Postponement of Placing of Sh

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KazakhGold Group Ltd

29 December 2009

 



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29 December 2009

KazakhGold Group Limited (LSE: KZG): Postponement of Placing of Shares and GDRs

KazakhGold Group Limited ("KazakhGold") today announces that its planned placing of new ordinary shares of KazakhGold and global depositary receipts representing those shares had been postponed in order to allow more time for KazakhGold to investigate further certain Kazakh regulatory issues in connection with the placing.  As stated in the Partial Offer Document issued in connection with the acquisition by Jenington International Inc. ("Jenington"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of OJSC Polyus Gold, of 50.1 per cent of the ordinary share capital of KazakhGold, KazakhGold expects to raise approximately US$ 100 million by way of the placing. In connection with the Partial Offer, Jenington, KazakhGold's direct controlling shareholder, agreed, as part of the transaction, to underwrite the placing. KazakhGold currently expects that it will be able to complete the placing in the first quarter of 2010.

For further information please contact:

Alexey V. Chernushkin, Director, capital markets and IR
Evguenia V.Buydina, IR manager
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]

Anton A. Arens, PR Director
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]

This announcement does not constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, securities to any person in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful and, in particular, is not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan.

The offer and sale of the Shares and the GDRs has 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 in the US and the Shares and the GDRs may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the securities in the United States.

This announcement is only addressed to and directed at persons in member states of the European Economic Area who are "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC) ("Qualified Investors"). In addition, in the United Kingdom, this announcement is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, (i) Qualified Investors who have professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order") and Qualified Investors falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, and (ii) Qualified Investors to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This announcement must not be acted on or relied on (i) in the United Kingdom, by persons who are not relevant persons, and (ii) in any member state of the European Economic Area other than the United Kingdom, by persons who are not Qualified Investors. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to (i) in the United Kingdom, relevant persons, and (ii) in any member state of the European Economic Area other than the United Kingdom, Qualified Investors, and will be engaged in only with such persons.

This announcement contains certain "forward-looking statements". In particular, the words "expects", "anticipates", "plans", "intends", "estimates", "may", "should", "believes" and similar expressions can be used to identify forward-looking statements. Certain important factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the KazakhGold directors' expectations of external conditions and events, current strategy, plans and other objectives of management, and estimates and projections of KazakhGold's financial position. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and speak only as of the date they are made. Investors are cautioned that certain important factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.

 

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