REG - PJSC Polyus Polyus Finance PLC - Notice of change of the DR programs depositary

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20/03/2023 12:30

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RNS Number : 5362T  PJSC Polyus  20 March 2023

 

Press
Release
         20 March 2023

PJSC Polyus

Notice of change of the DR programs depositary

PJSC Polyus (LSE, MOEX - PLZL) ("Polyus", the "Company"), further to the
Company's press releases dated 02 and 03 February 2023,announces that it has
agreed to change the depositary in respect of the Company's depositary receipt
("DR") programs:

 

 Description of the DR program  ISIN Code
 Rule 144A DR program           US73181M1099
 Regulation S DR programs       US73181M1172
 Level I DR program             US73181P1021

The current depositary for the Company's DR programs is The Bank of New York
Mellon. The Company has agreed to appoint RCS Issuer Services S.AR.L. ("RCS")
as the new depositary for the above Company's DR programs with the expected
effective date of the completion of the assumption by RCS of depositary
responsibilities on 19 June 2023.

 

Holders of the Company's DRs are not required to take any action in connection
with the change of the depositary.

 

Polyus reiterates its intention to maintain the abovementioned DR programs
admitted to trading on organized stock exchanges. With Polyus' DR trading on
London Stock Exchange remaining currently suspended, the Company continues
dialogue with several alternative trading venues to provide DR investors with
an opportunity to execute transactions on stock exchanges rather than on the
over-the-counter market.

 

For more information on the new depositary, please visit www.rcsgroup.lu
(http://www.rcsgroup.lu) .

 

 

Polyus

Polyus is a Top-5 global gold mining company by production volumes and the
largest gold miner in terms of attributable gold ore reserves. The Company has
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).

 

Investor and Media contact

Victor Drozdov, Director Communications & Investor Relations (CIR)
Department

+7 (495) 641 33 77

drozdovvi@polyus.com (mailto:drozdovvi@polyus.com)

 

 

Forward looking statement

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and/or Polyus Group. Generally, the words "will", "may", "should", "could",
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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 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 of
the date of this announcement. Polyus and/or any Polyus Company assumes no
obligation in respect of, and does not intend to update, these forward-looking
statements, except as required pursuant to applicable law.

 

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