NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO ANY
JURISDICTION OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN ANY
JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH DISTRIBUTION IS UNLAWFUL
JSC DEVELOPMENT BANK OF
KAZAKHSTAN ANNOUNCES AN OFFER TO PURCHASE
FOR CASH IN U.S. DOLLARS ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING
5.75% NOTES DUE 2025 AND 10.75% NOTES DUE 2025
2
April 2024 - JSC Development Bank of
Kazakhstan (the "Offeror"),
a joint stock company organised in the Republic of Kazakhstan,
announces the launch of its offer to purchase for cash any and all
of: (i) the 5.75% Notes due 2025 (the "USD Notes") issued by the Offeror (the
"USD Notes Tender Offer");
and (ii) the 10.75% Notes due 2025 (the "KZT Notes") issued by the Offeror (the
"KZT Notes Tender Offer" and, together with the
USD Notes Tender Offer, the "Tender Offers") from each Holder (as
defined in the Offer to Purchase), upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated 2 April
2024 (the "Offer to
Purchase"). Capitalised terms used but not defined herein
have the meanings set out in the Offer to Purchase. Copies of the
Offer to Purchase are available, subject to registration and
eligibility confirmation, from the Tender Offer Website:
https://projects.morrowsodali.com/dbk
.
The Offeror is making the Tender
Offers in combination with offerings (the "New Notes Offerings") of
U.S. Dollar-denominated Eurobonds to be issued under the
Offeror's medium term note programme (the "New USD Notes") and of Kazakhstan
Tenge-denominated Eurobonds to be issued under the Offeror's medium
term note programme (the "New KZT
Notes" and, together with the New USD Notes, the
"New Notes"). The New Notes
Offerings are expected to price prior to the Early Tender
Participation Deadlines (as defined below) and to close on or about
15 April 2024. Subject to the successful closing of the New Notes
Offerings, the proceeds from the offering of the New Notes are
expected to fund the Tender Offers. An amount equal to the proceeds
of the New KZT Notes will be used in accordance with the Offeror's
Green and Sustainability Financing Framework, which is published on
its website. The Offeror intends to use existing cash on hand to
fund any remaining portion of the Tender Offers. Unless waived by
the Offeror, the Tender Offers are conditioned upon, among other
things, the successful completion (in the sole determination of the
Offeror) of the New Notes Offerings (the "Financing Condition"). For the
avoidance of doubt, the Offeror may waive the Financing Condition
in respect of the issuance of one or both of the New USD Notes or
the New KZT Notes. The New Notes have not been, and will not be,
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
Tender Offers are not offers to sell or solicitations of offers to
buy any New Notes. No action has been, or will be, taken in any
jurisdiction in relation to the New Notes to permit a public offer
of securities.
The Offeror will, in connection with
allocations of the New Notes, consider among other factors whether
or not the relevant Holder seeking an allocation of the New Notes
has, prior to such allocation, validly tendered or indicated a firm
intention to the Offeror or the Dealer Managers to tender Notes
pursuant to the Tender Offers, and, if so, the aggregate nominal
amount of Notes tendered or intended to be tendered by such Holder.
When considering allocations of the New Notes, the Offeror may give
preference to those Holders who, prior to such allocation, have
tendered, or indicated their firm intention to tender,
Notes.
USD
Notes Tender Offer
The USD Notes Tender Offer will
expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 30 April 2024, unless
extended or earlier terminated (such time and date, as the same may
be extended, the "USD Notes
Expiration Deadline"). Holders who tender their USD Notes
may withdraw such USD Notes at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on 15 April 2024 (such time and date, as the same
may be extended (the "USD Notes
Withdrawal Deadline")). To receive
the USD Notes Total Consideration (as defined below), which
includes an early tender premium of U.S.$30.00 per U.S.$1,000 in
principal amount of the USD Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to
the USD Notes Tender Offer (the "USD Notes Early Tender
Premium"), Holders must validly
tender and not validly withdraw their USD Notes prior to 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on 15 April 2024, unless extended (such time,
as the same may be extended, the "USD Notes Early Tender
Participation Deadline"). Holders
who validly tender their USD Notes after the USD Notes Early Tender
Participation Deadline but at, or prior to, the USD Notes
Expiration Deadline will be eligible to receive only the USD Notes
Tender Offer Consideration (as defined herein), which is an amount
equal to the USD Notes Total Consideration minus the USD Notes
Early Tender Premium.
KZT
Notes Tender Offer
The KZT Notes Tender Offer will
expire at 5:00 p.m., Central European Summer Time, on 30 April
2024, unless extended or earlier terminated (such time and date, as
the same may be extended, the "KZT
Notes Expiration Deadline" and each of the KZT Notes
Expiration Deadline and the USD Notes Expiration Deadline, an
"Expiration Deadline").
