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US$400m Bond Issuer Substitution And KASE Listing
US$400m Bond Issuer Substitution And KASE Listing.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2998G Nostrum Oil & Gas LP 06 May 2014 \n\n \nUS$ 400 MILLION BOND ISSUER SUBSTITUTION AND KASE LISTING\n \nAmsterdam, 6 May 2014. Nostrum Oil & Gas LP (LSE: NOG.L) (\"Nostrum\"), the oil and gas exploration, development and production business, announces its intention to effect the substitution of Zhaikmunai LLP as the issuer, in place of Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance B.V., of the notes issued on 14 February 2014. This substitution was planned at the time of the original issue and was described in the offering memorandum dated 10 February 2014.\n \nOn 14 February 2014 Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance B.V., successfully issued a US$400 million senior bond with a 14 February 2019 maturity and a fixed coupon of 6.375% per annum (the \"Notes\"). The Notes were admitted to the Official List and trading on the Global Exchange Market, which is the exchange regulated market of the Irish Stock Exchange. On 8 April 2014, the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (\"KASE\") granted its consent for the admission of the Notes to the \"rated debt securities\" category of the official list of the KASE, which became effective on 10 April 2014.\n \nFollowing the listing of the Notes on the KASE, Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance B.V. and the existing guarantors of the Notes (including Zhaikmunai LLP) intend to enter into a supplemental indenture, as provided for and pursuant to Section 4.15 of the indenture governing the Notes, under which Zhaikmunai LLP will assume all of the original issuer's obligations under the Notes and Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance B.V. will be released from its obligations under the Notes as the issuer and will become a guarantor of the Notes. The Notes also continue to be admitted to the Official List and trading on the Global Exchange Market, which is the exchange regulated market of the Irish Stock Exchange.\n \nThe notes due 2019 of Zhaikmunai LLP (which were admitted to the Official List and trading on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange and admitted to listing on the KASE and trading in the \"rated debt securities\" category of the official list of the KASE in 2013) are unaffected by the substitution.\n \nJSC \"Halyk Finance\" (Almaty) acted as financial advisor to Zhaikmunai LLP in connection with the substitution and the KASE listing.\nRequired Regula...