504.19 -1.10 Yantarenergo Total 7,569.46 564,667.63 3,207.41 540,690.32 -4,362.05 -23,977.31 -57.63 -4.25 Total revenues from electricity distribution services in 2012 reached 540,690.3 million rubles (exclusive of VAT), which is a 4.25% decrease as compared with 2011. Revenues from electricity distribution services went down mainly due to: Lower electricity distribution tariffs of Nizhnovenergo, a branch of IDGC of Center and Volga Region, and Orenburgenergo, a branch of IDGC of Volga, because of changes in the mechanism for returning cross-subsidies to suppliers of last resort; A reduction in the average electricity distribution tariff of Buryatenergo, a branch of IDGC of Siberia. This was caused by the fact that the volume of electricity distribution services used to calculate electricity distribution tariffs for 2012 included the last mile volume (in accordance with Order No. 374 of August 25, 2011, of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation). In 2010– 2011, the last mile volume was not included in the planned volume of electricity distribution services used to calculate tariffs. Customers’ refusal to accept electricity distribution services provided by the Company's subsidiaries using last mile facilities as ordered by courts to force FGC UES to enter into direct electricity distribution services agreements with these customers (IDGC of Siberia, TDC, IDGC of Urals, and IDGC of North-West); Changes in Moscow’s tariff and contract model; The separation of retail operations from Yantarenergo’s business (in 2011, revenues were based on electricity tariffs whereas, in 2012, revenues came from tariffs of electricity distribution services). Provision of Network Connection Services Network connection is comprehensive services designed to make it technically feasible to supply electricity to customers. These services include the actual connection of power-receiving equipment of electricity consumers, power generation facilities, and electric grid facilities owned by grid organizations and other persons to networks of grid organizations. Network connection services are provided for applicants if: Power-receiving equipment is put into operation for the first time; The connected capacity of previously connected power-receiving equipment under rehabilitation is increased; The electricity supply reliability categories, connection points, or production operation type of previously connected power-receiving equipment are changed without involving any revision of its 47 connected capacity value, but the external electricity supply of such power-receiving equipment is implemented in a different manner. Network Connection Tariffs The connection fee amount is determined by executive authorities of constituent entities of the Russian Federation in charge of government regulation of tariffs.. Structure of Fee Rates Charged by the Company’s SDCs as of December 31, 2012 Free Rate, rubles/kW 6 10 Standardized Free Rate, rubles/kilometer 12 72 Free Rate, rubles/kW + Standardized Free Rate, rubles/kilometer Individual Tariff, rubles/connection Payment under network connection contracts is made on a one-shot basis, and it can be agreed that payment is made for separate network connection operations. The connection fee for power-receiving equipment rated 15 kW or below (including any power-receiving equipment previously connected to a given connection point) is not in excess of 550 rubles, provided that the distance between the requesting entity’s site boundary to electric grid facilities having the voltage class necessary for the requesting entity and operated by the grid organization receiving the request is not in excess of 300 meters in urban areas and urban-type settlements or 500 meters in rural areas. Monitoring of Network Connections In 2012, the Group received 414,849 network connection requests for total capacity of 27,457 MW and entered into 333,675 network connection contracts for total capacity of 11,875 MW. The number of actually signed network connection certificates was 210,237 for total capacity of 6,098 MW. 48 Monitoring of Network Connections in 2012* Number of Connections Subsidiary 1 IDGC of Centre LENENERGO MOESK IDGC of Volga Yantarenergo IDGC of South Kubanenergo IDGC of Northern Caucasus Tyumenenergo IDGC of Siberia TDC IDGC of North-West IDGC of Urals IDGC of Center and Volga Region The Company’s SDCs Other companies** The Company’s SDCs, including other companies Number of Network Connection Requests Signed Network Connection Contracts (Signed Network Connection Certificates) connectio MW ns 6 7 36,555 813 6,949 523 16,904 1,021 12,210 301 1,809 90 15,926 380 16,484 380 5,521 109 3,473 337 21,953 565 2,718 41 16,701 340 18,305 472 3 2,692 2,484 6,761 1,659 354 2,206 1,910 234 810 2,383 67 1,256 2,051 contract s 4 52,853 20,159 37,505 16,375 3,865 16,435 21,852 5,910 5,444 37,102 2,991 25,078 29,583 5 1,313 960 2,594 595 119 466 524 166 583 1,194 56 526 1,159 56,287 404,300 10,549 2,061 26,928 528 49,110 324,262 9,413 1,429 11,682 193 28,393 203,901 6,336 613 5,982 115 414,849 27,457 333,675 11,875 210,237 6,098 requests MW 2 63,427 29,831 53,159 18,004 6,463 23,957 26,900 6,371 5,874 43,418 3,582 31,116 35,911 MW * Data excludes information on power generation facilities. **include Yargorelektroset, Tsarskoye Selo Electric Grid Company, Kurortenergo, Dagenergoset, NURENERGO, Ingushenergoset, Tyvaenergo, and ENCE. The share of completed connections in total demand for capacity in 2012 is 22% in physical terms (MW) and 51% in quantitative terms (the number of connections). The share of signed network connection contracts in total demand for capacity is 43% in physical terms (MW) and 80% in quantitative terms (the number of connections). 49 The Company’s Changes in the Number of Submitted Network Connection Requests and Signed Network Connection Certificates for 2010–2012 (pcs.) pcs. 500 000 414 849 400 000 278 429 227 802 300 000 331 570 272 587 134 471 168 499 12 months of 2010 12 months of 2011 200 000 333 675 210 237 100 000 0 12 months of 2012 Number of network connection requests Number of signed network connection contrancts number of completed network connection contracts The Company’s Changes in the Total Capacity Covered by Submitted Network Connection Requests and Signed Network Connection Certificates for 2010–2012 (MW) 27 457 30 000 MW 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000 5 000 0 20 144 21 274 7 624 4 199 8 737 4 576 12 months of 2010 12 months of2011 11 875 6 098 12 months of2012 Capacity covered by network connection requests Capacity covered by signed network connection contracts Capacity covered by completed network connection contracts In 2012, the Company's subsidiaries received 414,849 network connection requests, totaling 27,457 MW. The number of submitted network connection requests for the 12 months of 2012 increased by 25% on the 12 months of 2011, while the capacity covered by network connection requests for the 12 months of 2012 grew by 30% as compared with the 12 months of 2011. The Company's subsidiaries signed 333,675 network connection contracts for the 12 months of 2012, totaling 11,875 MW. The number of signed network connection contracts and the capacity covered by 50 these contracts for the 12 months of 2012 increased by 22% and 36% respectively on the 12 months of 2011. The number of actually signed network connection certificates was 210,237, totaling 6,098 MW. The number of completed network connection contracts for the 12 months of 2012 grew by 25% against the 12 months of 2011. The rise in capacity (MW) reached 33%. Monitoring of Network Connections in 2012 for Power Generation Facilities Number of Connections Subsidiary 1 IDGC of Centre LENENERGO MOESK IDGC of Volga Yantarenergo IDGC of South Kubanenergo IDGC of Northern Caucasus Tyumenenergo IDGC of Siberia TDC IDGC of North-West IDGC of Urals IDGC of Center and Volga Region The Company’s SDCs Other companies* The Company’s SDCs, including other companies Number of Network Connection Requests Signed Network Connection Contracts (Signed Network Connection Certificates) connections MW 6 7 3 41 0 0 1 400 1 225 0 0 3 22 1 180 0 0 8 212 1 23 1 16 1 110 2 0 requests 2 11 1 4 0 0 13 6 13 0 7 1 5 3 MW 3 409 450 1,410 0 0 352 566 182 0 216 16 36 480 contracts 4 5 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 0 8 1 0 1 MW 5 24 450 10 0 0 275 367 3 0 231 16 0 248 6 225 3 92 2 85 70 2 4,343 13 29 2 1,716 13 24 0 1,313 0 72 4,355 31 1,728 24 1,313 * include Yargorelektroset, Tsarskoye Selo Electric Grid Company, Kurortenergo, Dagenergoset, NURENERGO, Ingushenergoset, Tyvaenergo, and ENCE. For the 12 months of 2012, subsidiaries received 72 network connection requests, totaling 4,355 MW; entered into 31 network connection contracts, totaling 1,728 MW; and actually signed 24 network connection certificates, totaling 1,313 MW. 51 Revenues from Network Connection Services In 2012, with the planned target of 35,933 million rubles, exclusive of VAT, the Group’s actual revenues from network connection services totaled 37,604 million rubles, exclusive of VAT, or 105% of the plan. Revenues from Network Connection Services in 2012 Subsidiary 1 IDGC of Centre LENENERGO MOESK IDGC of Volga Yantarenergo IDGC of South Kubanenergo IDGC of Northern Caucasus Tyumenenergo IDGC of Siberia TDC IDGC of North-West IDGC of Urals IDGC of Center and Volga Region The Company’s SDCs Other companies* The Company’s SDCs, including other companies Planned Revenues from Network Connection Services million rubles, exclusive of VAT 2 987 7,928 17,303 299 193 1,852 785 1,107 974 655 18 774 1,269 1,164 35,308 625 Actual (Registered) Revenues from Network Connection Services million rubles, exclusive of VAT 3 1,178 7,282 17,386 416 220 1,954 843 1,119 1,231 1,291 41 1,412 1,268 1,220 36,862 743 35,933 37,604 *include Yargorelektroset, Tsarskoye Selo Electric Grid Company, Kurortenergo, Dagenergoset, NURENERGO, Ingushenergoset, Tyvaenergo, and ENCE. 52 3.2. Capital Investment The 2012 consolidated investment program takes account of the Company's subsidiaries’ current capex programs approved in accordance with Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 977 of December 1, 2009, including with respect to the facilities necessary for power supply for preparations for and holding of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The capex programs of the Company's subsidiaries take into consideration the following principal requirements: Compliance of investment projects with the models and programs of electricity industry development of the of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (prepared and approved in accordance with Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 823 of January 17, 2009) or the models of 0.38–20 kV electric grid facility development (if available); Inclusion of the facilities initiated in the previous years; Inclusion of the facilities intended for preventing (reducing) long-lasting power outages that affect socially important facilities and vital infrastructure; Inclusion of the facilities in an unsatisfactory technical condition, whose routine maintenance and repair are economically and technically infeasible; Inclusion of the facilities from target-oriented programs; Ensuring that metering instruments close boundaries with large customers, including the 100% closing of boundaries with consumers of over 750 kVA and allied grid organizations (TGOs); Implementation of measures to build/modernize the Automated Information System of Electricity Billing Metering of the Retail Electricity Market at metering points; Inclusion of the facilities necessary to perform obligations under network connection contracts; inclusion of the facilities ensuring that generators deliver capacity under capacity supply agreements. Furthermore, the consolidated investment program contains the facilities ensuring the implementation of the following programs: Energy conservation and energy efficiency enhancement; Creation of the system of automated emergency and process control equipment; Implementation of programs for creating the telecontrol and communication system; Installation of voltage regulators and reactive power compensators. The Company's subsidiaries’ capital investment is the capital expenditures that include expenses related to new construction; rehabilitation, expansion, and technical upgrading of production and non-production facilities; acquisition of buildings, structures, equipment, land, and facilities intended for the use of natural resources; acquisition and creation of intangible assets; and other capital investment expenses; and equity investments in electric grid companies. In 2012, the amount of invested funds was 143,672 million rubles (exclusive of VAT), with financing of 156,084 million rubles (inclusive of VAT), while commissioned fixed assets totaled 137,320 million rubles. Commissioned capacity in 2012 reached 14,147 MVA and 29,112 kilometers. 