Holders who tender their KZT Notes may withdraw such KZT Notes at
any time prior to 5:00 p.m., Central European Summer Time, on 15
April 2024 (such time and date, as the same may be extended, the
"KZT Notes Withdrawal
Deadline" and each of the KZT Notes Withdrawal Deadline and
the USD Notes Withdrawal Deadline, a "Withdrawal Deadline")). To
receive the KZT Notes Total Consideration (as defined below), which
includes an early tender premium of KZT 7,500.00 per KZT 250,000 in
principal amount of the KZT Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to
the KZT Notes Tender Offer (the "KZT Notes Early Tender Premium" and
each of the KZT Notes Early Tender Premium and the USD Notes Early
Tender Premium, an "Early Tender
Premium"), Holders must validly tender and not validly
withdraw their KZT Notes prior to 5:00 p.m., Central European
Summer Time, on 15 April 2024, unless extended (such time, as the
same may be extended, the "KZT
Notes Early Tender Participation Deadline" and each of the
KZT Notes Early Tender Participation Deadline and the USD Notes
Early Tender Participation Deadline, an "Early Tender Participation Deadline").
Holders who validly tender their KZT Notes after the KZT Notes
Early Tender Participation Deadline but at, or prior to, the KZT
Notes Expiration Deadline will be eligible to receive only the KZT
Notes Tender Offer Consideration, which is an amount equal to the
KZT Notes Total Consideration minus the KZT Notes Early Tender
Premium.
All payments in respect of the KZT
Notes Tender Offer (including in respect of the relevant Tender
Offer Consideration, Total Consideration and Accrued Interest) will
be made in U.S. Dollars, calculated by the Information and Tender
Agent by dividing the relevant Kazakhstan Tenge amounts by the
Kazakhstan Tenge / U.S. Dollar rate announced by the Offeror and
used to determine the issue price of the New KZT Notes, which is
expected to be as reported by the National Bank of Kazakhstan on
the date of pricing of the New KZT Notes (currently expected to be
4 April 2024 (the "Calculation
Date"), subject to receipt of requisite approvals for payment of the
consideration relating to the KZT Notes Tender Offer) the
("FX Rate").
The FX Rate will be used to
calculate all amounts due to be paid on both the Early Settlement
Date (currently expected to be 17 April 2024) and the Final
Settlement Date (currently expected to be 2 May 2024), and no
recalculation of the exchange rate or adjustments will be made to
reflect any changes in the FX Rate following the Calculation
Date.
Key
Terms of the Tender Offers
The following table sets forth
certain terms of the Tender Offers:
Title of
Notes
|
ISIN/CUSIP/Common
Code
|
Outstanding Principal
Amount
|
Amount of the Notes subject
to the Offer
|
Tender Offer
Consideration
|
Early Tender
Premium
|
Total
Consideration
|
5.75% Notes due 2025 issued by JSC
Development Bank of Kazakhstan (the "USD Notes")
|
Regulation S:
XS2472852610 / 247285261
Rule 144A:
US48129VAA44 /
48129VAA4
|
U.S.$500,000,000
|
Any and
all
|
U.S.$970.00(1)(4)
("USD Notes Tender Offer
Consideration")
|
U.S.$30.00
(2)
|
U.S.$1,000.00
(2)(3)(4)
("USD Notes Total Offer
Consideration")
|
10.75% Notes due 2025 issued by JSC
Development Bank of Kazakhstan (the "KZT Notes" and, together with the USD
Notes, the "Notes"))
|
Regulation S:
XS2106835262 / 210683526
|
KZT62,500,000,000
|
Any and
all
|
KZT
237,500.00 (4)(5)
("KZT Notes Tender Offer
Consideration")
|
KZT
7,500.00(6)
|
KZT
245,000.00 (4)(6)(7)
("KZT Notes Total Offer
Consideration")
|
________
(1) Per U.S.$1,000 in
principal amount of USD Notes validly tendered after the USD Notes
Early Tender Participation Deadline but on, or prior to, the USD
Notes Expiration Deadline and accepted for purchase.
(2) Per U.S.$1,000 in
principal amount of USD Notes validly tendered on, or prior to, the
USD Notes Early Tender Participation Deadline and accepted for
purchase.
(3) Per U.S.$1,000 in
principal amount, comprising the USD Notes Tender Offer
Consideration and USD Notes Early Tender Premium.
(4) Excludes Accrued Interest,
which will also be paid.
(5) Per KZT 250,000 in
principal amount of KZT Notes validly tendered after the KZT Notes
Early Tender Participation Deadline but on, or prior to, the KZT
Notes Expiration Deadline and accepted for purchase. All payments
in respect of the KZT Notes Tender Offer will be made in U.S.
