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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC - Listing of new sustainability-linked instrument, notification of additional guarantors and partial redemption

Release Date: 21/10/2024 10:00
Code(s): PAN PARS01 PARS02 PARS03     PDF:  
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Listing of new sustainability-linked instrument, notification of additional guarantors and partial redemption

Pan African Resources PLC                              Pan African Resources Funding Company
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales      Limited
under the Companies Act 1985 with registered           Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)                    with limited liability
Share code on AIM: PAF                                 Registration number: 2012/021237/06
Share code on JSE: PAN                                 Alpha code: PARI
ISIN: GB0004300496                                     ("PAR Funding Company" or the "Debt
ADR ticker code: PAFRY                                 Issuer")
("Pan African" or the "Company" or the "Group")


LISTING OF NEW SUSTAINABILITY-LINKED INSTRUMENT, NOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL
GUARANTORS AND NOTIFICATION OF A PARTIAL CAPITAL REDEMPTION

Issue and listing of PARS03

PAR Funding Company is pleased to announce that, following an oversubscribed bookbuild for Senior
Second Ranking Secured Sustainability-linked Notes ("PARS03 Notes"), it will issue and list PARS03
Notes to the value of R840 million with effect from Tuesday, 22 October 2024.

The JSE Limited has granted approval for the listing of the PARS03 Notes under PAR Funding
Company's ZAR5 billion domestic medium term note programme dated 17 October 2023 (the
"DMTN") as follows:

    Debt security code:       PARS03
    ISIN:                     ZAG000209834
    Type of debt security:    Senior Second Ranking Secured
    Listing:                  Sustainability segment of the JSE
    Guarantors:               Pan African Resources Plc;
                              Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited;
                              Barberton Mines Proprietary Limited;
                              Evander Gold Mines Proprietary Limited;
                              Pan African Resources SA Holdings Proprietary Limited;
                              Evander Solar Solutions Proprietary Limited;
                              Mogale Tailings Retreatment Proprietary Limited;
                              Mogale Gold Proprietary Limited; and
                              Mintails SA Soweto Cluster Proprietary Limited
    Issue date:               22 October 2024
    Issue price:              100%
    Nominal amount per        ZAR1,000,000
    note:
    Aggregate nominal         ZAR840,000,000
    amount:
    Reference rate:           3 Month ZAR-JIBAR, or in the event that the ZAR-JIBAR- ceases to apply,
                              such other rate as may be determined by the Calculation Agent and
                              notified to the Noteholders pursuant to Condition 21 (Notices)
    Margin:                   305 basis points to be added to the Reference Rate
    Interest                  22 October 2024
    commencement date:
    Interest payment basis:   Floating Rate
    Interest rate             22 December, 22 March, 22 June and 22 September (or the first
    determination date(s):    Business Day of each Interest Period) of each year until the Maturity
                              Date, with the first Interest Rate Determination Date being 17 October
                              2024
    First interest payment    22 December 2024, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business
    date:                     Day on which interest will be paid, as determined in accordance with
                              the Applicable Business Day Convention
    Interest payment          22 December, 22 March, 22 June and 22 September, of each year until
    dates:                    the Maturity Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day
                              on which interest will be paid, as determined in accordance with the
                              Applicable Business Day Convention
    Last day to register:     By 17h00 on 16 December, 16 March, 16 June and 16 September of
                              each year until the Maturity Date, or if such day is not a Business Day,
                              the Business Day before each Books Closed Period
    Books close:              The Register will be closed from 17 December to 21 December, 17
                              March to 21 March, 17 June to 21 June and 17 September to 21
                              September and of each year until the Maturity Date (all dates inclusive),
                              or if any early redemption occurs, 5 Days prior to the actual Redemption
                              Date
    Business day              Following Business Day
    convention:
    Maturity date:            22 March 2028
    Instalment Amounts        25% on 22 March 2026;
    (expressed as a           25% on 22 March 2027; and
    percentage of the         50% on 22 March 2028
    aggregate Nominal
    Amount of the Notes):
    Summary of additional     Please refer to Appendix 1 of the Applicable Pricing Supplement
    terms:                    relating to Sustainability-Linked Bonds
    Total Programme           ZAR5,000,000,000
    amount authorised:
    Dealer:                   Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited


A copy of the applicable pricing supplement can be downloaded from the Pan African website at
https://www.panafricanresources.com/investors/domestic-medium-term-note-programme/.