53 Key Indicators of the Consolidated Investment Program in 2012 Subsidiary IDGC of Siberia TDC Tyumenenergo IDGC of Urals IDGC of Volga IDGC of South Kubanenergo IDGC of Northern Caucasus NURENERGO IDGC of Center and Volga Region IDGC of North-West LENENERGO Yantarenergo IDGC of Centre MOESK Tyvaenergo ENCE Total Financing (million rubles, inclusive of VAT) 5,430 397 15,799 8,981 9,246 5,095 8,523 5,867 551 14,188 9,842 11,089 5,223 9,826 Commissione d Fixed Assets (million rubles, exclusive of VAT) 6,372 401 11,417 6,863 8,741 3,439 4,587 5,475 5,830 3,186 242 1,471 243 339 177 31 178 9,458 10,873 10,049 693 3,603 6,792 14,891 420 15,847 36,095 108 872 143,672 8,157 16,000 517 19,193 37,425 71 1,095 156,084 6,277 16,075 434 17,036 39,095 69 3,101 137,320 469 1,911 23 1,545 4,792 5 553 14,147 1,836 1,581 105 8,345 4,320 34 90 29,112 Capital Investment (million rubles, exclusive of VAT) Commissione d Fixed Assets (MVA) Commissione d Fixed Assets (kilometers) 633 115 865 621 780 203 666 1,487 793 716 1,242 1,753 1,316 241 Changes in Commissioned Capacity Under the Consolidated Investment Program for 2010–2012 Subsidiary IDGC of Siberia TDC Tyumenenergo IDGC of Urals IDGC of Volga IDGC of South Kubanenergo IDGC of Northern 2010 MVA 424 85 741 669 520 296 265 216 kilometers 1,060 627 256 1,670 1,144 467 166 600 2011 MVA 349 5 624 424 700 408 258 316 kilometers 1548 43 166 1169 1544 1185 240 845 2012 MVA 633 115 865 621 780 203 666 242 kilometers 1,487 793 716 1,242 1,753 1,316 241 1,471 54 Changes in Commissioned Capacity Under the Consolidated Investment Program for 2010–2012 Subsidiary Caucasus NURENERGO IDGC of Center and Volga Region IDGC of North-West LENENERGO Yantarenergo IDGC of Centre MOESK Tyvaenergo ENCE Total 2010 2011 2012 MVA kilometers MVA kilometers MVA kilometers 64 49 41 200 31 178 711 2,226 1264 3086 693 3,603 299 932 126 1,050 2,276 0 95 8,770 897 1,508 64 4,155 2,005 0 22 16,915 540 996 118 1490 1597 9 166 9,304 1485 1713 154 4630 2726 61 52 20,848 469 1,911 23 1,545 4,792 5 553 14,147 1,836 1,581 105 8,345 4,320 34 90 29,112 Changes in Capital Investment Under the Consolidated Investment Program for 2010–2012 (rubles in millions, exclusive of VAT) 160 000 140 000 120 000 100 000 80 000 60 000 40 000 20 000 0 130 156 143 672 87 023 2010 2011 2012 55 Changes in Commissioned Capacity Under the Consolidated Investment Program for 2010–2012 (MVA and kilometers) 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 30 000 25 000 20 848 16 915 20 000 14 147 9 304 6 000 4 000 35 000 29 112 15 000 10 000 8 770 5 000 2 000 0 0 2010 2011 MBA 2012 Км The fact that some of the Company’s subsidiaries began to employ the return on invested capital method (RAB) for tariff regulation was the main contributor to increased capital investment, which enabled subsidiaries and dependent companies to raise the value of their capex programs and expand their network connection services, including for customers qualifying for preferential terms. Capital investment in 2012 grew by 10.4% on 2011. Breakdown of Financing Sources for the Investment Program in 2010–2012, (rubles in millions, inclusive of VAT) Source 2010 2011 2012 Tariff-based revenues 38,759 41.5% 59,728 45.9% 58,764 37.6% Borrowed funds 15,929 17.1% 37,116 28.5% 38,642 24.8% Connection fees and other sources 37,213 39.9% 26,533 20.4% 48,978 31.4% Additionally issued shares 1,450 1.6% 6,779 5.2% 9,700 6.2% Financing (million rubles, inclusive of VAT) 93,351 100% 130,156 100% 156,084 100% The principal financing sources for the 2012 investment program were tariff-based revenues (37.6%), borrowed funds (24.8%), additionally issued shares (6.2%), connection fees and other sources (31.4%). Areas and Structure of Capital Investment Under the Consolidated Investment Program, (rubles in millions, exclusive of VAT) 56 Areas of Capital Investment 2010 2011 2012 1. Technical upgrading and rehabilitation 44,947 51.6% 76,015 58.4% 74,985 52.2% 2. New construction 37,162 42.7% 50,664 38.9% 54,497 37.9% 3. Other 4,915 5.6% 3,476 2.7% 14,190 9.9% Total 87,023 100% 130,156 100% 143,672 100% Breakdown of Capital Investment Under the Consolidated Investment Program in 2012 9,9% 37,9% Technical upgrading anf rehabilitation New construction 52,2% Other In 2012, the principal areas of capital investment were technical upgrading and rehabilitation (52.2%) and new construction (37.9%). Results of Investing Activities 2012 witnessed the commissioning of 50 significant electric grid facilities. In 2012, the Company also implemented certain measures that were of substantial importance to passing the 2012/13 heat deficit period. The following facilities were completed in 2012: Vologda CHPP, Livny CHPP, Urengoy TPP, Novokuybyshevsk CHPP-1, and Nyagan TPP. Work on the other facilities was performed in accordance with the 2012 investment program. Pursuant to Resolution of the Management Board, the boards of directors of the Company's subsidiaries determined that implementing the Construction Management System for Major Investment Projects (CMS) was a priority for their operations. 57 The principal goals of implementing the CMS are as follows: Ensure the attainment of targets contained in the capital investment programs of subsidiaries; Improve construction management efficiency for major investment projects as related to construction periods, costs, and quality; Enhance the transparency of the investment process; Optimize the decision-making mechanism for investment project implementation management as related to raising the quality and speed of making decisions on any occurring deviations; Standardize the management of specific projects and cut labor costs associated with working out The APMS includes scheduling and network planning, estimate data integration, and data portal modules. The Data Portal Module ensures the most effective management of communications in projects, including arranging meetings and monitoring the implementation of project-related instructions, preparing reports and downloading project-related documents, viewing network schedules and monitoring the performance of project-related work by means of online photo and video reports. Out of the 55 pilot projects, 15 were put into operation in 2012, the commissioning of the other facilities is scheduled for later dates. 58 Federal Target-oriented Programs The programs that involve financing from federal budget funds are carried out, coordinated, and supervised by the Department for Implementation of Federal Target-oriented Program Projects. The Company's SDCs implemented the following programs in 2012: Kubanenergo The Program of the Construction of Olympic Games Sites and the Development of Sochi as a Mountain Climate Resort. Kubanenergo is responsible for the construction and rehabilitation of 16 facilities included in the Program of the Construction of Olympic Games Sites and the Development of Sochi as a Mountain Climate Resort. The results achieved in 2012 are as follows: Program Construction of Olympic Games Sites Capital Investment, million rubles Plan Actual 6,611.7 6,314.1 Commissioned Fixed Assets, million rubles Plan Actual 2012 Financing, million rubles, inclusive of VAT Plan Actual Plan Actual 2,130 5,847.6 212 219.25 89.7 1,990.3 5,835.7 MVA Kilometers Plan Actual 86.9 In accordance with the limits allocated for the 2013 capital investment program of Kubanenergo, it is planned to finance 16,059 million rubles, inclusive of VAT, of investments, including 16,265 million rubles, inclusive of VAT, from federal budget funds. It is planned to utilize investments of 13,206 million rubles. The Program of the Construction of Olympic Games Sites and the Development of Sochi as a Mountain Climate Resort is scheduled for completion in 2013. It is planned that the facilities will finally be put into operation in or before October 2013. LENENERGO The Program to renew Cable Lines of 6–110 kV in Saint Petersburg in order to enhance the operating reliability of the cable network and secure an uninterrupted electricity supply for the city’s districts. The program involves making investments in the replacement of cable lines in Saint Petersburg and Kronshtadt, including out of federal budget funds. This program is developed and carried out to provide customers with a more reliable electricity supply and prevent any possible severe process failures. The results achieved in 2012 are as follows: Program Capital Investment, 2012 Commissioned Financing, million Kilometers 59 million rubles Renewal of Cable Lines of 6– 110 kV Plan Actual 1,840 1,083 Fixed Assets, million rubles, inclusive of VAT rubles Plan Actual Plan Actual Plan 635 608 2,310 1,116 9.4 Actual 8.3 The utilization and financing of investments were 59% and 48% respectively; commissioned fixed assets were 96%; commissioned cable lines in physical terms were 88%. The failure to attain the targets of the program in 2012 is due to a number of objective factors, namely: the necessity of changing technical solutions in the course of work; difficulty in obtaining the warrant for planned work; the lengthy obtainment from the federal agency in charge of state expert reviews, Glavgosekspertiza of Russia, of a positive opinion on facilities covered by the program; and the failure by contractors to perform their contractual obligations. IDGC of Siberia The Investment Project of Implementing the External Electricity Supply to the Raspadskaya Mine and Enhancing the Reliability of Electricity Supply to the Mezhdurechensk District, Kemerovo Region. The project involves the construction of five electric grid facilities: three SS 110 kV Raspadskaya-4, Raspadskaya-5, and Raspadskaya-6 with total capacity of 192 MVA, and two OL 110 kV Tom-Usinskaya TPP–Raspadskaya-5-1 and Tom-Usinskaya TPP–Raspadskaya-5-2 with a total length of 104 kilometers. The financing and utilization of investments in 2012 were 263 million rubles, inclusive of VAT, and 275 million rubles, exclusive of VAT, respectively. IDGC of Northern Caucasus The Comprehensive Program of Measures to Reduce Above-standard Electricity Losses in Distribution Networks in the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Ingushetia, and the Chechen Republic. The Comprehensive Program specifies measures to organize, modernize, and automate metering procedures for all billing metering points and for the key main substations that require electricity metering. Based on the planned targets of the capital investment program of IDGC of Northern Caucasus 2,549 million rubles, inclusive of VAT, or 86%, was actually financed, including 2,406 million rubles, inclusive of VAT, from federal budget funds. The amount of utilized investments covered by work completion certificates was 2,284 million rubles, inclusive of VAT, or 87% of the plan. 60 The project implementation in 2012 involved certain delays necessitating the postponement of the program’s completion to 2013. 