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Polyus Finance PLC
14 October 2021
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14 October 2021
Closing of USD 700 million Eurobonds offering
Polyus Finance plc (the "Issuer"), an indirect wholly-owned
finance subsidiary of PJSC Polyus (LSE, MOEX - PLZL) ("Polyus", the
"Company") announces that the Issuer has closed and settled the
issuance of USD 700 million notes due 14 October 2028 with a coupon
of 3.25% per annum (the "Notes"). The Notes are guaranteed by PJSC
Polyus and Joint Stock Company Polyus Krasnoyarsk, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company.
The Notes were purchased by a diversified investor base,
including investors from the developed markets - Continental Europe
(ca. 41%) and the UK & USA (ca. 20%) - as well as from Russia
(ca. 38%) and other regions.
Polyus intends to use the net proceeds from the issue of the
Notes primarily for the financing of concurrent tender offer
announced on 28 September 2021 (settlement is expected on 19
October 2021) and other general corporate purposes.
Polyus
Polyus is the world's fourth-largest gold mining company by
production volumes and the largest gold miner in terms of
attributable gold Ore Reserves. The company demonstrates the lowest
production costs among major global gold producers. Its principal
operations are located in Siberia and the Russian Far East:
Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Republic of Sakha
(Yakutia).
Forward-looking statements
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expansion and growth of Polyus' and/or Polyus group's operations.
Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are
beyond Polyus' and/or Polyus group's ability to control or estimate
precisely and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on such
statements which speak only as at the date of this announcement.
Polyus and/or any Polyus group company assumes no obligation in
respect of, and does not intend to update, these forward-looking
statements, except as required pursuant to applicable law.
General
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