OREANDA-NEWS. October 03, 2011. Further to its announcement of 30 August 2011 regarding the exchange of its Regulation S global depositary receipts ("Regulation S GDRs") for its Level I global depositary shares ("Level I GDSs"), Polyus Gold International Limited (formerly KazakhGold Group Limited) announces the completion of the GDR exchange, reported the press-centre of Polyus Gold International.

The Regulation S GDR programme has now been terminated and the admission of the Regulation S GDRs to the Official List of the United Kingdom Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange has been cancelled. 

The Level I GDSs (CUSIP: 73180Y203; ISIN: US73180Y2037) continue to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PLGL, and also trade on the OTC market under ticker symbol "PLZLY".

General
Neither this announcement nor the information contained therein is an offer, or an invitation to make offers, sell, purchase, exchange or transfer any securities or other financial instruments in the Russian Federation or to or for the benefit of any person in Russia, and does not constitute and is not purported to constitute an offering to investors who are not "qualified investors" (as defined in the Russian Federal Law on the Securities Market) or advertisement of any securities or other financial instruments in Russia. This announcement and the information contained therein must not be passed on to third parties or otherwise be made publicly available in Russia. Distribution of this document does not constitute placement and/or public circulation of securities or other financial instruments in Russia and the Private Exchange Offer referred to herein does not, and is not intended to, constitute a public offer in Russia. The depositary receipts and depositary shares of Polyus Gold International Limited have not been registered in the Russian Federation and are not intended for or admitted to "placement" or "public circulation" in Russia.

Notice to U.S. investors
The Polyus Gold International Limited global depositary receipts and global depositary shares and the Polyus Gold International Limited shares represented by the Polyus Gold International Limited global depositary receipts and global depositary shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 or the securities laws of any state of the U.S., and may not be offered, sold, delivered or transferred except pursuant to an available exemption from or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and applicable U.S. state securities laws.