61 3.3. Research and Innovation The Company’s innovation activities are aimed at developing and creating advanced technologies and promoting their use by the Company on a constantly renewable basis. The Board of Directors approved the Innovative Development Program covering the period until 2016 (“Program”). The Program received approval from the Working Group on Public-Private Partnership Development in Innovation under the Governmental Commission on High Technologies and Innovations. The Program was adjusted in November 2012. The Company defined the main areas of innovative development listed below: Introducing high-technology equipment and advanced technologies; Improving business processes and the innovation process management system; Enhancing energy conservation and energy efficiency; Raising environmental friendliness; Improving the quality control system; Developing and implementing innovative services and products to be promoted in existing and new markets; Cooperating with higher education institutions and scientific organizations; Cooperating with innovative small and medium-sized businesses. Due to the transfer of the powers of MRSK Holding’s sole executive body to FGC UES in July 2012, it was decided to consolidate both companies’ innovative development programs and formulate a common R&D plan in order to avoid the overlapping of activities and measures. The 4th quarter of 2012 saw the completion of the preparatory stage of carrying out the Program, focusing on the implementation and validation of the necessary regulatory framework that had previously been developed to govern the innovation activities of the Company and its subsidiaries, innovation project management, and the creation of an environment for the implementation of the R&D plan. During 2012, contracts were awarded for 60 R&D assignments. In the reporting period, 112 assignments were in the implementation phase (out of the planned 159 assignments) and received 729.56 million rubles of financing, or 46% of the planned financing for SDCs’ own R&D programs for 2012. The year 2012 witnessed the completion of 31 R&D assignments with the contract value totaling 212.36 million rubles. As part of collaborating with research centers, the Company and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) signed an agreement in December 2012. Skoltech is a graduate research university aimed at educating global leaders in innovation, advancing scientific knowledge, and fostering new technologies to ensure the accelerated growth and competitiveness of the Russian economy. On a regular basis, the Company and its SDCs cooperate with educational institutions that provide training in energy. Under agreements, educational establishments organize training sessions on specific subjects, 62 arrange study tours of training grounds, and hold open house events. Additionally, representatives of the Company and its SDCs take part in meetings of certification commissions evaluating graduation projects, while researches and teachers of higher education institutions are engaged to conduct studies as part of efforts to carry out SDCs’ R&D plans. Measures are taken to provide target-oriented personnel training at higher education institutions on a systematic basis and under programs of extended occupational education and advanced training. Engaged by SDCs, higher education institutions carried out 14 R&D assignments in the reporting year with the contract value totaling 70,213.8 thousand rubles and the actual financing reaching 24,185.39 thousand rubles. As related to improving business processes and developing information technology, the reporting year’s efforts aimed to methodologically prepare an environment for introducing the Integrated Production Asset Administration System into the Company’s SDCs engaged in electricity distribution. For instance, the Company formulated and approved the Model Standard for Production Asset Administration for its subsidiaries and dependent companies. In addition, the Company devised the Concept of Building the Unified Referenced Data System of the Company and its SDCs in Technical Operation and Maintenance Management. The Company also prepared basic reference books with a view to compiling equipment records, such as a uniform equipment classifier, a classifier of equipment status parameters and attributes, an equipment model register, a standard value register for equipment models, and a configuration and template register for standard functional locations. 63 3.4. Reliability and Safety The Company continued working in 2012 to organize and conduct technical audits aimed at enhancing the operating reliability and safety of equipment and reducing the risks of process failures and occupational injuries in the electric grid sector. The development of technical audits in the common internal technical control system of the Company and its subsidiaries aims to improve control procedures in order to obtain complete and reliable information from audits, promptly respond to any negative trends and risks, and take corrective and preventive actions. With the involvement of technical inspection units of its subsidiaries and dependent companies, the Company carried out 1,237 scheduled audits in 2012. These included 58 comprehensive audits, 595 audits on specific subjects, and 584 purpose-oriented inspections audits. In total, subsidiaries and dependent companies and their branches and divisions conducted 16,208 audits within the internal technical control system, including inspections of preparations for the heat deficit period and for special working conditions of electric grid facilities (freshets, thunderstorms, and fire hazards). Breakdown of Nonconformities Found by Audits Operational process control 1,69% 11,91% Engineering certification of equipment, building and structures 11,93% 3,02% Fire safety Construction and regabilitation 11,44% 12,24% 3,57% 12,91% 26% 5,46% Personnnel training Industrial safety Maintenance and repair Safe performance of work Safe operation of equipment Environmental issues Based subsidiaries’ and dependent companies’ audit results showed a positive trend in dealing with the issues of production asset administration as related to the organization of maintenance and repair and to 64 measures to keep equipment in good working order. Overall, the number of deviations found at subsidiaries in this area in 2012 decreased 1.2-fold in the total number of nonconformities. The Company monitored and evaluated the operation of the internal technical control system. Audit opinions contain measures to modify local regulatory documents related to the internal technical control system, improve the quality of audits at all levels, enhance the training of responsible personnel involved in the internal technical control system and their ability to find and identify any existing production risks, and develop and carry out organizational and technical measures to eliminate such risks or reduce them to an acceptable level. 65 3.5. Human Capital and Social Responsibility A key area of the Company’s personnel policy is to retain, replenish, and develop the human assets of distribution grid companies with due consideration to the development prospects of the electric grid sector and the priority given to a reliable power supply for customers. Electric grid companies are the industry’s largest employer with a total staff of about 190 thousand. Treating our employees as human resources rather than labor resources is more than simply a declaration; it is a principle embodied in our consistent human resources policy. The goal of investing in human resources is to raise the market capitalization of the companies and make them more attractive to investors. The human resources policy is based on partner relationships with employees, our commitment to fulfill social and occupational safety obligations, investment in personnel development, and equal opportunities for career development. The staff on the payroll of the Company's subsidiaries in 2012 was 188.8 thousand people, or 1.7 thousand more than in 2011, with the staff on the payroll of the management company being 344 people. Staff on the payroll of the Companies, persons 29 938 IDGC of Center and Volga Region 22 228 IDGC of Volga 21 371 IDGC of Siberia 21 258 MOESK 15 215 IDGC of North-West 14 798 IDGC of South 14 035 IDGC of Urals 12 882 IDGC of Northern Caucasus 12 812 Kubanenergo 7 593 Tyumenenergo 7 222 LENENERGO 6 007 Yantarenergo 1 867 TDC 1 596 0 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 30 000 35 000 The quality of the workforce potential of electricity distribution grid companies are demonstrated by a high supply of labor (97% of the required number of employees in recent years) and low personnel turnover (subsidiaries’ average ratio between voluntary resignations and the staff on the payroll was 6% in 2012). 66 An analysis of qualitative characteristics of personnel proves the effectiveness of measures taken under the uniform human resources policy. The educational level of employees becomes higher in both managed entities and the management company: Personnel Structure evolution by educational level, % 100% 2,2% 2,5% 2,7% 34,1% 35,2% 36,2% 63,6% 62,3% 61,1% 90% 80% 34,5% 35,3% 34,2% 60,8% 61,0% 63,2% 4,8% 3,6% 2,6% 2010 2011 2012 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2010 2011 2012 The Company's subsidiaries secondary/secondary professional education The Company higher education acdemic dagree, two higher education degree As at the end of 2012, 97.4% of the Company employees had higher education, with 9% of them holding candidate of science or doctor of science degrees. Subsidiaries succeeded in continuing to demonstrate a trend in having increasing numbers of employees with higher education even though some companies took on the functions that had previously been outsourced— maintenance and transportation services—with a small share of employees having higher education. Such a high percentage of employees having secondary and secondary professional education is due to the fact that blue-collar jobs account for a large share in the electricity distribution sector’s occupations (54% as at the end of 2012). Subsidiaries give much attention to the training, retraining, and advance training of personnel. In 2012, 87.8% of the staff on the payroll completed training courses (87.6% in 2011). Training encompasses a wide range of programs—from compulsory training programs for operational personnel in accordance with rules for personnel relations to programs aimed at developing professional and managerial competencies of the employees included in the personnel reserve of the companies. 