Dollars. The U.S. Dollar amounts payable will be determined as
described under "The Tender
Offers-Consideration-Calculation of U.S. Dollar Amounts for KZT
Notes Tender Offer" in the Offer to Purchase.
(6) Per KZT 250,000 in
principal amount of KZT Notes validly tendered on, or prior to, the
KZT Notes Early Tender Participation Deadline and accepted for
purchase. All payments in respect of the KZT Notes Tender Offer
will be made in U.S. Dollars. The U.S. Dollar amounts payable will
be determined as described under "The Tender Offers-Consideration-Calculation
of U.S. Dollar Amounts for KZT Notes Tender Offer" in
the Offer to Purchase.
(7) Per KZT 250,000 in
principal amount, comprising the KZT Notes Tender Offer
Consideration and KZT Notes Early Tender Premium. All payments in
respect of the KZT Notes Tender Offer will be made in U.S. Dollars.
The U.S. Dollar amounts payable will be determined as described
under "The Tender
Offers-Consideration-Calculation of U.S. Dollar Amounts for KZT
Notes Tender Offer" in the Offer to Purchase.
In addition to the relevant Tender
Offer Consideration or the relevant Total Consideration, as
applicable, all Holders of Notes accepted for purchase will also
receive accrued and unpaid interest in cash on such Notes in U.S.
Dollars (calculated, in respect of the KZT Notes, as set out
above), rounded to the nearest U.S.$0.01 (with U.S.$0.005 being
rounded upwards) per (i) U.S.$1,000 in principal amount of USD
Notes or (ii) KZT 250,000 in principal amount of KZT Notes, from
and including the last interest payment date to, but not including,
the Early Settlement Date or the Final Settlement Date, as
applicable (the "Accrued
Interest").
All Notes validly tendered and not
validly withdrawn on, or prior to, the relevant Early Tender
Participation Deadline and accepted for purchase will be purchased
on the Early Settlement Date, and all Notes validly tendered after
the relevant Early Tender Participation Deadline but on, or prior
to, the relevant Expiration Deadline and accepted for purchase (if
any) will be purchased on the Final Settlement Date.
Subject to applicable law and the
terms and conditions of the Offer to Purchase, the Offeror may
terminate the Tender Offers, waive any or all of the conditions of
the Tender Offers prior to the relevant Expiration Deadline, extend
the relevant Early Tender Participation Deadline or the relevant
Expiration Deadline or amend the terms of the Tender
Offers.
None of the Offeror, the Dealer
Managers or the Information and Tender Agent makes any
recommendation whether Holders should tender or refrain from
tendering Notes in the Tender Offers, and no one has been
authorised by any of them to make such a recommendation. Holders
are urged to evaluate carefully all information in the Offer to
Purchase, consult their own investment and tax advisers and make
their own decisions whether to tender Notes in the Tender Offers,
and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender.
Contact Details
The Offeror has retained Citigroup
Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, JSC Halyk
Finance, Mashreqbank psc and Société Générale to act as Dealer
Managers for the Tender Offers and Morrow Sodali Limited to act as
Information and Tender Agent for the Tender Offers. Questions
regarding procedures for tendering Notes may be directed to Morrow
Sodali Limited at: +44 20 4513 6933, +1 203 658
9457 and +852 2319 4130 or by email at:
dbk@investor.morrowsodali.com. Questions regarding the Tender
Offers may be directed to Citigroup Global Markets Limited at: +44
20 7986 8969 or by email to liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com;
J.P. Morgan Securities plc at: +44 20 7134 2468 or by email to:
em_europe_lm@jpmorgan.com; JSC Halyk Finance at +7 727 339 43 73 or
by email to: ib@halykfinance.kz; Mashreqbank psc by email to
DCM@mashreq.com; or Société Générale at +33 1 42 13 32 40 or by
email to: liability.management@sgcib.com.
Disclaimer and Offer and Distribution
Restrictions
This announcement is for
informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to
sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. No offer,
solicitation, or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which
such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. The Tender
Offers are only being made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.
Holders of the Notes are urged to carefully read the Offer to
Purchase before making any decision with respect to the Tender
Offers.
Neither the Offer to Purchase nor
any related document has been filed with, or reviewed by, the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, nor has any such document been
filed with or reviewed by, any securities commission or regulatory
authority of any U.S. state or jurisdiction or any other country.
No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer
to Purchase or any related documents. Any representation to the
contrary is unlawful and may be a criminal offense.
The distribution of the Offer to
Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and,
therefore, persons in such jurisdictions into which they are
released, published or distributed, should inform themselves about,
and observe, such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these
restrictions may constitute a violation of the laws of any such
jurisdiction.
