On Tuesday, 5 November, DTEK RENEWABLES FINANCE B.V. (the "Issuer") successfully priced a debut EUR 325 million 5-year green bond offering of 8.50% senior notes (the "Notes") guaranteed by its parent, DTEK RENEWABLES B.V. (the "Company"), as well as by SOLAR FARM-3 LLC and ORLOVKA WEP LLC, which are both subsidiaries of the Company. The Notes are being issued in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S. The Notes are expected to be listed on the Global Exchange Market of Euronext Dublin on or about 12 November 2019 and to be rated B by Fitch Ratings Limited and B- by Standard & Poor's Global Ratings. On closing, the issuance is expected to be the first green bond issuance by a Ukrainian issuer.

The Company will use the proceeds of the Notes to, among other things, finance and/or refinance its existing wind power and solar power projects as well as to finance the development of green projects which are aimed at increasing the production, connection and distribution of renewable energy and related infrastructure. The Company will report on the allocation of the net proceeds of the Notes and the associated environmental impact annually until the full allocation has been made. The report will be published on the Company's website. An independent auditor will also review the allocation of the proceeds in relation to its asset selection criteria and environmental metrics as aligned with market best practice, which will be made available as part of the aforementioned report.

Raiffeisen Bank International and Renaissance Capital are acting as Joint Bookrunners, and PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY JOINT STOCK BANK "UKRGASBANK" is acting as Co-Lead Manager. Latham & Watkins LLP, Avellum and Van Doorne N.V. are acting as legal advisors to the Company, and Linklaters LLP and Sayenko Kharenko are acting as legal advisors to the Joint Bookrunners and the Co-Lead Manager.

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See also
31/10
DTEKEuropean-scale project: DTEK has launched the 240 MW Pokrovska SPP
21/10
DTEKDTEK joined the World Economic Forum
10/10
DTEKDTEK launched cooperation with the national energy company of Croatia

Reference

DTEK is a strategic holding company that develops business in the energy sector. DTEK's companies employ 73 thousand people. Maxim Timchenko is the Chief Executive Officer of DTEK.
DTEK companies produce coal and natural gas, generate electric power at the fossil-fuel fired power plants and renewable energy power plants, supply thermal and electric power to end consumers, and provide energy services. The operating companies directly manage production companies in each of the business streams.
DTEK's production indicators for 2017: the company has produced 27.7 mn tonnes of coal, 1.655 bcm of natural gas, generated (supplied) 37.1 bn kWh of electric power, of which 637.8 mn kWh have been provided by the renewable energy sources; and transmitted 43.2 bn kWh of electric power via the grid.
DTEK is a part of the financial and industrial group System Capital Management (SCM). The shareholder of the group is Rinat Akhmetov.
For more information, visit: https://dtek.com/en/
To learn about social partnership projects being implemented in the cities of DTEK activity, and to get a detailed report on the status of their implementation, please visit https://dtek.com/en/sustainable_development/

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