67 Special attention is paid to the training of personnel responsible for ensuring the reliable operation of electric grid and substation equipment. This section of training measures not only aims to raise the professional level of employees but also provides training under programs designed to reduce the occupational injury risk and prevent accidents from occurring through the fault of personnel. In this area of personnel training, the companies cooperated closely in 2012 with the Training Center of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision of the Russian Federation. Training was provided under the programs adapted for electricity distribution grid companies. Twenty regional licensed training centers founded by interregional distribution grid companies work to satisfy the main demand for operational personnel training. About 29.5 thousand employees of the companies were provided with training under the training centers’ programs in 2012. In cooperation with their founders, the training centers regularly update the lists and contents of their training programs in line with electricity distribution grid companies’ needs, renew their teaching aids, and adopt new training techniques using up-to-date multimedia systems. The companies cooperate closely with domestic and foreign educational centers that provide training on the subjects essential for electricity distribution grid companies. Extensive efforts to recruit young employees contribute to subsidiaries retaining and, in some instances, improving the age characteristics of personnel. A third of electricity distribution grid companies’ employees is young people aged 35 or below. Social Responsibility The Company has high standards of social responsibility to its employees. All of the Company’s entities are members of the All-Russia Trade Association of Employers in the Power Industry (RaEl Association), which, together with the All-Russian Electrounion, is a party to the social partnership at federal industry level. Collective bargaining agreements are based on the Sectoral Wage Rate Agreement in the Russian electricity sector for 2009–2011, which is the main legal instrument that governs social and labor relations in electric utilities. Taking account of accumulated practical experience and regional employment market conditions, the collective bargaining agreements set forth the employer’s obligations with respect to working hours and rest periods, salaries and wages, and additional benefits, guarantees, and compensation, as well as the obligations of primary labor union organizations. In 2012, the Company’s entities fulfilled all of the obligations contained in the Sectoral Wage Rate Agreement and collective bargaining agreements. 68 4. Financial Performance Review of 2012 4.1. Profitability Tariff Campaign Results The Company tariff policy, as a group of tariff calculation principles and methods, is shaped by the Russian tariff regulation laws. The legislative acts underlying the regulation of electricity distribution services were revised in 2012: Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1178 of December 29, 2011, “On Pricing in the Area of Regulated Prices (Tariffs) in the Electric Power Industry” approved: the fundamentals of in the area of regulated prices (tariffs) in the electric power industry; the rules for the government regulation (revision, application) of prices (tariffs) in the electric power industry; Order of the Federal Tariff Service of the Russian Federation No. 98-e of February 17, 2012, approved the Guidelines for Calculating Electricity Transmission and Distribution Tariffs Set by the Long-Term Minimum Regulated Revenue Indexation Method; Order of the Federal Tariff Service of the Russian Federation No. 228-e of March 30, 2012, approved the Guidelines on Tariff Regulation Applying the Return on Invested Capital Method. In addition, Order of the Federal Tariff Service of the Russian Federation No. 121-э of February 28, 2012, amended and supplemented the procedure applicable to the Federal Tariff Service’s giving its consent to proposals made by Russian regional executive authorities for tariff regulation with respect to the transition to the return on invested capital method and applicable to decisions to extend the long-term regulation period. The goal of the 2012 tariff campaign was to change the long-term parameters of RAB regulation and approve the long-term tariff decisions, effective from July 1, 2012, for 2012−2017. These efforts resulted in mapping out the plan of the transition to tariff regulation using the return on invested capital method (Regulatory Asset Base, RAB) for 44 branches of subsidiaries for the period until 2017. As of January 1, 2013, RAB regulation was applied by 68% of the branches as compared with 85% as of January 1, 2012 (see Fig. 1). In 2012, the cost-plus pricing method ceased to be applied to regulation. 69 Evolution of the Implementation of Long-Term Tariff Regulation 12% 12% 26% 32% 85% 88% 74% 2009 68% 3% 2011 2010 Cost-plus pricing RAB regulation 2012 Long-term indexation Changes in electricity distribution tariffs in line with Russia’s socioeconomic policy ensure the implementation of programs to maintain a reliable power supply and develop the distribution grid sector. Changes in the weighted average tariff of electricity distribution services as at July 1, 2012 120 kopecks/kWh 100 80 60 40 20 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Weighted average tariff of electricity distribution services The tariff of electricity distribution is an aggregate of expenses related to payments for services provided by FGC UES, expenses related to electricity purchased to compensate for electricity network losses, 70 expenses related to payments for services provided by other local grid organizations, and revenues received by the Company-managed companies. The breakdown of the electricity distribution tariff existing as at July 1, 2012, was as follows: Revenues received by its subsidiaries, 43.5%; Electricity purchased to compensate for electricity losses, 14.5%; Payments for services provided by FGC UES, 22.5%; Payments for services provided by territorial grid organizations, 19.5%. Distribution of costs in the distribution tariff 700 584 600 bln RUB 500 400 300 200 100 436 343 67 51 62 162 0 +27% +8% +38% +24% 72 71 77 +31% 102 +15% 128 +9% +7% 2009 111 -8% 86 116 +4% +4% 133 258 251 230 216 93 593 +26% +32% +33% 2008 +9% 502 +16% 78 +20% 92 +21% +2% 2010 SDCs' Minimum Regulated Revenue FGC UES Territorial grid organizations Losses +3% 2011 2012 Revenue The Company’s revenue is principally derived from electricity distribution services that account for 84.72% of total reported revenue in 2012. Other major revenue sources include connection services and electricity sales. Government subsidies come in the form of compensation for low electricity tariffs in some of the regions where the Company operates, and represent a very small portion of total reported revenue (0.03% in 2012). For 2012, revenue can be analyzed as follows: Electricity transmission Technological connection services Electricity sales Other revenues Government subsidies 2012 RUB million % of total 526 656 84,72% 44 592 7,17% 39 690 6,38% 10 535 1,69% 621 473 99,97% 160 0,03% 621 633 100,00% 2011 RUB million % of total 552 634 87,08% 40 099 6,32% 31 794 5,01% 9 838 1,55% 634 365 99,96% 243 0,04% 634 608 100,00% 71 Electricity transmission revenue decreased by 4.70% in 2012 compared to 2011, and total reported revenue and government subsidies decreased by 34.16%. Total revenue decreased by 2.04%, as government subsidies were compensated by increase of revenues from Technological connection services, Electricity sales and other revenue. Operating Results Operating expenses arise primarily from expenses on electricity transmission, electricity purchase for compensation of technological losses, personnel costs, and depreciation and amortization costs. The share of costs of electricity transmission and personnel costs remained almost the same as a proportion of total operating expenses in 2011, while purchased electricity for compensation of technological losses decreased in 2012 in both absolute terms and as a percentage share of total operating expenses. Operating expenses can be analyzed as follows: 2012 214 475 108 496 % of total 37,35% 18,90% 2011 220 969 104 615 % of total 38,28% 18,12% 74 300 12,94% 94 663 16,40% 61 499 22 797 17 393 10,71% 3,97% 3,03% 54 075 17 525 15 905 9,37% 3,04% 2,76% 13 251 2,31% 14 902 2,58% Provisions 9 194 1,60% 4 750 0,82% Impairment of trade and other receivables 6 913 1,20% 7 668 1,33% Rent 5 256 0,92% 6 087 1,05% Consulting, legal and audit services 5 243 0,91% 4 712 0,82% Impairment of property, plant and equipment Taxes other than income tax Utilities Other expenses 4 626 3 130 2 875 24 749 0,81% 0,55% 0,50% 4,31% 100,00% 2 683 3 098 25 562 0,46% 0,54% 4,43% 100,00% Electricity transmission Personnel costs Purchased electricity for compensation of technological losses Depreciation and amortization Purchased electricity for resale Raw materials and supplies Repairs, maintenance and installation services 574 197 577 214 Electricity transmission costs decreased by 2.94% in 2012 compared to 2011. Depreciation and amortization costs increased by 13.73%, from RUB 54,075 million in 2011 to RUB 61,499 million in 2012. Personnel costs are up by 3.71%. The increase is largely driven by growth in wages in salaries and social security contribution (up by 3.76% and 3.81% respectively). Expense on the post-employment defined benefit plan and expense in respect on long-term service benefits provided decreased by 33.68% an 72 110.76% respectively. Total operating expenses decreased only by 0.52% to RUB 574,197 million and thus remained approximately on the level with the amount of 2011. In discussing the operating results of business, the Company focuses on financial measures referred to as EBIT and EBITDA. EBIT represents “Results from operating activities” in the statement of comprehensive income. EBITDA is the key measure that the Company uses to assess the performance of the business and operational management, and excludes operational expenses such as depreciation and amortization that management has no operational control over. EBITDA enhances the comparability of the measure from period to period and provides clarity into the underlying performance of the Company’s operations. In 2012, EBIT decreased by 16.14%, from RUB 59,254 million in 2011 to RUB 49,688 million in 2011. EBIT margin decreased from 9.34% in 2011 to 7.99% in 2012, primarily due to the increase in depreciation and amortization expenses (13.73%) and electricity transmission costs. EBITDA for 2012 was RUB 105,578 million, compared to RUB 106,908 million in previous year, which represents a decrease of 1.24%. EBITDA margin remained stable at 16.98%. EBIT margin EBITDA margin 16,98% 18,00% 16,85% 16,00% 14,00% 12,00% 10,00% 8,00% 9,34% 7,99% 6,00% 4,00% 2,00% 0,00% 2012 2011 Financing costs and EBT Net finance costs decreased to RUB 5,641 million in 2011 from RUB 5,843 million in the corresponding period (-3,46%). This was primarily driven by a 53.24% decrease in financial leasing costs. Total finance income increased by 89.96% to RUB 6,128 million, mostly represented by interest income on loans, bank deposits, and promissory notes. 