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Ferrexpo PLC

29 June 2023

 
 
 
 

29 June 2023

Ferrexpo plc

("Ferrexpo" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Report on Payments to Governments for the year ended 31 December 2022

Ferrexpo plc (LSE: FXPO), the premium iron ore pellet producer, with operations in central Ukraine, hereby provides information in accordance with DTR 4.3A in respect of payments made by the Company, and its subsidiaries, to governments during the year ended 31 December 2022. This announcement is made in compliance with The Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014, as amended (the "Regulations").

 
  2022                    Production                Taxes              Royalties              Dividends                 Bonuses                 Licences              Infrastructure                    Total 
                         entitlements                                                           paid                                         and concessions           improvements 
                                                                                                                                                  paid                     paid 
   (All figures                                      paid                 paid                                            paid 
  US$, thousands 
  ) 
----------------  ------------------------  -------------------  -------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 Ukraine 
                  ------------------------  -------------------  -------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 State treasury: 
  State budget                           -               96,403               40,700                        -                        -                        -                        -              137,103 
                  ------------------------  -------------------  -------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  ------------------- 
 State treasury: 
  Regional 
  budget                                 -               10,485               14,536                        -                        -                        -                        -               25,021 
                  ------------------------  -------------------  -------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  ------------------- 
 State treasury: 
  Local budget                           -                6,206                2,907                        -                        -                        -                        -                9,113 
                  ------------------------  -------------------  -------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  ------------------- 
 Total 
  Ukraine                                -              113,094               58,143                        -                        -                        -                        -              171,237 
                  ------------------------  -------------------  -------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  ------------------- 
 
 Grand 
  Total                                  -              113,094               58,143                        -                        -                        -                        -              171,237 
 

Basis of preparation:

1. The Company regards payments relating to the Group's mining operations in Ukraine as interconnected projects for the purposes of the regulations.

2. Taxes paid include taxes levied on the income, production or profits of companies but excludes any taxes levied on consumption such as value added taxes, personal income taxes or sales taxes.

3. Payments made in currencies other than US dollars are converted at the average foreign exchange rate for the relevant month.

This report is available for download at http://www.ferrexpo.com .

For further information, please contact:

 
     Ferrexpo: 
     Nick Bias             n.bias@ferrexpo.ch             +44 (0)20 7389 8300 
     Tavistock: 
     Jos Simson                                           +44 (0)20 7920 3150 
      Gareth Tredway       ferrexpo@tavistock.co.uk        +44 (0)7785 974 264 
 

About Ferrexpo:

Ferrexpo is a Swiss headquartered iron ore company with assets in Ukraine and a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 250 index (ticker FXPO). The Group produces high grade iron ore pellets, which are a premium product for the global steel industry and enable reduced carbon emissions and increased productivity for steelmakers when the Group's iron ore pellets are converted into steel, compared to more commonly traded forms of iron ore. Ferrexpo's operations have been supplying the global steel industry for over 50 years, and in 2022 the Group produced 6.1 million tonnes of iron ore pellets, placing Ferrexpo as one of the largest exporter of pellets to the global steel industry. The Group has a global customer base comprising of premium steel mills around the world, which includes steel mills in Austria, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Vietnam and America. For further information, please visit www.ferrexpo.com .

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