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 NOTICE
OR THE MEMORANDUM (AS DEFINED BELOW).
9 September 2024
Ukraine
represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT AND OF
HOLDING PERIOD ARRANGEMENT AND CASH PROCEEDS
ARRANGEMENT
Ukraine, represented by the Minister of Finance
of Ukraine (the "Issuer" or
"Ukraine") hereby gives
notice to the holders of the following 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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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. 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. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2026 (the "2026A
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1303925041
Common Code: 130392504
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AR33
CUSIP: 903724AR3
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U.S. Dollar 8.994 per cent. Notes
due 2026 (the "2026B
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1902171591
Common Code: 190217159
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724BW19
CUSIP: 903724BW1
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U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2027 (the "2027
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1303925470
Common Code: 130392547
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AS16
CUSIP: 903724AS1
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U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2028 (the "2028
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1303926528
Common Code: 130392652
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AT98
CUSIP: 903724AT9
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U.S. Dollar 7.75 per cent. Notes due
2029 (the "2029
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1303927179
Common Code: 130392717
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724AU61
CUSIP: 903724AU6
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U.S. Dollar 9.750 per cent. Notes
due 2030 (the "2030
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1902171757
Common Code: 190217175
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724BV36
CUSIP: 903724BV3
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U.S. Dollar 6.876 per cent. Notes
due 2031 (the "2031
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS2010028699
Common Code: 201002869
Rule 144A ISIN: US90372UAR59
CUSIP: 90372UAR5
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U.S. Dollar 7.375 per cent. Notes
due 2034 (the "2034
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS1577952952
Common Code: 157795295
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724BM37
CUSIP: 903724BM3
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U.S. Dollar 7.253 per cent. Notes
due 2035 (the "2035
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS2010030836
Common Code: 201003083
Rule 144A ISIN: US903724BY74
CUSIP: 903724BY7
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Euro 6.75 per cent. Notes due 2028
(the "2028 EUR
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS2015264778
Common Code: 201526477
Rule 144A ISIN: XS2015265072
Common Code: 201526507
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Euro 4.375 per cent. Notes due 2032
(the "2032 EUR
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS2010033343
Common Code: 201003334
Rule 144A ISIN: XS2010033186
Common Code: 201003318
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The Ukravtodor Guaranteed
Existing Notes
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U.S. Dollar 6.25 per cent.
Guaranteed Amortising Notes due 2030 (the "Ukravtodor Guaranteed Existing
Notes")
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Regulation S ISIN: XS2357277149
Common Code: 235727714
Rule 144A ISIN: US857329AA47
CUSIP: 857329AA4
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1. Excludes
Existing Notes owned or controlled by
Ukraine or any public sector instrumentality of
Ukraine.
that the settlement of the initial distribution
of New Notes in exchange for the Existing Notes and payment of the
Consent Fee to Eligible Holders was completed on 3 September 2024
pursuant to the terms of 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 Notice 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 Notice.
On the Settlement Date of 30 August 2024, (i)
those Holders that submitted (and did not subsequently withdraw)
valid Participation Instructions certifying their status as an
Eligible Holder by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on 27 August 2024
received the New Securities Consideration, (ii) all Existing Notes
were exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer and, as a result of
the effectiveness of the Written Resolution, are 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 received 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 the Cash Proceeds Distribution
Date in accordance with the terms of the Cash Proceeds Arrangement
described in the Memorandum.
Holding Period
Arrangement
Holders that did not submit (or arrange to have
submitted on their behalf) valid Participation Instructions
by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on 27 August 2024
are instead subject to the Holding Period Arrangement described in
the Memorandum and will need to submit Holding Period Exchange
Instructions certifying its status as an Eligible Holder
by 5:00 p.m. (New York Time) on 30 October
2024 (the "Holding
Period Termination Deadline"), in order to
receive the Mandatory Exchange Consideration (in lieu
of the Mandatory Substitute Consideration). The
relevant Mandatory Exchange Consideration will be delivered by the
Custodian to the relevant Clearing System and by that Clearing
System to the relevant Settlement Account of such Holder where the
Existing Notes were previously held, as soon as practicable
following the Holding Period Termination Deadline, on the Holding
Period Distribution Date.
Holders of
Existing Notes that do not submit (or arrange to have submitted on
their behalf) valid Holding Period Exchange Instructions by the
Holding Period Termination Deadline certifying their status as an
Eligible Holder will be subject to the Cash Proceeds
Arrangement.
Requirements for Holding Period Exchange
Instructions
Holders must submit (or arrange to have
submitted on their behalf) Holding Period Exchange Instructions in
accordance with the following requirements.