The sustainability-linked framework and second party opinion have been updated to reflect the 2024
amendments to the sustainability-linked bond principles. Copies of the updated sustainability-linked
framework and second party opinion can be downloaded from the Pan African website at
https://www.panafricanresources.com/investors/sustainability-linked-finance-framework/

Notification of Additional Guarantors

Using the terms defined in the DMTN, Noteholders and investors are hereby notified in accordance
with Condition 21 of the DMTN (Notices) that the following members of the Group have acceded to
and have become Additional Guarantors to the Guarantee provided by the Guarantors under the
DMTN in accordance with Condition 9.5 of the DMTN (Additional Guarantors):

-        Mintails SA Soweto Cluster Proprietary Limited;
-        Mogale Gold Proprietary Limited;
-        Mogale Tailings Retreatment Proprietary Limited; and
-        Evander Solar Solutions Proprietary Limited.


 Full name:         Mintails SA         Mogale Gold        Mogale Tailings        Evander Solar
                    Soweto Cluster      Proprietary        Retreatment            Solutions
                    Proprietary         Limited            Proprietary            Proprietary
                    Limited                                Limited                Limited
 Registration       2003/011659/07      1996/010274/07     2022/508458/07         2019/586862/07
 number:
 Registered         The Firs, 2nd       The Firs, 2nd      The Firs, 2nd Floor,   The Firs, 2nd
 address:           Floor, Office       Floor, Office      Office 2024, Cnr       Floor, Office
                    2024, Cnr           2024, Cnr          Biermann and           2024, Cnr
                    Biermann and        Biermann and       Cradock Avenues,       Biermann and
                    Cradock Avenues,    Cradock Avenues,   Rosebank,              Cradock
                    Rosebank,           Rosebank,          Johannesburg,          Avenues,
                    Johannesburg,       Johannesburg,      Gauteng South          Rosebank,
                    Gauteng South       Gauteng South      Africa, 2196           Johannesburg,
                    Africa, 2196        Africa, 2196                              Gauteng South
                                                                                  Africa, 2196
 General            Gold reclamation    Gold reclamation   Gold reclamation       A solar
 business:          from sand and       from sand and      from sand and          photovoltaic
                    slime surface       slime surface      slime surface          renewable
                    tailings dumps      tailings dumps.    tailings dumps.        energy plant
                                                                                  located in
                                                                                  Evander and the
                                                                                  planned
                                                                                  development of
                                                                                  a solar PV
                                                                                  renewable
                                                                                  energy plant at
                                                                                  Barberton
                                                                                  Mines and the
                                                                                  extension of
                                                                                  Evander Mines'
                                                                                  solar PV
                                                                                  renewable
                                                                                  energy plant.
 Full names of      Jacob Johannes      Jacob Johannes     Marileen Kok           Marileen Kok
 directors:         Moolman             Moolman            Jacobus Albertus       Jacobus Albertus
                    Craig Richard Le    Craig Richard Le   Johannes Loots         Johannes Loots
                    Court De Billot     Court De Billot    Orhovelani Oriel
                    Orhovelani Oriel    Orhovelani Oriel   Shikwambana
                    Shikwambana         Shikwambana        Itumeleng Annah
                                                           Phoshoko


Investors are further advised that PAR Funding Company has updated its information statement to,
inter alia, incorporate the details of the Additional Guarantors, including registration numbers,
addresses and details of directors. The updated information statement can be downloaded from the
Pan African website at https://www.panafricanresources.com/investors/domestic-medium-term-
note-programme/.

Notification of a Partial Capital Redemption (PARS01)

The Issuer wishes to advise Noteholders of the partial capital redemption of its PARS01 Notes effective
on 22 October 2024.

The partial capital redemption is due to the relevant PARS01 Noteholders electing to exchange their
PARS01 Notes for PARS03 Notes.

 Debt security code:                     PARS01
 ISIN:                                   ZAG000192758
 Nominal amount before reduction:        R585 000 000
 Reduction in nominal amount:            R437 876 000
 Nominal amount after reduction:         R147 124 000
 Exchange price:                         101.158978
 Record date:                            21 October 2024



Rosebank
21 October 2024

Debt Sponsor
Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited

Legal Advisors
Bowman Gilfillan Inc.

Paying Agent, Issuer Agent, Transfer Agent and Settlement Agent
First Rand Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant division)




 

Date: 21-10-2024 10:00:00
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