Pan
African Resources PLC
(Incorporated
and registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985
with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code
on AIM: PAF
Share code
on JSE: PAN
ISIN:
GB0004300496
ADR ticker
code: PAFRY
("Pan
African" or the "Company" or the "Group")
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Pan
African Resources Funding Company Limited
Incorporated
in the Republic of South Africa with limited liability
Registration
number: 2012/021237/06
Alpha
code: PARI
("PAR
Funding Company" or the "Debt Issuer")
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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:
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PARS03
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ISIN:
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ZAG000209834
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Type
of debt security:
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Senior
Second Ranking Secured
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Listing:
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Sustainability
segment of the JSE
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Guarantors:
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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
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Issue
date:
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22 October
2024
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Issue
price:
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100%
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Nominal
amount per note:
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ZAR1,000,000
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Aggregate
nominal amount:
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ZAR840,000,000
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Reference
rate:
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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)
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Margin:
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305 basis
points to be added to the Reference Rate
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Interest
commencement date:
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22 October
2024
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Interest
payment basis:
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Floating
Rate
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Interest
rate determination date(s):
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22
December, 22 March, 22 June and 22 September (or the first Business
Day of each Interest Period) of each year until the Maturity Date,
with the first Interest Rate Determination Date being 17 October
2024
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First
interest payment date:
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22
December 2024, 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
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Interest
payment dates:
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22
December, 22 March, 22 June and 22 September, of each year until
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
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Last
day to register:
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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
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Books
close:
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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
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Business
day convention:
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Following
Business Day
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Maturity
date:
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22 March
2028
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Instalment
Amounts (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate Nominal Amount
of the Notes):
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25% on 22
March 2026;
25% on 22
March 2027; and
50% on 22
March 2028
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Summary
of additional terms:
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Please
refer to Appendix 1 of the Applicable Pricing Supplement relating
to Sustainability-Linked Bonds
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Total
Programme amount authorised:
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ZAR5,000,000,000
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Dealer:
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Rand
Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited
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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):
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Mintails
SA Soweto Cluster Proprietary Limited;
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Mogale
Gold Proprietary Limited;
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Mogale
Tailings Retreatment Proprietary Limited; and
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Evander
Solar Solutions Proprietary Limited.
Full
name:
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Mintails
SA Soweto Cluster Proprietary Limited
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Mogale
Gold Proprietary Limited
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Mogale
Tailings Retreatment Proprietary Limited
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Evander
Solar Solutions Proprietary Limited
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Registration
number:
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2003/011659/07
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1996/010274/07
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2022/508458/07
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2019/586862/07
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Registered
address:
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The Firs,
2nd
Floor,
Office 2024, Cnr Biermann and Cradock Avenues, Rosebank,
Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa, 2196
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The Firs,
2nd
Floor,
Office 2024, Cnr Biermann and Cradock Avenues, Rosebank,
Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa, 2196
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The Firs,
2nd
Floor,
Office 2024, Cnr Biermann and Cradock Avenues, Rosebank,
Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa, 2196
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The Firs,
2nd
Floor,
Office 2024, Cnr Biermann and Cradock Avenues, Rosebank,
Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa, 2196
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General
business:
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Gold
reclamation from sand and slime surface tailings dumps
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Gold
reclamation from sand and slime surface tailings dumps.
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Gold
reclamation from sand and slime surface tailings dumps.
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A solar
photovoltaic renewable 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.
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Full
names of directors:
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Jacob
Johannes Moolman
Craig
Richard Le Court De Billot
Orhovelani
Oriel Shikwambana
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Jacob
Johannes Moolman
Craig
Richard Le Court De Billot
Orhovelani
Oriel Shikwambana
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Marileen
Kok
Jacobus
Albertus Johannes Loots
Orhovelani
Oriel Shikwambana
Itumeleng
Annah Phoshoko
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Marileen
Kok
Jacobus
Albertus Johannes Loots
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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:
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PARS01
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ISIN:
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ZAG000192758
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Nominal
amount before reduction:
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R585 000 000
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Reduction
in nominal amount:
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R437 876 000
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Nominal
amount after reduction:
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R147 124
000
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Exchange
price:
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101.158978
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Record
date:
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21 October
2024
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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)