You must specify at the time of submission of an Offer whether your Offer is in respect of a Preferred Tender or a Non-Preferred Tender (each as defined herein). The Invitation will commence on September 6, 2022 for both Non-Preferred Tenders and Preferred Tenders (and, unless extended or terminated early, (i) expire at (a) such time at which the bookbuilding process for the New Bonds closes or (b) such later time on September 6, 2022 as the Republic, in its sole discretion, may determine (the “Preferred Tenders Expiration Time”) for Preferred Tenders (the “Preferred Tender Period”), and (ii) expire at or after the Preferred Tenders Expiration Time on September 6, 2022 as the Republic, in its sole discretion, may determine (the “Non-Preferred Tenders Expiration Time”) for Non-Preferred Tenders. The settlement of the Invitation is scheduled to occur on September 13, 2022 (the “Settlement Date”). “Preferred Tenders” means the Offers for a series of Old Bonds that are submitted concurrently with the submission of a corresponding Indication of Interest. Preferred Tenders must be submitted during the Preferred Tender Period. “Non-Preferred Tenders” means the Offers for a series of Old Bonds that are not Preferred Tenders. Non-Preferred Tenders include, among others, Offers that are submitted without the concurrent submission of an Indication of Interest. Non-Preferred Tenders must be submitted during the Non-Preferred Tender Period. “Indication of Interest” means the submission to the underwriters of the New Bonds Offering, prior to the expiration of the Preferred Tender Period, of a firm bid for a certain principal amount of New Bonds equal to the principal amount of Old Bonds validly tendered by a holder at terms acceptable to the Republic. Holders of Old Bonds may submit a corresponding Indication of Interest in respect of the relevant series of New Bonds as specified in the table above.
Holders of the Old Bonds will not have withdrawal rights with respect to the Invitation.
Valid submission of Offers made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Invitation are subject to an order of acceptance as described in the Invitation for Offers and may be subject to proration in the Republic’s sole discretion. Offers made by holders of Old Bonds that are under the heading “Group 1 Bonds” will be accepted before Offers made by holders of Old Bonds that are under the heading “Group 2 Bonds”. The acceptance order and proration procedures are described in the Invitation for Offers and the Republic may, at its sole discretion, adjust such procedures so as to apply prorationing differentially to each respective series of Old Bonds (prioritizing one or more such series).
By 3:00 a.m., New York City time, on September 7, 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Republic expects to announce the results of the Invitation and (i) to instruct Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (the “Billing and Delivering Bank”) to accept, subject to proration and other terms and conditions described in the Invitation for Offers, valid Preferred Tenders and valid Non-Preferred Tenders and (ii) to announce the aggregate principal amount of bonds of each series of Old Bonds to be acquired (together with the aggregate principal amount of Preferred Tenders and Non-Preferred Tenders accepted in relation to each such series of Old Bonds) and whether any Preferred Tenders and Non-Preferred Tenders will be prorated. Each of the Republic and the Billing and Delivering Bank reserves the right, in the sole discretion of each of them, not to accept any Offers for any reason.
A holder of a series of Old Bonds may submit Offers through any of the relevant Dealer Managers (as defined below) only. Holders will not be able to submit Offers through Euroclear Bank SA/NV (“Euroclear”), Clearstream Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) or The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) systems. If a holder does not have an account with a Dealer Manager, such holder may place an Offer through any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, other financial institution or other custodian that has an account with a Dealer Manager. Holders may be required to pay a fee or commission to such broker or intermediary through which Old Bonds are tendered.
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