NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR
DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO, OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN,
ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE, PUBLISH OR
DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR THE MEMORANDUM (AS DEFINED
BELOW).
23 August 2024
Ukraine
represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine
(the
"Issuer" or "Ukraine")
ANNOUNCEMENT of EXTENSION OF
EARLY CONSENT DEADLINE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND CONSENT
SOLICITATION
Ukraine announces today that it
extends the Early Consent Deadline of its previously announced
Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation (the "Invitation") launched on 9 August 2024,
pursuant to which (i) Ukraine has invited Eligible Holders of the
Existing Notes (as described therein) to exchange their Existing
Notes for the New Securities Consideration and (ii) Ukraine and
Ukravtodor have invited Holders of the Existing Notes to consent to
the Mandatory Exchange of Existing Notes for the Mandatory Exchange
Consideration (each as defined in the Exchange Offer and Consent
Solicitation Memorandum dated 9 August 2024, as amended and
restated on 12 August 2024 (the "Memorandum")).
The Early Consent Deadline was
previously set at 5:00 pm (New York Time) on 23 August 2024 and the
Expiration Time was set at 5:00 pm (New York Time) on 27 August
2024.
Ukraine understands that some
Holders may be facing technical issues in delivering their
Participation Instructions through their custodians and Clearing
Systems, which could impact the timely delivery of such
Participation Instructions prior to the Early Consent
Deadline.
Accordingly, based on the
information from such Holders, Ukraine has decided to extend the
Early Consent Deadline to 5:00 pm
New York Time on 27 August 2024 (i.e. to the Expiration
Time) to provide additional time for all Holders facing technical
issues to submit such Participation Instructions, to the extent
they have not done so already.
Holders who deliver valid
Participation Instructions on or before the Early Consent Deadline
will be eligible to receive the Consent Fee (subject to the
conditions set forth in the Memorandum), in addition to the
consideration each such Holder would be eligible to receive
pursuant to the Invitation.
The Expiration Time remains
unchanged at 5:00 pm New York Time on 27 August 2024. The
Settlement Date remains unchanged and is expected to be on or
around 30 August 2024, and the other dates and times originally set
out in the section "Expected
Timetable of Events" of the Memorandum remain the
same.
All Participation Instructions
previously validly delivered will remain so delivered and no other
action is required. Except as provided herein, all other
terms, provisions and conditions of the Invitation remain
unchanged.
Terms used in this announcement but
not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in
the Memorandum, which can be found on the Exchange and Consent
Website: https://projects.sodali.com/Ukraine
For the avoidance of doubt, no
further amendment is being made to the terms and conditions of the
Invitation or the Written Resolutions or the process for submission
of Participation Instructions. All other terms and conditions of
the Invitation remain in full force and effect.
The above times and dates are subject to the right of Ukraine
to extend, amend and/or early terminate the Invitation or further
modify the Early Consent Deadline, the Expiration Time, the
Effective Date or the Settlement Date (subject to applicable law,
the applicable Agency Agreements or Trust Deed and as provided in
the Memorandum) with respect to the Existing
Notes.
Any questions regarding the terms of
the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation may be directed to the
Information, Tabulation and Exchange Agent at the address and
telephone number specified below:
Sodali &
Co:
In
London: 122 Leadenhall Street
London
EC3V 4AB
United
Kingdom
|
In
Stamford:
333
Ludlow Street
South
Tower, 5th Floor
Stamford,
CT 06902
United
States of America
|
In Hong
Kong: 29/F
No. 28
Stanley Street
Central
Hong
Kong
|
Telephone: +44 20 4513 6933
|
Telephone: +1 203 658 9457
|
Telephone: +852 2319 4130
|
Exchange and Consent
Website:
https://projects.sodali.com/Ukraine
Email:
Ukraine@investor.sodali.com
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THE EXCHANGE OFFER
DESCRIBED IN THE MEMORANDUM IS DIRECTED, AND NEW SECURITIES
DESCRIBED THEREIN WILL BE ISSUED, ONLY TO HOLDERS OF EXISTING NOTES
(I) THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES HOLDING EXISTING NOTES
REPRESENTED BY AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE CLEARED IN CLEARSTREAM
BANKING S.A. AND EUROCLEAR BANK SA/NV ("REGULATION S NOTES") THAT ARE NOT
RETAIL INVESTORS (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR (II) THAT ARE HOLDING
EXISTING NOTES REPRESENTED BY A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
CLEARED IN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (OR, IN THE CASE OF
EXISTING NOTES DENOMINATED IN EUROS, CLEARSTREAM BANKING S.A. AND
EUROCLEAR BANK SA/NV) ("RULE 144A
NOTES") THAT ARE (X) EITHER A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT") OR AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)
OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (Y) NOT RETAIL
INVESTORS (EACH OF (I) AND (II) AN "ELIGIBLE HOLDER").
