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ANNOUNCEMENT.
3 September 2024
Ukraine
represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine
announcement of successful
settlement of exchange of outstanding SECURITIES
Ukraine, represented by the Minister of Finance
of Ukraine (the "Issuer" or
"Ukraine") is pleased
to announce today the successful completion of an
exchange offer (the "Exchange
Offer") to the holders of the following outstanding
securities issued by Ukraine (the
"Existing Sovereign Notes")
and the State Agency for Restoration and Development of
Infrastructure of Ukraine ("Ukravtodor") (the "Ukravtodor Guaranteed Existing Notes")
(each a "Series" and
together, the "Existing
Notes").
The Existing Sovereign
Notes
|
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Outstanding Principal
Amount(1)
|
U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2024 (the "2024
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1303921214
Common Code: 130392121
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AP76
CUSIP: 903724AP7
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U.S.$912,354,000
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U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2025 (the "2025
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1303921487
Common Code: 130392148
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AQ59
CUSIP: 903724AQ5
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U.S.$1,355,231,000
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U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2026 (the "2026A
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1303925041
Common Code: 130392504
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AR33
CUSIP: 903724AR3
|
U.S.$1,339,057,000
|
U.S. Dollar 8.994 per cent. Notes
due 2026 (the "2026B
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1902171591
Common Code: 190217159
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724BW19
CUSIP: 903724BW1
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U.S.$750,000,000
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U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2027 (the "2027
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1303925470
Common Code: 130392547
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AS16
CUSIP: 903724AS1
|
U.S.$1,328,887,000
|
U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2028 (the "2028
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1303926528
Common Code: 130392652
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AT98
CUSIP: 903724AT9
|
U.S.$1,317,940,000
|
U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2029 (the "2029
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1303927179
Common Code: 130392717
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AU61
CUSIP: 903724AU6
|
U.S.$1,307,161,000
|
U.S. Dollar 9.750 per cent. Notes
due 2030 (the "2030
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1902171757
Common Code: 190217175
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724BV36
CUSIP: 903724BV3
|
U.S.$1,600,000,000
|
U.S. Dollar 6.876 per cent. Notes
due 2031 (the "2031
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS2010028699
Common Code: 201002869
Rule 144A ISIN: US90372UAR59
CUSIP: 90372UAR5
|
U.S.$1,750,000,000
|
U.S. Dollar 7.375 per cent. Notes
due 2034 (the "2034
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1577952952
Common Code: 157795295
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724BM37
CUSIP: 903724BM3
|
U.S.$3,000,000,000
|
U.S. Dollar 7.253 per cent. Notes
due 2035 (the "2035
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS2010030836
Common Code: 201003083
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724BY74
CUSIP: 903724BY7
|
U.S.$2,600,000,000
|
Euro 6.75 per cent. Notes due 2028
(the "2028 EUR
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS2015264778
Common Code: 201526477
Rule 144A ISIN: XS2015265072
Common Code: 201526507
|
€1,000,000,000
|
Euro 4.375 per cent. Notes due 2032
(the "2032 EUR
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS2010033343
Common Code: 201003334
Rule 144A ISIN: XS2010033186
Common Code: 201003318
|
€1,250,000,000
|
The Ukravtodor Guaranteed
Existing Notes
|
|
Outstanding Principal
Amount(1)
|
U.S. Dollar 6.25 per cent.
Guaranteed Amortising Notes due 2030 (the "Ukravtodor Guaranteed Existing
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS2357277149
Common Code: 235727714
Rule 144A ISIN: US857329AA47
CUSIP: 857329AA4
|
U.S.$
700,000,000
|
|
|
|
| |
1. Excludes
Existing Notes owned or controlled by
Ukraine or any public sector instrumentality of
Ukraine.
The Exchange Offer was approved by virtue of
Written Resolutions passed on 28 August 2024 pursuant to the
consent solicitation (the "Consent
Solicitation") in relation to the Existing Sovereign Notes
and the Ukravtodor Guaranteed Existing Notes upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer and
Consent Solicitation Memorandum dated 9 August 2024, as amended and
restated on 12 August 2024 and as further amended on 23 August 2024
(the "Memorandum"). Terms
used in this announcement but not defined herein have the
respective meanings given to them in the Memorandum which is
available to Holders from the Exchange and Consent Website:
https://projects.sodali.com/Ukraine,
subject to eligibility confirmation and registration, or by
contacting Sodali & Co (the "Information, Tabulation and Exchange
Agent"), the contact details for which are set out at the
end of this announcement.
Further to the results announcement on 28
August 2024, Ukraine and Ukravtodor are pleased to announce
that:
(i)
the Invitation Conditions have been met;
(ii)
Ukraine and the Trustee executed the New Securities Trust Deed in
relation to the New Securities on 30 August 2024;
(iii) Ukraine and
the Agents executed the New Securities Agency Agreement in relation
to the New Securities on 30 August 2024; and
(iv) Ukraine,
Ukravtodor and the Trustee have executed the Termination Deed in
relation to the Existing Notes on 30 August 2024; and
therefore, the Effective Date has occurred.
