Ivanhoe Mines prices an offering of US$750,000,000 Senior Notes due 2030
January 16, 2025
Ivanhoe Mines prices an offering of US$750,000,000 Senior
Notes due 2030
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) is
pleased to announce that it has priced the offering (the “Offering”) of an
aggregate principal amount of US$750,000,000 7⅞% senior notes due 2030 (the
"Notes"). The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the company and will
be guaranteed on a senior basis by certain of the company’s subsidiaries (the
“Guarantors”).
The gross proceeds from the Offering of the Notes will be used for general
corporate purposes, including capital expenditure associated with expansion of
the company’s projects, and to pay certain fees and expenses relating to the
Offering.
The closing of the Offering is subject to customary conditions precedent for
similar transactions.
Information contact
Investors
Vancouver: Matthew Keevil +1.604.558.1034
London: Tommy Horton +44 7866 913 207
Media
Tanya Todd +1.604.331.9834
Forward-Looking Information is Subject to Risk and Uncertainty
This announcement may include certain "forward -looking" statements. Forward -looking
statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as the words "believes" , "expects", "may", "will", "would",
"should", "seeks", "pro forma", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "estimates" or the negative of any
thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy or
intentions. Such statements include without limitation, the company’s expectations with respect
to the form and terms of the Offering, completion of the Offering, and the expected use of
proceeds therefrom. These statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance and
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate.
Actual actions or results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in these
forward-looking statements as the company may be unable to complete the Offering. As a result,
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these statements speak only as of the date they were made and the company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Many important factors could cause the company's results
to differ materially from those expressed in these forward -looking statements. These factors
include, but are not limited to, general market conditions, social or labour unrest; changes in
commodity prices; national or global e vents affecting the capital markets, unforeseen
developments in the company’s business or industry or changes in law or regulations governing
the company's ability to complete the Offering.
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This announcement is not being made in and copies of it may not be distributed or sent into any
jurisdiction in which the publication, distribution or release would be unlawful.
The Notes will be offered on a private placement basis and will not be offered by way of a
prospectus in Canada or elsewhere. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer,
solicitation or sale in in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to the registration and qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. The
Offering may be made only by means of an offering memorandum.
This document is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The Notes may not be
sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The company does not intend to register the Notes
and any related guarantees in the United States or to conduct a public offering of the Notes and
such guarantees in the United States.
In member states of the EEA, this announcement and any offer of the securities referred to herein
in any Member State of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) will be made pursuant to an
exemption under the Prospectus Regulation from the requirement to publis h a prospectus for
offers of the securities referred to herein. Accordingly, any person making or intending to make
an offer in a Member State of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated may only
do so in circumstances in which no obligati on arises for the company or any of the initial
purchasers to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation, in each
case, in relation to such offer. Neither the company nor the initial purchasers have authorized,
nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of Notes in circumstances in which an obligation
arises for the company or the initial purchasers to publish a prospectus for such offer. The
expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.
The securities are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not
be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA. 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 (as amended, “MiFID II”) or (ii) a customer within the
meaning of Directive 2016/97/EU (as amended), where that customer would not qualify as a
professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently, no key
information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs
Regulation”) for offering or selling the securities or otherw ise making them available to retail
investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the securities or
otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the
PRIIPS Regulation.
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The securities are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not
be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom (“UK”).
For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as
defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law
by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“EUWA”); or (ii) a customer within the
meaning of the provisi ons of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to
implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client,
as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic
law by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation
(EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (as amended, the “UK
PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail
investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise
making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs
Regulation.
In the UK, this announcement and any offer of the securities referred to herein in the UK will be
made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Regulation from the requirement to publish
a prospectus for offers of the securities referred to herein. Ac cordingly, any person making or
intending to make an offer in the UK of Notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated
may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the company or any of the initial
purchasers to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the UK Prospectus Regulation, in each
case, in relation to such offer. Neither the company nor the initial purchasers have authorized,
nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of Notes in circumstances in which an obligation
arises for the company or the initial purchasers to publish a prospectus for such offer. The
expression “UK Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of
domestic law by virtue of the EUWA.
This communication is being distributed only to, and is directed at persons who (i) have
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
“Financial Promotion Order”) (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (high net worth
companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are outside
the United Kingdom or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in
investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000 in connection with the issue and sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be
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