Holders of RULE 144a Notes
that are not QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERs or Accredited Investors, but which are outside the United
States and are not Retail Investors, will need to transfer their
holdings of RULE 144a Notes into REGULATION S NOTES in order to
qualify as Eligible Holders and receive New SECURITIES. Holders of
REGULATION S Notes that are not outside the United States, but
which are QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERs or
Accredited Investors, will need to transfer their holdings of
REGULATION S Notes into RULE 144A NOTES in order to qualify as
Eligible Holders and receive New
SECURITIES.
Holders should take such
action as soon as possible in order to ensure that they can
participate in the Invitation by the relevant deadlines and be
eligible to receive New securities on the Settlement
Date.
PROHIBITION OF
SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS-THE NEW SECURITIES ARE NOT INTENDED
TO BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO AND SHOULD NOT
BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR
IN THE EEA. FOR THESE PURPOSES, A "RETAIL INVESTOR" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS
ONE (OR MORE) OF: (I) A RETAIL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (11) OF
ARTICLE 4(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2014/65/EU (AS AMENDED, "MIFID II"); (II) A CUSTOMER WITHIN THE
MEANING OF DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/97 (AS AMENDED, THE "INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION DIRECTIVE"),
WHERE THAT CUSTOMER WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A PROFESSIONAL CLIENT AS
DEFINED IN POINT (10) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II; OR (III) NOT A
QUALIFIED INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION.
CONSEQUENTLY, NO KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY REGULATION
(EU) NO 1286/2014, (AS AMENDED, THE "PRIIPS REGULATION"), FOR OFFERING OR
SELLING THE NEW SECURITIES OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO
RETAIL INVESTORS IN THE EEA HAS BEEN PREPARED AND THEREFORE
OFFERING OR SELLING THE NEW SECURITIES OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM
AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EEA MAY BE UNLAWFUL UNDER
THE PRIIPS REGULATION.
THIS COMMUNICATION
AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR MATERIALS RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF THE
NEW SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY IS NOT BEING MADE, AND SUCH DOCUMENTS
AND/OR MATERIALS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED, BY AN AUTHORIZED PERSON
FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 21 OF THE FSMA. ACCORDINGLY, SUCH
DOCUMENTS AND/OR MATERIALS ARE NOT BEING DISTRIBUTED TO, AND MUST
NOT BE PASSED ON TO, THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UK. THE
COMMUNICATION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS AND/OR MATERIALS AS A FINANCIAL
PROMOTION IS ONLY BEING MADE TO THOSE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
WHO (I) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO
INVESTMENTS AND WHO FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF INVESTMENT
PROFESSIONALS (AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL
SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS
AMENDED (THE "ORDER")), OR
(II) FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) OF THE ORDER, OR (III) WHO
ARE ANY OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY OTHERWISE BE LAWFULLY BE MADE
UNDER THE ORDER (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS
"RELEVANT PERSONS"). IN THE
UK, THE NEW SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO, AND
ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS COMMUNICATION
RELATES WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH, RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY PERSON
IN THE UK THAT IS NOT A RELEVANT PERSON SHOULD NOT ACT OR RELY ON
THIS COMMUNICATION OR ANY OF ITS CONTENTS.