Company: KYIV
Filing Date: 2025-06-24
Form Type: F-4/A
Source: 0001213900-25-057315
Chunk: 107

Company: Kyivstar Group Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-06-24
Form: F-4/A
Chunk 107
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 5G spectrum tender by the National Commission of the State Regulation of Communications (“NCEC”), which is expected to be held in the medium term with the possibility of high prices, could result in additional costs and investment, including capital expenditures and potential obligations for coverage and service quality. If the demand for 5G services fails to materialize at a level in line with industry assumptions, our return on investment may not meet our expectations. Any of the foregoing factors could affect our profitability and our competitive position. The telecommunications industry is highly capital intensive and requires substantial and ongoing expenditures of capital. Our business is highly capital intensive and requires significant amounts of cash to improve and maintain our networks. Ukraine’s physical infrastructure, including transportation networks and power generation and transmission systems, is in poor condition and the condition of our own physical infrastructure has been adversely affected by the ongoing war. See “ Kyivstar Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Op erations — Signi ficant Factors Affecting our Results of Operations — The War in Ukraine.” Supply chain issues arising from the war in Ukraine, component backlogs or other issues, including but not limited to export control regulations, may result in significant increases to our costs, capital expenditure or inability to access equipment and technology required for business continuity or expansion. Our success also depends to a significant degree on our ability to keep pace with new developments in technology, to develop and market innovative products and to update our facilities and process technology, which will require additional capital expenditure in the future. The amount and timing of our capital requirements will depend on many factors over which we have little or no control, including acceptance of and demand for our products and services, the extent to which we invest in new technology and research and development projects, the status and timing of competitive developments, and certain regulatory requirements. For example, if network usage develops faster than we anticipate, we may require greater capital investments in shorter time frames than originally anticipated and we may not have the resources to make such investments. Furthermore, the ongoing war in Ukraine creates uncertainty regarding our capital expenditure plans as we need to retain more flexibility to maintain our infrastructure in Ukraine and respond to the war as it develops further, and investment in Ukraine may be complicated by sanctions, regulations, payment restrictions and geopolitical circumstances. Since the onset of the war, a portion of our uncommitted capital expenditure plans have been delayed. Any further escalation or prolonged continuation of the war could lead to more damage to the network, change in customer behavior, declines in gross connections and lower than expected AR