Programme to purchase PJSC Uralkali’s common shares and Global Depositary Receipts
Pursuant to the announcement by Enterpro, as of the Expiration Time of the Tender Offer a total of 348,949,054 Common Shares, including 204,858,415 Common Shares represented by 40,971,683 GDRs, had been tendered for sale pursuant to the Tender Offer. The number of Common Shares, including Common Shares represented by GDRs, tendered in the Tender Offer represents 11.89% of Uralkali’s outstanding Common Shares as of 25 May 2015. The number of Common Shares and GDRs that were tendered into the Tender Offer did not exceed 468,750,000 Common Shares, which was the maximum number of Common Shares and GDRs subject to purchase in the Tender Offer by Enterpro pursuant to the Tender Offer Memorandum dated 24 April 2015 (the “Tender Offer Memorandum”). Therefore, Common Shares and GDRs tendered in the Tender Offer will not be subject to pro-ration.
Pursuant to the announcement by Enterpro, under the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer Memorandum, securityholders who have submitted tenders for their Common Shares (including Russian licensed securities trustees, or foreign authorized holders, if applicable), their duly authorized nominee holders (whether Russian or foreign) or other representatives must, during the period commencing on 25 May 2015 and ending on 29 May 2015, inclusive, appear at the office of Computershare to which such securityholder or its representative, as indicated above, originally submitted the Common Shares Letter of Transmittal to sign documents required to transfer to Enterpro all Common Shares indicated in the Common Shares Letter of Transmittal submitted by such securityholder (including the relevant share purchase agreement) and to submit to Computershare all other documents described in the Tender Offer Memorandum and the Common Shares Letter of Transmittal, including instructions thereto. Please note that pursuant to the terms of the Tender Offer, no Common Shares will be purchased by Enterpro after 29 May 2015.
Pursuant to the terms of the Tender Offer Memorandum and the relevant share purchase agreements, payments for Common Shares will be made in Russian rubles at the Central Bank of Russia US\$/RUB exchange rate in effect on 25 May 2015, the date of announcement of the results of the Tender Offer, of RUB 49.7901 per US\$1.00. Payment for the GDRs tendered in the Tendered Offer will be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
Uralkali is one of the world’s largest potash producers and exporters. The Company’s assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore-treatment mills situated in the towns of Berezniki and Solikamsk (Perm Region, Russia). Uralkali employs ca. 11,000 people (in the main production unit). Uralkali’s shares and GDRs are traded on the Moscow Exchange and London Stock Exchange, respectively.
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