Additionally, Ukraine and Ukravtodor confirm that the
aggregate principal amount of the New Securities to be delivered by
Ukraine is as follows:
a. Step Up A Notes due 2029 in the
aggregate principal amount of U.S.$1,168,333,790 (ISIN
XS2895055981, CUSIP 903724BZ4);
b. Step Up A Notes due 2034 in the
aggregate principal amount of U.S.$3,150,618,209 (ISIN
XS2895056013, CUSIP 903724CA8);
c. Step Up A Notes due 2035 in the
aggregate principal amount of U.S.$2,946,419,792 (ISIN
XS2895056369, CUSIP 903724CB6);
d. Step Up A Notes due 2036 in the
aggregate principal amount of U.S.$2,456,212,884 (ISIN
XS2895056526, CUSIP 903724CC4);
e. Step Up B Notes due 2030 in the
aggregate principal amount of U.S.$ 531,039,055 (ISIN XS2895056872,
CUSIP 903724CD2);
f. Step Up B Notes due 2034 in the
aggregate principal amount of U.S.$1,984,417,400 (ISIN
XS2895056955, CUSIP 903724CE0);
g. Step Up B Notes due 2035 in the
aggregate principal amount of U.S.$1,626,613,414 (ISIN
XS2895057177, CUSIP 903724CF7); and
h. Step Up B Notes due 2036 in the
aggregate principal amount of U.S.$1,355,510,540 (ISIN
XS2895057334, CUSIP 903724CG5).
The New Securities are issued in registered form,
without interest coupons in denominations of U.S.$1,000 and in
integral multiples of U.S.$1 in excess thereof.
The Terms and Conditions of each series of Step
Up A Notes and Step Up B Notes are available for inspection on the
website of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine under the following
link https://mof.gov.ua/en/ozdp.
Holders that submitted valid Participation
Instructions and certified their status as an Eligible Holder
received the New Securities Consideration to which they are
entitled pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Offer and the
Consent Fee. Holders that did not submit valid
Participation Instructions will be subject to the Holding Period
Arrangement described in the Memorandum and, following
the Settlement Date, will need to submit Holding Period Exchange
Instructions certifying its status as an Eligible Holder on or
prior to the Holding Period Termination Deadline in order to
receive the Mandatory Exchange Consideration on the Holding Period
Distribution Date. Ineligible Holders and holders who fail to
submit a valid Holding Period Exchange Instruction will receive the
cash proceeds from the Sale of the Mandatory Exchange Consideration
once all relevant Sales of Mandatory Exchange Consideration have
been completed following the Holding Period Termination
Deadline. Ukraine will make a separate announcement
concerning the Holding Period Arrangement and Cash Proceeds
Arrangement, including the procedures for submitting Holding Period
Instructions, following the Settlement Date. Sales of Mandatory
Exchange Consideration will be for cash and on terms
that Ukraine determines are commercially reasonable.
If Ukraine or its agent or broker is unable to find
buyers for the relevant New Securities in the open market
within 6 months of the Holding Period Termination Deadline, any
remaining New Securities shall be cancelled.
Holders may refer to the Entitlements Calculator
available on the Exchange and Consent Website. The Entitlements
Calculator is provided as a courtesy to Holders (and relevant
intermediaries) and is for indicative calculation of entitlements
in the Exchange Offer and is for general information purposes only.
None of Ukraine, Ukravtodor or Morrow Sodali (trading as Sodali
& Co) gives any warranties, representations or undertakings nor
assumes any liabilities with respect to any of the content of
Entitlements Calculator (including, without limitation, any as to
the quality, accuracy, completeness or fitness for any particular
purpose of such content). Holders should be aware that they will
need to provide the relevant clearing system instruction reference
number(s) in order to retrieve details of their entitlements.
Ukraine also hereby announces to Holders that
the Committee Success Fees Shortfall to be deducted from the first
interest payment in respect of the Step Up A Bonds due 2034 will be
U.S.$3.35 per U.S.$1,000 in principal amount of the Step Up A Bonds
(rounded to the nearest cent) meaning that Holders will receive a
net amount of U.S.$5.40 per U.S.$1,000 in principal amount of the
Step Up A Bonds on the first interest payment date in respect of
the Step Up A Bonds due 2034, which falls on 1 February
2025.
This
announcement is released by Ukraine, represented by the Minister of
Finance, and contains information that qualified or may have
qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014
as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, encompassing information
relating to the Consent Solicitation and the Proposal described
above.
Any questions may be directed to the
Information, Tabulation and Exchange Agent at the email address or
telephone numbers 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
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In Hong
Kong: 29/F
No. 28 Stanley
Street
Central
Hong Kong
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Telephone: +44
20 4513 6933
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Telephone: +1
203 658 9457
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Telephone:
+852 2319 4130
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Exchange and Consent
Website: https://projects.sodali.com/Ukraine
Email:
Ukraine@investor.sodali.com