TIDM60GT

RNS Number : 3630D

Polyus Finance PLC

30 January 2018

NOT FOR PUBLICATION, RELEASE, OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SAME WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR TO U.S. PERSONS (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED).

This announcement (the "Announcement") is an advertisement and not a prospectus. This Announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, any offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities in Polyus Finance plc (the "Company") or securities in any other entity in any jurisdiction, nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision whatsoever, in any jurisdiction.

This Announcement does not constitute a recommendation regarding any securities. Any investment decision must be made exclusively on the basis of the final prospectus published by the Company (the "Prospectus") and any supplement thereto in connection with the admission of guaranteed notes of the Company to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities ("Admission").

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 January 2018

POLYUS FINANCE PLC

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Publication of Prospectus

Further to the announcement made by Polyus Finance plc (the "Company") on 25 January 2018, the Company is pleased to announce that the Prospectus in respect of the proposed issue and listing of US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.70 per cent guaranteed notes due 2024 ("Guaranteed Notes") has been approved by the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA").

A copy of the Prospectus has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and is also available below. The Company has applied for the Guaranteed Notes to be admitted to the Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 January 2018.

To view the Prospectus, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:

http://polyus-finance.polyus.com/images/Project-Red-October---Prospectus-electronic.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3630D_-2018-1-30.pdf

Forward Looking Statements

This Announcement may contain "forward-looking statements" concerning the Company and the PJSC Polyus group of companies (the "Group"). Generally, the words "will", "may", "should", "could", "would", "can", "continue", "opportunity", "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "estimates" or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future capital expenditures and business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of the Group's operations. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond the 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. The 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

The Guaranteed Notes have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. Consequently, the Guaranteed Notes may not be offered, sold, resold, transferred, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. No public offering of the Guaranteed Notes is being made in the United States.

This document does not constitute an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity within the meaning of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at: (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom; (ii) persons who are investment professionals within the meaning of Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"); (iii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2) of the Order; or (iv) other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). The Guaranteed Notes are available only to, and any invitation or offer may be directed at, or any agreement to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire, any securities will be engaged in only with, in the United Kingdom, relevant persons and, in any other jurisdiction, persons to whom it can lawfully be communicated and who may lawfully engage in such investment activity. Any person in the United Kingdom who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.

The information contained herein is not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in part in or into the Russian Federation subject to certain exceptions. These written materials are not, and under no circumstances are to be construed as, a public offer or advertising or an invitation to make offers to sell, purchase, exchange or otherwise transfer or dispose of any securities, including securities of foreign issuers, or other financial instruments in the Russian Federation within the meaning of Russian securities laws or to or for the benefit of any persons or entities resident, incorporated, established or having their usual residence in the Russian Federation, or to or for the benefit of any person located within the territory of the Russian Federation, who is not a "qualified investor" within the meaning of Article 51.2 of the Russian Federal Law "On the Securities Market" No.39-FZ dated 22 April 1996, as amended and must not be distributed or circulated into the Russian Federation or made available in the Russian Federation, unless and to the extent they are otherwise permitted to access such information under Russian law. The securities have not been and will not be registered in Russia or admitted to placement and/or public circulation in the Russian Federation and the information contained herein is not to be passed on to third parties or otherwise be made publicly available in the Russian Federation. The securities are not intended for "offering", "placement" or "circulation" (each as defined in Russian securities laws) in the Russian Federation, except as permitted by Russian law.

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