73 EBT decreased in 2012 to RUB 44,117 million from RUB 53 655 million last year (-17.78%). EBT decreased in 2012 approximately at the same rate as EBIT. Pretax margin in 2012 was 7.10% (compared to 8.45% in 2011). EBT margin 9,00% 8,45% 8,50% 8,00% 7,50% 7,10% 7,00% 6,50% 6,00% 2012 2011 Taxation The total income tax expense for 2012 of RUB 12 463 million represents a decreased of 15.15% compared to the previous year (RUB 14,689 million). Total income tax expenses comprises current tax expense of RUB 9,377 million and a deferred tax expense of RUB 3,086 million. Current tax expense in 2012 decreased by 9.04% compared to 2011 and deferred tax expense went down by 29.54% compared to the previous year. Profit for the year and earnings per share In 2012, net profit for the year decreased by 18.77% to RUB 31,654 million compared to RUB 38,966 million in 2011. Net profit margin in 2012 was 5.09%, which is less than in 2011 (6.14%). 74 Net profit margin 7,00% 6,00% 5,00% 6,14% 5,09% 4,00% 3,00% 2,00% 1,00% 0,00% 2012 2011 Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders decreased in 2012 to RUB 16,621 million from RUB 22,348 million in 2011 (a decrease of 25.63%). Basic earnings per share (EPS) are based on the profit attributable to ordinary shareholders and a weighted average number of shares outstanding, which increased from 42,528 million shared in 2011 to 47,015 million shared in 2012. As a result, basic EPS decreased by 33.96% from RUB 0.53 in 2011 to RUB 0.35 in 2012. The company has no dilutive instruments, so basic EPS and diluted EPS are equal. ROA and ROE Return on assets (ROA) in 2012 was 5.13%, more than in the 2011 - 4.73%. Return on equity (ROE) decreased in 2012 and amounted to 6.75% compared to 9.28% in 2011. 75 4.2 Capital Structure and Off-Balance-Sheet Settlements Assets. During the year, total assets increased by 10.65% from RUB 879,077 million in 2011 to RUB 972,736 million in 2012. Non-current assets increased by 9.62% from RUB 722,391 million in 2011 to RUB 791,849 million. Structure of Assets (%) 3,71% 9,70% 1,43% 1,05% Property, plant and equipment Non-current accounts receivable 3,65% Other investments and financial assets (non-current assets) 1,30% Inventories Other investments and financial assets (current assets) Trade and other receivables 79,16% Cash and cash equivalents The diagram below represents percentage shares of distribution grid subsidiaries non-current assets in the Company’s aggregate non-current assets. 76 Share of Distribution Grid Subsidiaries' Non-Current Assets, % 30,0% 25,0% 20,0% 15,0% 10,0% 5,0% 0,0% Value of non-current assets, 2010 Value of non-current assets, 2011 Value of non-current assets, 2012 The Company’s total equity increased by 11.45%, from RUB 443,877 million in 2011 to RUB 494,686 million in 2012, primarily on the back of reserve for prepayment for shares in the amount of RUB 19,751 million (+ 110.52% in 2012) and share premium in the amount of RUB 16,244 million (+ 169,12% in 2012). Total liabilities increased by 9.85% from RUB 435,200 million in 2011 to RUB 478,050 million in 2012. Percentage share of non-current in total liability structure experienced a small decrease from 55.39% in 2011 to 53.18% in 2012. In absolute terms, non-current liabilities were RUB 254,214 million in 2012, a 5.46% increase compared to RUB 241,050 million in 2011. Structure of Equity and Liabilities, % 23% Equity 51% 26% Non-current liabilities Current liabilities Financial leverage remained stable over 2012. When measured as the ratio of average total assets for the year to average total equity, it decreased to 1.97 in 2012 from 1.98 in 2011. Other measures of long-term financial solvency as of year end are presented below and also illustrate the Company’s financial stability: 77 Ratio Total debt to total assets Long term debt (LTD) to total equity Total debt to total equity 2012 0,24 0,38 0,46 2011 0,23 0,38 0,45 Change 4,56% 0,32% 3,82% The maturity profile of the Company’s debt obligations are set forth in the diagrams below: Debt breakdown by maturity, % 100% 6% 6% 7% 76% 77% 79% 18% 17% 14% 2012 2011 2010 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Less than 1 year 1 to 5 years More than 5 years The Company’s ability to repay debt obligations as measured by coverage ratios remains strong. Interest coverage ratio, calculated as EBIT to annual interest payments, decreased from 8.69 in 2011 to 4.64 in 2012. 78 4.3. Liquidity Total current assets represented 18.60% of total assets in 2012, a slight increase compared to the 17.82% share of current assets in the total asset base in 2011. In absolute terms, current assets increased from RUB 156,686 million in 2011 to RUB 180,887 million in 2012, a 15.45% increase. Current assets structure can be analyzed as follows: Component Inventories Other investments and financial assets Current tax assets Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents Total current assets 2011 RUB million % of total 13 742 7,60% 2010 RUB million % of total 12 907 8,24% 35 105 19,41% 8 728 5,57% 3 156 1,74% 4 516 2,88% 93 193 51,52% 81 682 52,13% 35 691 19,73% 48 853 31,18% 180 887 100,00% 156 686 100,00% A major trend in current asset structure is an increase in other investments and financial assets, which increased by 302.21% compared to the previous year. Changes in percentage shares of each distribution grid subsidiary’s contribution to the aggregate amount of accounts receivable is represented in the diagram below: 79 Changes in % Shares of Distribution Grid Companies’ Accounts Receivable in the Company's Aggregate Accounts Receivable 20,0% MOESK accounts for 37.6% in 2010, 36.2% in 2011, and 37,9% in 2012 17,5% 15,0% 12,5% 10,0% 7,5% 5,0% 2,5% Accounts receivable in 2012 Yantarenergo Tyumenenergo TDC IDGC of South IDGC of Centre IDGC of Urals IDGC of Siberia IDGC of Center and Volga Region Accounts receivable in 2011 IDGC of North-West Accounts receivable in 2010 IDGC of Northern Caucasus IDGC of Volga MOESK LENENERGO Kubanenergo 0,0% The percentage share of current liabilities in total liabilities structure increased from 44.61% in 2011 to 46.82% in 2012 and it was primarily due to an increase in provisions and current tax liabilities. An increase of 15.29% was observed in absolute terms, from RUB 194,150 million in 2011 to RUB 223,836 million in 2012. Current liabilities structure can be analyzed as follows: Component Loans and borrowings Trade and other payables 2011 RUB million % of total 40 098 17,91% 168 263 75,17% 2010 RUB million % of total 28 965 14,92% 158 689 81,74% 80 Provisions Current tax liabilities Total current liabilities 14 106 6,30% 5 977 3,08% 1 369 0,61% 519 0,27% 223 836 100.00% 194 150 100.00% As demonstrated in the table above, current liabilities structure remained quite stable. The working capital remained negative and changed from minus RUB 37,464 million to minus RUB 42,949 million. 81 4.4. Cash Flow Net cash flow from operating activities decreased by 0.58%, from RUB 89,338 million in 2011 to RUB 88,823 million in 2012. Net cash flow used in investing activities in absolute terms increased by 25,56% from RUB 121,818 million in 2011 to RUB 152,952 million in 2012. Net cash flow used in financing activities decreased by 9.70% from RUB 56,443 million in 2011 to RUB 50,967 million in 2012. In 2012 net decrease in cash and cash equivalents was RUB 13 165 million compared to the previous year increase of RUB 23,963 million. Cash Flow Dinamics, 2011 - 2012 150 000 100 000 88 823 89 338 50 967 50 000 56 443 0 -50 000 Cash flow from operating Cash flow from investing Cash flow from financing activities activities activities -100 000 -150 000 -200 000 -121 818 -152 952 2012 2011 82 4.5. Dividends and Acquisition of Own Shares The Company The Company’s dividend policy is pursued in accordance with the Regulations for Dividend Policy approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on September 8, 2010 (Minutes No. 43). These regulations guarantee that any shareholder is entitled to minimum dividends of 5% of net profits, less asset revaluation, net of mandatory reserves. In addition, dividends may be increased to exceed the minimum amount if any net profits are in excess of what is needed to make investments and cover losses. The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company decided on June 30, 2012, to pay dividends on preference shares out of undistributed profits of prior years in the amount of 0.07 ruble per preference share in cash. Subsidiaries In defining its position on the payment of dividends by the Company's subsidiaries, the Company’s management, as a shareholder of SDCs, relies on the regulations for dividend policy approved by the boards of directors of SDCs. The regulations for dividend policy of SDCs are based on the principles approved by the Board of Directors (Minutes No. 38 of June 22, 2010). Following the approved principles of their dividend policies, SDCs pay dividends out of the remaining net profits, net of financial investment revaluation, after they are distributed to mandatory reserves, investment programs, and the settlement of operating losses of prior years. Furthermore, there are basic conditions that should all be fulfilled to allow a dividend payment decision to be adopted: net profits, net of financial investment revaluation; the debt to EBITDA ratio (as at the year end) of at most three; attained service reliability and quality indicators. Since the inception of the Company, SDCs have shown an upward change in dividend payment. Specifically, the dividends payable by SDCs to the Company for 2008, 2009, and 2010 totaled 165,148 thousand, 728,950 thousand, and 1,623,659 thousand rubles respectively (exclusive of tax). In 2012, the Company received 1,627,971 thousand rubles of dividends (exclusive of tax) for 2011 on SDCs’ shares held by the Company. 83 5. Risk management 5.1. Internal Control and Risk Management System Overview The internal control and risk management system (“IC&RM”) of the Company and its SDCs is a component of their corporate governance. IC&RM includes a full range of control procedures, methods, and mechanisms created by the Board of Directors and executive bodies of the Company and its subsidiaries to efficiently control the Company’s financial and economic activities. In order for the Company’s IC&RM to develop, the Board of Directors approved the following regulatory documents: Concept of Developing and Improving the Internal Control and Risk Management System; Internal Control Policy; Risk Management Policy; Guidelines for Organizing Internal Control and Risk Management; Recommended Guidelines for Risk Management; Code of Corporate Ethics. Key Risk Factors The performance of the Company’s SDCs may be affected by risks that should be taken by investors into account. The key risk factors described below are currently considered by the Company to be the most important. Country and Regional Risks Country and regional risks are determined primarily by macroeconomic factors existing globally, nationwide, and at regional level. These factors may impair the Company’s and SDCs’ possibilities for borrowing and adversely impact their liquidity, investment and operating efficiency, and, eventually, shareholder value. Additionally, the global economic crisis has a harmful effect on industrial production and electricity consumption, which reduces revenues of the Company and SDCs. The primary factors of macroeconomic risks are the continuing global financial crisis affecting the key indicators of commodity and financial markets: prices of crude oil and other commodities, the cost of capital, world currency exchange rates, and inflation. As is the case with the other BRICS countries, Russia is a leading emerging economy and is sensitive to global recessionary pressures. This is due to the economy’s dependence on energy prices, the immaturity and volatility of the Russian financial market, and the transitional state of the national banking system. With the aim of mitigating the macroeconomic risk, the Company and SDCs take comprehensive measures to decrease the share of borrowings in their total capital, take out fixed interest rate loans, and enhance the efficiency of operating and investment expenses of the Company and SDCs. 84 Industry Risks The core activities of the Company’s SDCs, the provision of electricity distribution and network connection services, are subject to regulation by the government. The tariff regulation policy is aimed at keeping down electricity tariffs, which may lead to limiting the tariff-based sources of financing SDCs’ investing and operating activities. To minimize these risk factors, the Company and SDCs pursue a balanced policy on improving the efficiency of investing and operating activities, aimed at reducing costs and optimally planning the structure of the financing sources. One of the regulatory risk factors is imperfect operation mechanisms of the retail electricity market, which entails disagreements between electric grid companies and retail companies over the volume of consumed electricity and capacity used in tariff calculations. This leads to contested and overdue receivables related to electricity distribution services provided by SDCs, impairing the liquidity and financial stability of the Company’s SDCs. The Company and SDCs take measures to eliminate the causes of disagreements with customers, reduce contested and overdue receivables for their services provided, cooperate with federal governmental authorities in preparing amendments to the rules for the operation of the retail market, form judicial practice, and set positive precedents. In addition, the Company’s SDCs implement the Long-Term Development Programs for Electricity Metering Systems in the Retail Electricity Market in Distribution Grids of MRSK Holding’s SDCs approved by their boards of directors. A substantial risk factor is also the cross-subsidy mechanism at the expense of large industrial customers in favor of other customer categories, including households. Several large industrial customers that are directly connected to networks of the Unified National (All-Russian) Electric Grid (UNEG) pay for SDCs’ electricity distribution services at the electricity distribution tariffs if, under the last mile agreements between the Company’s SDCs and FGC UES, the electric grid facilities are leased to the Company’s SDCs. Since there were no laws specifically governing the last mile agreements, some large industrial customers switched in 2010–2013 to direct agreements with FGC UES by recourse to court action. As estimated by the Company, the termination of the last mile agreements decreased SDCs’ revenues by 12.7 billion rubles in 2012 and may bring about lost income of 9.3 billion rubles in 2013. In accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 8 of Federal Law No. 35-FZ of March 26, 2003, “On the Electric Power Industry,” the organization responsible for the management of the Unified National (All-Russian) Electric Grid may lease electric grid facilities to territorial grid organizations upon agreement with the authorized federal executive agencies by January 1, 2014. Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1173 of December 27, 2010, “On the Procedure for Leasing Electric Grid Facilities Included in the Unified National (All-Russian) Electric Grid to Territorial Grid Organizations” approved the rules for agreeing with the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation upon leasing UNEG facilities to territorial grid organizations. Starting from the beginning of 2011, agreeing upon the composition of UNEG facilities leased to territorial grid organizations takes into consideration the opinion of Russia’s authorized regional executive agencies. Nevertheless, the Resolution states that agreement upon leasing UNEG facilities to territorial grid organizations is dependent on the fact that that the direct electricity distribution agreements between FGC UES and electricity consumers have been terminated and that the head of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation has applied therefor in writing. The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation approved Order No. 403 of August 24, 2012, whereby the Company’s SDCs and FGC UES entered into 85 lease agreements for UNEG facilities (last mile agreements) for 2013. Electricity distribution using specific UNEG facilities leased by the Company under the last mile agreements is included by federal and regional regulators in the planned volume of electricity distribution services for 2013. In 2012, the President and the Government of the Russian Federation emphasized the importance of tackling the problem of crosssubsidies in the electric power industry. The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation was instructed to work out the mechanisms for eliminating cross-subsidy practices. The Company plans to take an active part in discussing this problem at the level of federal governmental authorities. The transition of SDCs to regulation based on the return on invested capital method (Regulatory Asset Base, RAB) involves several risks. The most important of them are as follows: The value of the initial invested capital base appraised by independent appraisers may be disputed by regulators; Losses may be incurred due to an unreliably predicted breakdown of electricity distribution by voltage and the overestimated volume of declared capacity as compared with actual capacity used for making tariff and balancing decisions; Some income may be lost due to putting it aside in implementing the income-equalizing mechanism: in planning the calculation of RAB-based tariffs. In order to mitigate these risks, SDCs cooperate with regional regulators in defining the amount and sources of financing their investing activities under long-term regional development programs. This work aims to eliminate any subjectivity in making tariff and balancing decisions by formulating and carrying out the cost management program, including as part of implementing the Russian President’s instructions to attain an at least 10 percent annual reduction of per-unit purchase costs related to goods (work, services) within three years in real terms in 2010 prices. In addition, the Company plans to develop and implement in the future the regulatory contracts enabling tariffs to be set subject to the quality of services provided. These contracts should also provide for reciprocal obligations, on the one hand, of grid companies for the quality of services provided (as clearly specified in the contract) and, on the other hand, of regulatory authorities for adjustments to tariff decisions during the long-term period of regulation. Another regulatory risk incurred by the Company is the risk of a decrease in the demand for network connection and electricity distribution services as compared with the planned volume used by regulators to make tariff and balancing decisions. In order to reduce this risk, the Company continues work on the monitoring network connection requests and, on the basis of monitoring, predicting the net delivery of electricity, the demand for network connection services for the following year, and an increase in applications submitted to regulatory authorities to set network connection fees for individual projects. At the same time, due to a great number of network connection requests, the Company is not always able to fully satisfy them, which may adversely affect revenues because of the loss of potential customers and lead to a violation of antimonopoly laws as related to electricity distribution and network connection services. To deal with this issue, the Company improves the business process of processing customers’ network connection requests. Simultaneously, the Company explains to customers the process of providing network connection services, including by publishing information on the provision of services and setting up customer service centers. Due to the enactment of regulatory documents in late 2012 to simplify the procedure for depriving retail companies of the supplier of last resort status, some of the Company’s SDCs incur the risks associated 86 with the necessity of assuming the powers and duties of suppliers of last resort that are lost by retail companies. The most important of these risks are as follows: Risks associated with a rise in receivables of ultimate customers and the writing-off of accumulated receivables under electricity distribution services agreements between retail companies and distribution grid companies; Risks associated with the performance of the supplier of last resort functions in the wholesale electricity and capacity market; Risks involved in an increase in SDCs’ expenses related to the performance of the supplier of last resort functions in excess of the minimum regulated revenue used for the calculation of retail markups; Organizational risks associated with the loss of competencies and customer databases and with erroneous payments for consumed electricity. With a view to minimizing these risks, the Company and SDCs take measures to cooperate with federal and regional governmental authorities, the mass media, infrastructural organizations of the wholesale electricity market, law enforcement agencies, and organizations deprived of the supplier of last resort status in the performance of the supplier of last resort functions and the settlement of debts. Additionally, the Company formulates legislative initiatives to streamline the procedure for changing the supplier of last resort. Financial Risk In their planned financial and economic model, the Company and SDCs are exposed to factors that may result in a shortage of funds to finance their investing and operating activities. The most significant financial risk factors are associated with imperfect operation mechanisms of the retail electricity market and disclosed in the “Regulatory (Industry) Risks” section. However, there are some risk factors that may also affect the results of financial and economic activities. Inflation Risks The adverse impacts of inflation on financial and economic activities of SDCs and the Company can be connected with loss of the actual value of receivables, an increase in loan interest, and higher construction costs related to the capital investment program’s facilities. The current inflation rate does not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition. In accordance with the plans of the Bank of Russia to curb inflation and the inflation forecasts for the near future, it is unlikely that inflation will substantially affect the financial results of SDCs and the Company. Currency Risks An adverse change in foreign exchange rates may affect the indicators of the operating and investment efficiency of the Company and its SDCs. Currency risks do not have substantial impacts on the Company and its SDCs because settlements with counterparties are entirely denominated in the currency of the Russian Federation. Nevertheless, given that the goods and equipment bought by the Company contain 87 imported components, a considerable increase in foreign exchange rates may lead to higher prices of purchased products. In this connection, the Company pursues a policy aimed at import substitution and entering into long-term contracts that do not specify any increase in prices of purchased products. Interest Rate Risks Changes in the refinancing rate of the Bank of Russia reflect the macroeconomic situation and affects borrowing costs. A rise in loan interest rates may result in an unplanned increase in debt service expenses incurred by the Company and SDCs. To reduce the interest rate risk, the Company pursues a balanced borrowing policy aiming to streamline the loan portfolio structure and minimize debt service expenses. Liquidity Risks The activities of the Company’s SDCs are exposed to the risk factors that may impair the liquidity and financial stability of the Company and SDCs. The most important factors are cross-subsidies of customer groups and low payment discipline in the retail electricity market. Total cross-subsidies of all the COmpany’s SDCs in 2012 reached at least 200 billion rubles, which is due to the regional government policy aimed at keeping down tariffs for certain customer groups (households, agricultural and state-financed customers, etc.). The most significant component of cross-subsidies is the mechanism for entering into last mile agreements (disclosed in the “Regulatory (Industry) Risks” section). The lost income of the Company’s SDCs due to interrupted electricity consumption in 2010–2012 as a result of large industrial customers switching over to direct agreements with FGC UES is at least 30 billion rubles and is expected to continue to grow in 2013. Total receivables of all of the Company’s SDCs in 2012 increased by 28% to 71 billion rubles. Overdue receivables totaled 24 billion rubles at the end of the year and grew by 70% on the previous year. The main factors in the low payment discipline leading to a considerable increase in receivables are the absence of effective mechanisms for dealing with nonpayers, the improper use of money received for delivered electricity by retailers deprived of the supplier of last resort status, and disagreements over declared capacity in settlements with retail companies. If these risk factors materialize, the Company’s SDCs may find themselves incapable of fulfilling financial and other restrictive conditions (covenants) contained in loan agreements, specifically total debt to EBITDA, debt to equity, current ratio, and net asset value. In order to minimize this risk factor, the Company monitors SDCs’ capital structure, defines the optimum parameters for borrowings, and carries out measures to reduce cross-subsidies and streamline the working capital structure. Operational Risk Activities of the Company’s SDCs cover a wide geography, SDCs operating in areas with different climates. There is likelihood of emergencies caused by natural disasters (hurricanes, heavy and freezing rain, freshets and floods, snowdrifts, etc.), which may result in system-wide failures of the operability and 88 performance of electric grid equipment and in power outages suffered by customers of the Company’s SDCs. Operational and technological risks affecting power supply reliability are associated primarily with the high physical deterioration and obsolescence of electric grid assets, failure to conform to operation conditions and operation modes of electric grid equipment, and failure to implement the required repair program. In addition, operational and technological risks may materialize because of the following factors: Natural and anthropogenic emergencies; A less efficient management system of assets of MRSK Holding’s SDCs (changed priorities in ensuring the reliability of network operation, incorrect ranking of facilities that should be repaired); Factors related to equipment operation, including extreme deviations from regulatory and technical requirements, failure by the process parameters of electric grid equipment’s operation to conform to permissible values, mistakes made by operating personnel, and failure to comply with operational discipline. If these risks materialize, this may have material economic and reputational consequences. In addition, these risk factors affect the volume of electricity network losses, increasing expenses incurred by SDCs in relation to the purchase of electricity to compensate for losses. In order to reduce the probability that operational and technological risks occur, the Company and SDCs take measures to make the power supply more reliable and prevent process failure risks. The most important of these measures include: Clearing and expanding the pathways of overhead lines rated 0.4–220 kV; Rehabilitating electric grid facilities; Expanding the stock of reserve power supply equipment and the stock of vehicles and special equipment for accident recovery work; Carrying out the comprehensive program to modernize (renew) electric grid assets; Modernizing switching equipment; Modernizing and creating automated process control systems; Improving data exchange systems, analyzing process failures, and forecasting the consequences of process failures, including the implementation of the Automated Management System for Distributed Resources for Accident Recovery Work; Improving the emergency reserve management system; Increasing the number of mobile accident recovery crews and improving the quality of their personnel; Carrying out the program to reduce injury risks of electric grid facilities; Ensuring the training, control, and certification of personnel operating process equipment; Carrying out the insurance program; Implementing energy conservation and energy efficiency enhancement program. With the purpose of mitigating operational and technological risks, the Board of Directors of the Company resolved (Minutes of the Meeting No. 64 of October 7, 2011) to approve the Regulations for the Uniform Technical Policy of MRSK Holding in the Distribution Grid Sector. Furthermore, SDCs are in the process of 89 implementing the production asset administration system based on the actual condition index for equipment. Project Risk The Company’s SDCs take an active part in investment aiming to renew and expand grid infrastructure, which brings about risks associated with the decreasing efficiency and value of investments over the course of implementing investment, innovative development, and R&D programs. The increasing scope of SDCs’ investment programs makes it necessary to mobilize both internal and borrowed considerable financial resources conforming to the RAB regulation parameters, which is an investment risk factor. Additionally, some SDCs carry out socially important investment projects that are often unprofitable. Even if financial resources are sufficient for investment program implementation, there is some likelihood of failure to spend investment-related funds on schedule and of the delayed commissioning of facilities covered by SDCs’ investment programs, including due to nonperformance or delayed performance by our contractors and suppliers of their obligations. Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 159 of February 27, 2013, “On Amendments to the Rules for Approving the Investment Programs of Electric Power Industry Entities Whose Stakes Are Held by the Government and of Grid Organizations” specifies the facilities not included in territorial planning documents should be excluded from the investment program of the Company’s SDCs. There is a risk that construction in progress may grow due to excluding such construction-in-progress facilities from the capital investment program as not included in territorial planning documents. In order to mitigate the investment risk, the Company and SDCs plan their capital investment programs taking account of the following key efficiency criteria: raising the affordability of the grid infrastructure, reducing the physical deterioration of electric grid facilities and modernizing them, and achieving a high utilization rate of commissioned facilities. A precondition for including investment projects in the capital investment program is that they should be linked to territorial and regional development plans. In addition, the Company and SDCs monitor the implementation of SDCs’ investment programs and their financing and analyze the reasons behind any deviations of the actual results of investment program implementation from the plans. SDCs adopt investment project management procedures, which include investment project risk management. The Company takes measures to improve the quality of project implementation, raise the effectiveness of investments in the existing grid, cut specific construction costs, achieve high utilization rates of new facilities, develop and implement a benchmarking system for specific costs of construction and installation and materials, build an innovation management system, and automate the investment management system. 