United
Kingdom
The communication of this
announcement, the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or
materials relating to the Tender Offers is not being made and such
documents or materials have not been approved by an authorised
person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000, as amended (the "FSMA"). Accordingly, this announcement,
the Offer to Purchase and such documents or materials are not being
distributed to, and must not be passed on to, persons in the United
Kingdom other than: (i) to those persons in the United Kingdom
falling within the definition of investment professionals (as
defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Financial Promotion Order")); (ii) to
those persons who are within Article 43(2) of the Financial
Promotion Order, including existing members and creditors of the
Offeror; (iii) to those persons who are outside the United Kingdom;
or (iv) to any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be
made under the Financial Promotion Order (all such persons together
being referred to as "Relevant
Persons") and the transactions contemplated herein will be
available only to, and engaged in only with, Relevant Persons. Any
person who is not a Relevant Person should not act on or rely on
the Offer to Purchase or any of its contents.
Republic of
Kazakhstan
The Tender Offers are not being
made, directly or indirectly, in the Republic of Kazakhstan, except
in compliance with the laws and regulations of the Republic of
Kazakhstan, including the rules of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
(the "KASE"). This
announcement and the Offer to Purchase have not been, and will not
be, submitted for clearance to, nor approved by, the National Bank
of Kazakhstan.
France
The Tender Offers are not being
made, directly or indirectly, to the public in France. None of this
announcement, the Offer to Purchase or the Offer Documents
have been distributed to, or are being distributed
to, the general public in the Republic of France and only qualified
investors (investisseurs
qualifiés), within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation
(EU) 2017/1129 (the "Prospectus
Regulation") are eligible to participate in the Tender
Offers. The Offer to Purchase has not been, and will not be,
submitted to the clearance procedures (visa) of the Autorité des marchés
financiers.
Italy
None of this announcement, the Offer
to Purchase or any other document or materials relating to the
Tender Offers have been or will be submitted to the clearance
procedures of the Commissione
Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB") pursuant to Italian laws and
regulations. The Tender Offers are being carried out in Italy as an
exempted offer pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the
Legislative Decree № 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the
"Financial Services Act")
and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation № 11971 of 14
May 1999, as amended.
Holders or beneficial owners of the
Notes that are resident and/or located in Italy can tender Notes
for purchase in the Tender Offers through authorised persons (such
as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to
conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with
the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation № 20307 of 15
February 2018, as amended, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1
September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with any other
applicable laws and regulations and with any requirements imposed
by CONSOB and any other Italian authority.
Each intermediary must comply with
the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties
vis-à-vis its clients in
connection with the Notes or the Tender Offers.
Belgium
None of this announcement, the Offer
to Purchase nor the Offer Documents (as defined in
the Offer to Purchase) have been submitted to, or will be
submitted for, approval or recognition to the Financial Services
and Markets Authority (Autorité
des services et marchés financiers / Autoriteit voor financiële
diensten en markten) and, accordingly, the Tender Offers may
not be made in Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in
Articles 3 and 6 of the Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public
takeover bids as amended or replaced from time-to-time.
Accordingly, the Tender Offers may not be advertised and the Tender
Offers will not be extended, and neither this announcement, the
Offer to Purchase nor the Offer Documents has been or shall be
distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any
person in Belgium other than "qualified investors" in the sense of
Article 10 of the Belgian Law of 16 June 2006 on the public offer
of placement instruments and the admission to trading of placement
instruments on regulated markets, acting on their own account. The
Offer to Purchase has been issued only for the personal use of the
above qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the
Tender Offers. Accordingly, the information contained in the Offer
to Purchase may not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to
any other person in Belgium.
General
The Offer to Purchase does not
constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell
Notes, and tenders of Notes in the Tender Offers will not be
accepted from Holders, in any circumstances in which such offer or
solicitation is unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the
securities or other laws require the Tender Offers to be made by a
licensed broker or dealer and the Dealer Managers or any of their
respective affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in any
such jurisdiction, the Tender Offers shall be deemed to be made by
the Dealer Managers or such affiliate, as the case may be, on
behalf of the Offeror in such jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking
Information
Certain statements included herein
may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
securities laws of certain jurisdictions. Certain such
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "believes", "expects", "may",
"are expected to", "intends", "will", "will continue", "should",
"would be", "seeks", "anticipates" or similar expressions or the
negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable
terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters
that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places
throughout this announcement and include statements regarding the
Offeror's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning,
among other things, the Offeror's results in relation to
operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth,
strategies and the industry in which the Offeror operates. By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may
or may not occur in the future.
These forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date of this announcement. The Offeror does
not undertake any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as may be required under Rule
14e-1 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.