Company: KYIV
Filing Date: 2025-08-11
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001213900-25-073892
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Company: Kyivstar Group Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-08-11
Form: 425
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 statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result,
are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K that do not relate to matters of historical
fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements relating to, among other things, the Business
Combination, the expected timing of closing of the Business Combination, the expected amount of funds available on the Trust Account at
the closing of the Business Combination, the expected impact of the Business Combination, including PubCo being the first U.S.-listed
pure play Ukrainian investment opportunity, potential investor interest and the percentage of VEON’s ownership interest in the equity
of PubCo following the closing of the Business Combination. These statements are based on VEON, the Company and Kyivstar management’s
current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
important factors that may cause Kyivstar’s, PubCo’s, VEON’s or the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements
to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements
in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including, but not limited to, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could
give rise to the termination of the Business Combination (including as a result of a termination of the Business Combination Agreement
and/or any related agreements between the relevant parties); the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company,
Kyivstar or VEON, any of its subsidiaries or others following the announcement of the Business Combination; the inability to complete
the Business Combination due to the failure to obtain the necessary shareholder approvals or to satisfy other conditions to closing; changes
to the proposed structure of the Business Combination or the business combination contemplated thereunder that may be required or appropriate
as a result of applicable laws or regulations; the decision by the SEC to deem effective the Registration Statement; the ability to meet
the Nasdaq listing standards upon closing of the Business Combination and admission of PubCo for trading on the Nasdaq; the risk that
the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations of VEON as a result of the announcement and consummation of the Business
Combination; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things,
competition, the ability of PubCo to grow, retain its management and key employees; costs