90 Compliance Risk Frequent changes in the laws of the Russian Federation under conditions where the industry is subject to governmental regulation, together with a wide range of regulatory requirements and restrictions, are sources of the risk associated with the failure by the Company and SDCs to comply with laws and other legal regulations, or the requirements established by regulators and supervisors and set forth in internal documents of the Company and its SDCs that determine internal policies, rules, and procedures. Activities of the Company and SDCs are governed and overseen by Russian authorities and agencies, such as the Federal Antimonopoly Service, Federal Tariff Service, Federal Financial Markets Service, Federal Taxation Service, Ministry of Energy, Federal Service for Fiscal Monitoring of the Russian Federation, and the Accounts Chamber. Furthermore, as government-linked companies, the Company and SDCs carry out instructions issued by the Russian President and Government. In this connection, the compliance risk factors are of special significance. As natural monopoly entities, the Company’s SDCs are exposed to the risks involved in their being held to be in violation of antimonopoly laws as related to their provision of network connection services, disclosure of information concerning their services, and procurement operations. In order to reduce this risk, SDCs monitor how promptly customers’ requests and appeals are handled, clearly regulate and monitor the disclosures required under Russian laws. The Federal Financial Markets Service governs and supervises activities of the Company and SDCs as related to complying with Russian securities laws, including the disclosure of material facts that can substantially affect the value of securities, and combating insider information misuse. As provided for in law, the Accounts Chamber is responsible for organizing and overseeing the timely implementation of the federal budget and establishing whether federal budget funds are spent and federal property is used efficiently and reasonably. Amendments to tax law that involve raised tax rates or changed tax assessment procedures may impair the profitability of the Company and SDCs and increase their tax burden. SDCs are in possession of, have the leasehold of, or have the perpetual right to use most plots of land where their distribution assets are located. Nevertheless, some of the plots lack the registration required under law. In addition, laws specify that the deadline for reregistering the perpetual right to use into ownership or leasehold is January 1, 2015. In order to mitigate this factor, SDCs are in the process of carrying out the program to obtain the reregistration of the perpetual right to use. With the aim of minimizing the above-mentioned risk factors, the Company and its SDCs take measures to improve compliance control. In 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company approved local documents designed to enhance the efficiency and transparency of financial and economic activities of the Company and SDCs and combat corruption. The Company monitors changes in current laws that affect various aspects of financial and economic activities of the Company and SDCs. 91 Corporate Risk As part of its efforts to pursue the Strategy for Development of the Company Until 2015 with Long-Term Plans Until 2020, the Company does not miss the opportunities of managing the future growth and profitability of SDCs. The shareholder value of the Company and its SDCs is influenced by numerous factors of the internal and external environments. Almost all SDCs are included on the register of natural monopolies subject to governmental regulation in accordance with Russian laws. In this connection, federal and regional tariff regulation agencies set and regulate tariffs of services provided by SDCs. For the purpose of keeping down electricity tariffs for ultimate customers, the government is able to limit the tariff growth parameters and, consequently, the profitability indicators of SDCs’ services. Although the transition to RAB regulation reduces the shareholder value risk by mitigating the influence of subjective factors on tariff decisions, this does not eliminates these risk factors completely. To achieve the long-term targets of RAB regulations (including the investment rate of return prescribed by the regulator) is an essential prerequisite for attaining shareholder goals. With the aim of minimizing this factor, the Company and SDCs carry out cost management programs, ensure the well-balanced planning of operations in accordance with approved tariff and balancing decisions, supervise the implementation of the approved business plans of SDCs, and cooperate with local government authorities in formulating territorial development programs coordinated with SDCs’ investments programs in terms of the amount and sources of financing. In addition, a substantial risk factor is competition for tariff-based revenues on the part of regional territorial grid organizations in each constituent entity of the Russian Federation. With a view to minimizing this risk factor, the Company plans measures to shrink the existing tariff disparities leading to a disproportionate increase in revenues of regional territorial grid organizations. Another substantial risk factor is that SDCs may be held to be in breach of antimonopoly laws. Network connection services provided by SDCs are exposed to antimonopoly regulation risks to the largest extent. Appeals filed by customers with territorial offices of the Federal Antimonopoly Service and followed by proceedings initiated by the antimonopoly authority against the Company with respect to failure to comply with network connection laws may be caused by consumer right violations. Specifically, this may result from refused network connection requests, noncompliance with the statutorily set deadlines for network connections, and a number of other factors. An additional negative factor is that the applicable laws empower the Federal Antimonopoly Service to apply broad interpretations to the notion of product market borders. For instance, a justifiable complaint may lead to a turnover-based penalty calculated on the basis of the total revenues received in the region where a SDC has a presence but not limited to the region where a specific branch of this SDC operates. In order to mitigate the above-mentioned risk factors, SDCs improve their network connection business processes by simplifying their internal procedures and adopting new approaches to customer service, for example, online service techniques. As the principal shareholder, the Russian Federation controls decision making with respect to most issues and has influence over the strategies of the Company and its SDCs. Decisions driven by the economic and 92 social interests of the government may be inconsistent with the interest of other shareholders. Among other things, such decisions can concern dividend policies, mergers and acquisitions, and privatization issues of the Company’s SDCs. Additionally, as the principal shareholder of SDCs, the Company may make decisions that will not be regarded by minority shareholders of such SDCs as consistent with their interests. This may result in minority shareholders’ going to court and their contesting decisions adopted by the executive bodies of SDCs. With the aim of minimizing these risks and in compliance with the provisions of the Corporate Governance Code approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, the Company works to maintain the balance of shareholder interests, including respecting and protecting the rights guaranteed to all shareholders under the laws of the Russian Federation. 93 6. Outlook for 2013 In order to further the development of the Russian electric grid sector and coordinate work on its management, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on November 22, 2012, Decree No. 1567 “On Joint Stock Company Russian Grids.” The Decree specifies that MRSK Holding will be renamed Joint Stock Company Russian Grids (Russian Grids) and that governmentally owned 79.55% of shares in FGC UES will be used as a contribution to the authorized capital of Russian Grids. In accordance with the Decree, these measures must be complete before June 30, 2013. Additionally, pursuant to the Decree, it is necessary to prepare the Strategy for Development of Russian Grids within one month after its issuance and develop and approve the Strategy for Development of the Electric Grid Sector of the Russian Federation in the 1st quarter of 2013. The draft of the Strategy for Development of Russian Grids was reviewed by a meeting of the Government Commission on the Development of the Electric Power Industry on December 20, 2012. The goal of the structural transformations aimed at the consolidation of electricity transmission and distribution grids is to create a single center of responsibility to the shareholders for transmission and distribution operations, coordinate work on improving the economic efficiency of investing activities, develop uniform quality standards and indicators, and enhance the operating efficiency of transmission and distribution grid companies. Russian Grids will be one of Russia’s most significant infrastructural companies controlled by the government and the world’s largest electric grid company in terms of the number of customers and the length of power lines. At the same time, the strategic goals and areas of Russian Grids’s development will be made specific after the Strategy for Development of the Electric Grid Sector of the Russian Federation has been approved in the 1st quarter of 2013 as instructed by the Russian President. In 2013 the Company continues to maintain dialog with already-existing and potential investors and expand analytical coverage and IR instruments. Full range of IR events is below: Investor Calendar 2013 Date Event / Organizer Event location February Russian investor conference /UBS New York April The Russia Forum 2013/ Sberbank CIB Moscow April Annual investor conference / Morgan Stanley London, New York April Investor conference /VTB Capital New York 94 April IR release announcing the publication of the 2012 IFRS financial statements Moscow April Publication of the Management Report on the London Stock Exchange London April Conference call following up the publication of the 2012 IFRS financial statements Moscow April - May Meeting with the investor community to present the Russian Grids development strategy Moscow, London May - June Group meetings with minority shareholders to deal with the issues related to an additional issue of shares in IDGC Holding and contributing shares in FGC UES to the authorized capital of IDGC Holding Moscow June Investor conference /Renaissance Capital Moscow July Annual conference for IR divisions /London Stock Exchange London, Moscow July– September Russian Grids’s Investor Day Moscow August Conference call on the publication of the 1H13 IFRS financial statements Moscow September Annual one-on-one investor conference /Deutsche Bank New York September Global energy one-on-one conference /Morgan Stanley London September Annual one-on-one conference /VTB Capital London September– October On-site meeting between analysts and top management of subsidiaries and dependent companies To be determined (one of the cities where interregional distribution grid companies operate) October RUSSIA CALLING! Investment Forum / VTB Capital Moscow 95 October– November Annual IR seminar for subsidiaries and dependent companies on the improvement of the shareholder/investor relations policy of distribution grid companies Moscow October– November Annual conference for IR departments /IR-magazine Moscow November Annual conference for IR departments /Bank of New York Mellon Moscow November One-on-one investor conference /Merrill Lynch London–New York November Annual energy one-on-one conference /Goldman Sachs London 96 7. Responsibility Statement The Management Board confirms that to the best of their knowledge: 1. The financial statements, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and 2. The management report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces. By order of the Management Board, __________________ Chairman of the Management Board Oleg Budargin 97 8. Independent Auditor’s Report 98 99 9. Consolidated Financial Statements for 2012 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168