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PJSC Polyus (LSE, MOEX — PLZL) (“Polyus” or the “Company”) has completed the issuance of the offering of the Company’s ordinary shares of additional issue by way of closed subscription (registered by the Bank of Russia on 6 July 2020 under the registration number 1-01-55192-E-003D) (the “New Shares”). The New Shares constitute approximately 1.33% of the total number of issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Company.
JSC Polyus Krasnoyarsk (“Polyus Krasnoyarsk”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, subscribed for and purchased 1,808,142 of the New Shares. As previously announced, the Company’s shareholders had a pre-emption right to purchase the New Shares on a pro rata basis until 21 September 2020. In total, eligible shareholders acquired 174 of the New Shares.
The issuance of the New Shares comes in line with the previously announced intentions to increase the Company’s charter capital. The New Shares will be used by Polyus Krasnoyarsk to return the Company’s shares borrowed by it under the securities lending agreement with Polyus Gold International Limited and used by Polyus Krasnoyarsk to procure the delivery of global depositary receipts to the holders of convertible bonds issued by Polyus Finance plc.
The New Shares will become fully transferable following the state registration of the report on the results of the New Shares issuance by the Bank of Russia later in 2020.
Following the issuance of the New Shares, the Company’s free float remains above 22%.
Polyus
Polyus is the world’s fourth-largest gold mining company by production volumes, with the third-largest attributable gold reserves and the lowest production costs among major global gold producers. The Company’s principal operations are located in Siberia and the Russian Far East: Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Enquiries
Investor and Media contact
Victor Drozdov, Director Communications & Investor Relations (CIR) Department
+7 (495) 641 33 77
drozdovvi@polyus.com
Forward looking statement
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