Bank Of Georgia Group Regulatory News (BGEO)

London, 27 November 2017

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BGEO announces Consent Solicitation by JSC BGEO Group to Holders of its US$350,000,000 6.00% Notes Due 2023

BGEO Group PLC (the "Group" or "BGEO") announces today that its subsidiary company, JSC BGEO Group, the intermediate holding company of the Group, has announced through the Companies Announcement Service of the Irish Stock Exchange (the "ISE Announcement") that JSC BGEO Group is seeking consent from Noteholders of its US$350,000,000 6.00% Notes Due 2023 (the "Notes") to substitute JSC Bank of Georgia in place of JSC BGEO Group as the principal debtor under the Notes, and to align the terms and conditions of the Notes with the terms and conditions of the outstanding GEL 500,000,000 11.00% Notes due 2020 issued by JSC Bank of Georgia.

Full details of the consent solicitation are provided in the ISE announcement. A further announcement will be made upon completion of the consent solicitation process.

Disclaimer

This announcement is not a solicitation of consent with respect to any Notes and does not constitute an invitation to participate in the solicitation in or from any jurisdiction in or from which, or to or from any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such invitation under applicable securities laws. The solicitation is being made solely pursuant to the consent solicitation memorandum and related documents, which set forth a detailed statement of the terms of the solicitation.

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification: Giorgi Alpaidze, Group CFO

About BGEO Group PLC

The Group: BGEO Group PLC ("BGEO"- LSE: BGEO LN) is a UK incorporated holding company of a Georgia-focused investment platform. BGEO invests, via its subsidiaries, in the banking and non-banking sectors in Georgia (BGEO and its subsidiaries, together the "Group"). BGEO aims to deliver on a 4x20 strategy: (1) at least 20% ROAE from its Banking Business; (2) at least 20% growth of its Banking Business retail loan book; (3) at least 20% IRR; and (4) up to 20% of the Group's profit from its Investment Business. On 3 July 2017 BGEO announced its intention to demerge BGEO Group PLC into a London-listed banking business (the "Banking Business") and a London-listed investment business (the "Investment Business") by the end of the first half of 2018. 

Banking Business: Currently representing at least 80% of the Group's profit, will comprise: a) retail banking and payment services, b) corporate investment banking and wealth management operations and c) banking operations in Belarus ("BNB"). JSC Bank of Georgia ("BOG" or the "Bank") is the core entity of the Group's Banking Business. The Banking Business will continue to target to benefit from the underpenetrated banking sector in Georgia primarily through its retail banking services.

Investment Business: Currently representing up to 20% of the Group's profit, will comprise the Group's stakes in Georgia Healthcare Group PLC ("Healthcare Business" or "GHG") - an LSE (London Stock Exchange PLC) premium-listed company, Georgia Global Utilities ("Utility and Energy Business" or "GGU"), m2 Real Estate ("Real Estate Business" or "m2"), Teliani Valley ("Beverage Business" or "Teliani") and Aldagi ("Property and Casualty Insurance Business" or Aldagi"). Georgia's fast-growing economy provides opportunities in a number of underdeveloped local markets and the Investment Business will target to capture growth opportunities in the Georgian corporate sector.

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