FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS ANNOUNCES SATISFACTION OF FINANCING CONDITION FOR PARTIAL REDEMPTION OF SENIOR NOTES (In United States dollars, except where noted otherwise)
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May 30, 2023
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FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS ANNOUNCES SATISFACTION OF FINANCING CONDITION
FOR PARTIAL REDEMPTION OF SENIOR NOTES
(In United States dollars, except where noted otherwise)
Toronto, Ontario (May 30, 2023) - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum” or the “Company”) (TSX:FM) today
announced that, following completion of the issuance of its $1,300 million aggregate principal amount o f 8.625%
Senior Notes due 2031, the financing condition with respect to the Company’s proposed partial redemption of its
outstanding 7.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) has been satisfied and the Company will redeem
$300 million of the 2025 Notes on May 31, 2023.
The information in this announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States (“U.S.”)
or any other jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered or sold in the U.S. unless they are registered or are exemp t
from the registration of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”). The securities
referred to herein will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state of the U.S.
or other jurisdictions and may not be offered or sold within the U.S. or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. Persons
(as defined in Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act), except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and the applicable laws of other jurisdictions. The
Company does not intend to conduct a public offering in the U.S. or any other jurisdiction. It may be unlawful to
distribute this announcement in certain jurisdictions.
The information in this announcement does not constitute an offer, or a solicitation of an offer, of securities for sale
in the United States, Canada, the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom (“ UK”), Switzerland,
Panama, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, or any other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale is not
permitted.
In member states of the EEA (“Member States”) or the UK, this announcement and any offer of securities if made
subsequently is directed only at persons who are "qualified investors" (any such person a “Qualified Investor”) as
defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended and superseded) (the “Prospectus Regulation”). Any person in
the EEA or the UK who acquires securities in any offer of securities (an "investor") or to whom any offer of securities
is made will be deemed to have represented and agreed that it is a Qualified Investor. Any investor will also be
deemed to have represented and agreed that any securities acquired by it in the offer have not been acquired on
behalf of persons in the EEA or the UK other than Qualified Investors or persons in the UK and other Member States
for whom the investor has authority to make decisions on a wholly discretionary basis, nor have the securities been
acquired with a view to their offer or resale in the EEA or the UK to persons where this would result in a requirement
for publication by the Company of a prospectus pursuant to the Prospectus Regulation. The Company and others
will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations and agreements. This announcement
constitutes a public disclosure of inside information by the Company under Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (16 April 2014).
References to Regulations or Directives include, in relation to the UK, th ose Regulations or Directives as they form
part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 or have been implemented in UK
domestic law, as appropriate.
This communication is only directed at (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments
falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as
amended, (the “Order”), or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of th e Order, or (iii) persons
to whom it would otherwise be lawful to distribute to or direct at, all such persons together being referred to as
“relevant persons”. The securities referred to herein are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to
subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Any person
who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this communication or any of its contents.
This announcement is not, and under no circumstances is to be construed as, a prospectus, an advertisement or a
public offering of the securities referred to herein in Canada. No securities commission or similar regulatory authority
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in Canada has reviewed or in any way passed upon this announcement or the merits of the securities referred to
herein, and any representation to the contrary is an offence.
For further information, the Noteholders should contact DTC or alternatively their service provider (i.e. custodian)
who in turn should follow up with DTC for more information.
For further information, visit our website at www.first-quantum.com or contact:
Bonita To, Director, Investor Relations
(416) 361-6400 Toll-free: 1 (888) 688-6577
E-Mail: [email protected]
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain information contained in this news release constitutes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-
looking information under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such forward -looking statements or information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, financial condition,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward -looking statements or information. Such factors may include, among others, those factors disclosed in the
Company's documents filed from time to time with the Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova S cotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland
and Ontario Securities Commissions, the Autorité des marchés financiers in Quebec, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the London Stock Exchange.
PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA OR UK RETAIL INVESTORS
The securities referred to herein are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise ma de available to any retail
investor in the EEA or the UK. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more ) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive
2014/65/EU ("MiFID II") or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2016/97/EU, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) o f
Article 4(1) of MiFID II or (iii) not a Qualified Investor. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering
or selling such securities or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA or the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling such securities or otherwise
making them available to any retail investor in the EEA or the UK may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation.