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).
28 August 2024
Ukraine
represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine
announcement of the results
of the EXCHANGE OFFER AND consent solicitation
On 9 August 2024, Ukraine, represented by the
Minister of Finance of Ukraine (the "Issuer" or "Ukraine") announced the launch
of:
1. 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 ("Ukravtodor") (the "Ukravtodor Guaranteed Existing Notes")
(each a "Series"
and together, the "Existing
Notes"), and
2. together with
Ukravtodor, the launch of a consent solicitation (the
"Consent Solicitation") in relation to the Existing Sovereign Notes and the
Ukravtodor Guaranteed Existing Notes to solicit consents to approve
certain written resolutions 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") (the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation, together, the
"Invitation").
The Existing Sovereign
Notes
|
|
Outstanding Principal
Amount(1)
|
U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2024 (the "2024
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1303921214
Common Code: 130392121
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AP76
CUSIP: 903724AP7
|
U.S.$912,354,000
|
U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2025 (the "2025
Notes")
|
Regulation S ISIN: XS1303921487
Common Code: 130392148
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AQ59
CUSIP: 903724AQ5
|
U.S.$1,355,231,000
|
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
|
U.S.$750,000,000
|
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
|
|
|
|
| |
in each case issued by the Issuer (each, a
"Series" and, together, the
"Existing Notes").
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.
Ukraine and Ukravtodor are pleased to announce
that:
(i)
the Requisite Consents have been obtained in relation to all Series
of Existing Notes;
(ii) No
Series of Existing Notes have been re-designated;
(iii) the Minimum
Participation Condition has been met;
(iv) the Written
Resolutions in respect of each Series of Existing Notes were duly
passed and the Mandatory Exchange of the Existing Notes of each
Series for New Securities, has been approved;
(v) the
Dollar Equivalent that will be used to convert amounts in euros
into U.S. dollars for purposes of determining the amount of New
Securities and Consent Fee that each Eligible Holder will receive
pursuant to the Invitation shall be Euro 0.8959 per U.S.$1.00;
and
(vi) the ISIN
codes and CUSIPS of the New Securities to be delivered by Ukraine
on the Settlement Date pursuant to the Invitation are as
follows:
a. Step Up A Notes due 2029 (ISIN
XS2895055981, CUSIP 903724BZ4);
b. Step Up A Notes due 2034 (ISIN
XS2895056013, CUSIP 903724CA8);
c. Step Up A Notes due 2035 (ISIN
XS2895056369, CUSIP 903724CB6);
d. Step Up A Notes due 2036 (ISIN
XS2895056526, CUSIP 903724CC4);
e. Step Up B Notes due 2030 (ISIN
XS2895056872, CUSIP 903724CD2);
f. Step Up B Notes due 2034 (ISIN
XS2895056955, CUSIP 903724CE0);
g. Step Up B Notes due 2035 (ISIN
XS2895057177, CUSIP 903724CF7); and
h. Step Up B Notes due 2036 (ISIN
XS2895057334, CUSIP 903724CG5).
By virtue of the Written Resolutions passed today,
the Holders of the Existing Notes have approved the irrevocable and
unconditional waiver and authorisation of any breach or any alleged
breach whatsoever of any other obligation under or in respect of
the Existing Notes which may have been breached, may be breached or
may be capable of being breached as a result of the suspension of
payments thereunder by the Issuer or by the threat of, in
anticipation of, in connection with, or as a result of, the
Mandatory Exchange and the Cancellation.
In the aggregate, Ukraine and Ukravtodor have
received and accepted Participation Instructions of over 97.38 per
cent. of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Existing
Notes with the participation levels per Series of Existing Notes
ranging from 95 per cent. to 98.87 per cent.
Following the approval of the Mandatory
Exchange, and subject to the satisfaction or (where capable of
being waived) waiver of the Invitation Conditions, Ukraine expects
that the Settlement Date will occur on 30 August 2024. On the
Settlement Date: (i) those Holders that submitted (and did not
subsequently withdraw) valid Participation Instructions in
certifying their status as an Eligible Holder by 5:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on 27 August 2024 will receive the New Securities
Consideration, (ii) all Existing Notes exchanged pursuant to the
Exchange Offer and as a result of the effectiveness of the Written
Resolution will be cancelled; and (iii) those Eligible Holders that
submitted (and did not subsequently withdraw) valid Participation
Instructions by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on 27 August 2024
will receive the Consent Fee. Holders that submitted (and did not
subsequently withdraw) valid Participation
Instructions certifying such Holders' status as an Ineligible
Holder by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on 27 August 2024 will
receive the Mandatory Substitute Consideration and Consent Fee on
Cash Proceeds Distribution Date in accordance with the terms of the
Cash Proceeds Arrangement described in the Memorandum.
Holders that have not submitted (or arranged to
have submitted on their behalf) valid Participation Instructions
by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on 27 August 2024
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
an 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.
In relation to the Existing Notes of those
Holders who did not participate in the Invitation, the trading of
the Existing Notes will be stopped in the Clearing Systems on 28
August 2024 for the purposes of giving effect to the Mandatory
Exchange.
Ukraine and Ukravtodor will be looking to
publish a separate announcement confirming the aggregate principal
amount of the New Securities to be delivered by Ukraine on the
Settlement Date pursuant to the Invitation.
This
announcement is released by Ukraine, represented by the Minister of
Finance of Ukraine and Ukravtodor, 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 Exchange Offer, Consent
Solicitation and the Invitation described above.
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
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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