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In May 2010, the Company submitted applications to: (i) the UK Financial Services Authority (the ‘‘FSA’’) in its capacity as competent authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the ‘‘FSMA’’) for a listing of up to 15,000,000 GDRs to be admitted to the official list of the FSA (the ‘‘Official List’’); and (ii) the London Stock Exchange plc (the ‘‘London Stock Exchange’’ or the ‘‘LSE’’) for up to 15,000,000 GDRs (the ‘‘Existing GDRs’’) to be admitted to trading under the symbol ‘‘AVGR’’ on the LSE’s main regulated market for listed securities (the ‘‘Regulated Market’’). Such applications were granted and unconditional trading in the Existing GDRs that were issued pursuant to the offering by the Company of 12,500,000 GDRs representing 1,250,000 ordinary shares of the Company began on 6 May 2010 (the ‘‘IPO’’). The IPO included an over-allotment option granted by the Company’s shareholder, Mobco Limited. The amount of the existing GDRs in issue is 14,375,000. The IPO consisted of an international offering outside the United States to certain persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘‘Securities Act’’). The Existing GDRs are evidenced by an existing Master Global Depositary Receipt (the ‘‘Master GDR’’) registered in the name of BNY (Nominees) Limited, as nominee for The Bank of New York Mellon, London branch (the ‘‘Depositary’’), as common depositary for Euroclear Bank N.V./S.A. (‘‘Euroclear’’) and Clearstream Banking, socie´te´ anonyme (‘‘Clearstream, Luxembourg’’). In connection with this Prospectus, applications have been submitted by the Company to (A) the FSA in its capacity as competent authority under the FSMA for a listing of 48,871,850 GDRs (the ‘‘Additional GDRs’’) to be issued from time to time against the deposit of 4,887,185 ordinary shares of the Company with the Depositary, to be admitted to the Official List; and (B) the LSE for the Additional GDRs to be admitted to trading under the symbol AVGR on the Regulated Market and, in particular, on the International Order Book (the ‘‘IOB’’). The Regulated Market is a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC (the ‘‘Directive on Markets in Financial Instruments’’). The Existing GDRs and the Additional GDRs represent ordinary shares of the Company which exist at the date of this Prospectus. All necessary statutory or other consents have been obtained in respect of the ordinary shares of the Company represented by the Existing GDRs and the Additional GDRs. Admission to the Official List together with admission to trading on the Regulated Market constitutes admission to official listing on a regulated market (the ‘‘Admission’’). Only the Company’s shares that are in existence as at the date of this Prospectus can be deposited with the Depositary to enable the issuance of the GDRs. No shares issued after the date of this Prospectus (the ‘‘New Shares’’) can be deposited for the issuance of the GDRs, unless the Company produces a prospectus approved by the UK Listing Authority to enable such New Shares to be deposited with the Depositary for the issuance of the GDRs. Notwithstanding that the application for such a listing has been made, no GDRs will be offered for subscription or sale pursuant to this Prospectus. The Company has chosen to increase its listing at this time in order to permit the issued share capital of the Company to be converted into GDRs in the future. No application is currently intended to be made for the GDRs to be admitted to listing or dealt with on any other exchange.
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    59 KEYSTONE OF THE SYSTEM OLD AND NEW OLIGARCHS IN UKRAINE Wojciech Konończuk NUMBER 59 WARSAW auGusT 2016 KEYSTONE OF THE SYSTEM OLD AND NEW OLIGARCHS IN UKRAINE Wojciech Konończuk © Copyright by Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia / Centre for Eastern Studies Content editor Adam Eberhardt Editor Halina Kowalczyk Co-operation Katarzyna Kazimierska, Anna Łabuszewska Translation Jim Todd Charts Wojciech Mańkowski Graphic design PARA-BUCH DTP GroupMedia Illustration on cover Shutterstock Publisher Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia Centre for Eastern Studies ul. Koszykowa 6a, Warsaw, Poland Phone + 48 /22/ 525 80 00 Fax: + 48 /22/ 525 80 40 osw.waw.pl ISBN 978-83-62936-82-3 Contents SUMMARY /5 INTRODUCTION /8 I. OliGarchs in The sysTem of posT-Maidan Ukraine /11 1. The ‘old’ oligarchs (temporarily) on the defensive /11 2. Co-operation with the new government /15 II. New oliGarchs in The GOVernmenT /21 1. The business-political circle of President Poroshenko /22 2. The business-political circle of Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the People’s Front /28 III. The de-oliGarchisaTion THAT neVer happened /35 SUMMARY • For the last two decades, oligarchs, or big entrepreneurs who have been able to turn their business prowess into power- ful political influence, have been among the most important actors in Ukraine’s politics. More than two years after the Maidan revolution, it is fully justified to say that the oligar- chic system remains a key mechanism in Ukraine’s political and economic life. While it is true that the influence of the for- merly most powerful oligarchic groups has eroded during this period, no such group except for the Family, i.e.
  • Ukraine Real Estate Review

    Ukraine Real Estate Review

    Ukraine Real Estate Review September 5, 2008 Irina Orlova SUMMARY World financial crisis has reached Ukraine, which has already been demonstrated by FDI growth slowdown. Quite expectedly, it has touched upon real estate sector, where the number of deals decreased sharply and construction works statistics show a declining trend. While potential investors are pondering over the wisdom of entering the market, many of those already in stop their aggressive development plans for Ukraine, referring to inflationary, political, and financial risks. The Caucasus war might further aggravate the situation scarring off potential investors not only to Russia and Georgia, but the whole CIS region, including Ukraine. Financial crisis will undoubtedly postpone commissioning of many development projects under construction and might cause cancelation or significant revision of the projects currently being planned. Local developers are in desperate search for funds. Many of them are forced to sell part of their businesses. One of the examples is the anticipated sale by XXI Century of its logistic subdivision, evaluated at approx $185 million. In the second half of 2008, the number of deals might increase, but these will mainly be ‘forced’ sales initiated by local developers, which lack resources for ongoing projects. The most affected by the crisis is residential sector, where shrinking of mortgage lending has cut off traditional sources of funds for developers. To stir up demand residential developers resort to various marketing instruments, especially discounts. Apparently, developers are not yet ready for substantial price cuts; however, soon they will be forced to bring prices down. P OSTPONED C ONSTRUCTION Ukrainian office market experiences continuous rental price rises due to substantial office space deficit.