02 Mar 2015
VimpelCom Amsterdam B.V. announces cash tender offer for certain outstanding debt securities
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2 March 2015. VimpelCom Amsterdam B.V. (the “Company”) announced today that it commenced a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) for up to U.S.$2,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the “Maximum Tender Amount”) of the outstanding (i) U.S.$500,000,000 6.493% Loan Participation Notes due 2016 issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the “Series 1 Notes”), (ii) U.S.$600,000,000 8.25% Loan Participation Notes due 2016 issued by, but without recourse to, UBS (Luxembourg) S.A. (the “Series 2 Notes”), (iii) U.S.$1,000,000,000 9.125% Loan Participation Notes due 2018 issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the “Series 3 Notes” and together with the Series 1 Notes and the Series 2 Notes, the “First Priority Notes”), (iv) U.S.$1,000,000,000 7.748% Loan Participation Notes due 2021 issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the “Series 4 Notes” and the “Second Priority Notes”), (v) U.S.$500,000,000 6.2546% Guaranteed Notes due 2017 issued by VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Series 5 Notes”), (vi) U.S.$1,500,000,000 7.5043% Guaranteed Notes due 2022 issued by VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Series 6 Notes” and together with the Series 5 Notes, the “Third Priority Notes”), (vii) U.S.$600,000,000 5.20% Notes due 2019 issued by VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Series 7 Notes”) and (viii) U.S.$1,000,000,000 5.95% Notes due 2023 issued by VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Series 8 Notes” and together with the Series 7 Notes, the “Fourth Priority Notes” and together with the First Priority Notes, the Second Priority Notes and the Third Priority Notes, the “Notes”).