Euroclear /
Clearstream Notes
In order to submit Holding Period Exchange
Instructions, Direct Participants in respect of Euroclear / Clearstream Notes must submit (and
not subsequently withdraw) an electronic instruction through the
relevant Clearing System at or prior to the Holding Period
Termination Deadline specifying that it is
submitted on behalf of a beneficial owner:
(i)
who is an Eligible Holder that is (a) outside of
the United States and (b) not a Retail Investor
(ii) who is not an
Eligible Holder.
DTC
Notes
In order to submit Holding Period Exchange
Instructions, DTC Direct Participants must submit (and not
subsequently withdraw) an Agent's Message through ATOP (each as
defined in the Memorandum) at or prior to the Holding Period
Termination Deadline specifying that it is
submitted on behalf of a beneficial owner:
(i) who is an
Eligible Holder that is (a) a QIB or an Accredited Investor and (b)
not a Retail Investor; or
(ii) who is not an
Eligible Holder.
Holders may only submit Holding Period
Instructions in respect of principal amounts of the relevant
minimum denomination of the relevant Series of Existing Notes and
the relevant integral multiple in excess thereof with respect to
each Series of Existing Notes. A separate Holding Period
Instruction must be submitted on behalf of each beneficial owner of
Existing Notes. The minimum denomination of the
relevant Series of Existing Notes is U.S.$200,000, U.S.$100,000 or
EUR100,000, and in integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 or EUR1,000, as
applicable, in excess thereof.
Cash Proceeds
Arrangement
In relation to each:
(i)
holder of Existing Notes that submitted (or
arranged to have submitted on its behalf) a valid Participation
Instruction on or before the Expiration Time certifying that it is
not an Eligible Holder; and
(ii)
holder of Existing Notes who does not deliver a
valid Participation Instruction on or before the Expiration Time
and that subsequently fails to submit or arrange to have submitted
on its behalf a valid Holding Period Exchange Instruction at or
prior to the Holding Period Termination Deadline,
Ukraine shall sell or procure the sale of
Mandatory Exchange Consideration to which such holder is entitled
in one or more transactions (each, a "Sale") as soon as practicable following
the Holding Period Termination Deadline, and the Mandatory
Substitute Consideration will be delivered to such Holder on the
Cash Proceeds Distribution Date. Ineligible Holders of a Series of
Existing Notes who delivered a valid Participation Instruction on
or prior to the Early Consent Deadline will receive, on the Cash
Proceeds Distribution Date, the Consent Fee.
Any such Sale will be for cash and on terms
that Ukraine determines are commercially reasonable, including
without limitation by instructing one or more brokers to undertake
the sale on market standard terms and provided that if Ukraine is
unable to find buyers for all relevant New Securities in the open
market within 6 months of the Holding Period Termination Deadline,
any remaining New Securities shall be cancelled (such cancellation
to be effected by a reduction in the principal amount of each
relevant Global Note) and neither Ukraine, nor the Custodian, nor
any broker or agent instructed in respect of such Sale, shall have
any obligations or liability whatsoever in respect of such New
Securities to any person.
The price, terms, timing and manner of such
Sales will be on the best terms reasonably available at the time
using a transparent open market process and shall be for cash.
Neither the Custodian nor Ukraine nor any broker will have any
liability for any loss or alleged loss arising from such sale or a
failure to procure any purchaser for such New Securities (or any of
them). The proceeds of such Sales (net of the costs of sale
including the fees of any marketing agent, placement agent, broker
or underwriter appointed in relation to the Sales and any taxes and
provisions for tax on sale or as a result of the Holding Period
Arrangement) (the "Net Cash
Proceeds") will be held for the benefit of similarly
situated holders of the Existing Notes until such time as Sales of
all relevant Mandatory Exchange Consideration have been effected
after the Holding Period Termination Deadline, and the pro rata
shares of such Net Cash Proceeds will be delivered to the relevant
Direct Participants in the relevant Clearing System on behalf of
the holders of Existing Notes entitled to such Mandatory Substitute
Consideration on the Cash Proceeds Distribution Date (the
"Cash Proceeds
Arrangement").
However, depending on market conditions, the
volume of Mandatory Exchange Consideration sold or other
developments, the Net Cash Proceeds may be less than the principal
amount of the Mandatory Exchange Consideration that would otherwise
have been due to such Holder had it been an Eligible Holder.
Furthermore, such Net Cash Proceeds will not be available until
after the Holding Period Termination Deadline. Ukraine will not be
obligated to pay any amount other than, or additional to, the Net
Cash Proceeds, and payment of the Net Cash Proceeds will fully and
finally discharge Ukraine's obligation to deliver the Mandatory
Exchange Consideration to the relevant holders of Existing
Notes.
This Notice is
released by Ukraine, represented by the Minister of
Finance.
Any questions regarding the procedures outlined
in this Notice, including the submission of Holding Period Exchange
Instructions, 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
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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