DIVIDEND POLICY

The Company’s dividend policy is determined by the Regulations on Dividend PolicyApproved by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors on 2 February 2018 in a new version (Minutes No. 258/2018 dated 5 February 2018), as amended on 31 July 2018 (Minutes No. 281/2018 dated 3 August 2018)..

The dividend policy of the Company sets the amount of dividends at the level of not less than 50% of net profit under IFRS, and in addition there is a number of restrictions on the payment of interim dividends, including if the payment requires borrowing, if the payment leads to a deterioration in creditworthiness or if failure to fulfil the investment programme.

Profit distribution for 2020–2023, RUB ‘000 2

Indicator

For 2020 (Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in 2021)

For 2021 (Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in 2022)

For 2022 (Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in 2023)

Undistributed profit (loss) of the reporting period, including:

(209,442)

2,068,388

(559,272)

  • reserve fund

0

103,420

0

  • profit for development

0

1,964,968

0

Dividends

0

0

0

Recovery of losses of prior periods

0

0

0

Report on accrued dividends for shareholders of Rosseti South

Year of payout

Date of decision

Record date

Share type

Dividends per share, RUB

Payable on shares, RUB

The share of declared dividends in the net profit in the reporting period, %

2019 (as of year-end 2018)

31.05.2019

19.06.2019

Ordinary shares

0.0068417020378

561,286,784.67

50.04

2020 (as of year-end 2019)

No dividends were accrued

2021 (as of year-end 2020)

No dividends were accrued

2022 (as of year-end 2021)

No dividends were accrued

2023 (as of year-end 2022)

No dividends were accrued

Report on dividends paid out to the Company’s shareholders

Year of payout

Share type

Paid out, RUB

Causes of non-distribution of declared dividends

% of payout

2019 (as of year-end 2018)

Ordinary shares

557,308,540.98

Wrong bank details of shareholders

99.29

2020 (as of year-end 2019)

No dividends were accrued and paid out

2021 (as of year-end 2020)

No dividends were accrued and paid out

2022 (as of year-end 2021)

No dividends were accrued and paid out

2023 (as of year-end 2022)

No dividends were accrued and paid out

According to the Company’s Articles of Associations, the Company will decide on the distribution of profits following the payout of dividends for 2023 at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Minutes of the Annual General Meetings of Shareholders are available at the Company’s website:

https://rosseti-yug.ru/korporativnoe-upravlenie/resheniya-obshchego-sobraniya-aktsionerov/

Report on dividends received by PJSC Rosseti South