Company: KYIV
Filing Date: 2025-07-10
Form Type: F-4/A
Source: 0001213900-25-062760
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Company: Kyivstar Group Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-07-10
Form: F-4/A
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 Ukrainian population as a result of Ukrainians relocating in or out of the country due to the ongoing war. For example, as of February 2025, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated that approximately 6.8 million refugees from Ukraine have been recorded globally, and the country has sustained significant damage to infrastructure and assets. If the ongoing war persists and Ukrainian refugees choose to relocate permanently outside of Ukraine and switch to local providers, we could lose a significant number of subscribers, which could have a material impact on our customer base, as well as their use and spending on our services. We may also experience fluctuations in the demand for our services if our customers experience difficulties in accessing or using our products and services outside of Ukraine, either as a result of roaming arrangements with our network providers or as a result of switching to a different provider on a temporary or permanent basis. We have experienced a decline in revenue generated from international mobile termination rates (“MTRs”) charged to Ukrainian customers due to EU policies implemented that regulate roaming charges for Ukrainians. We expect these policies and decrease in rates charged to Ukrainian customers to continue, with Ukraine and the European Union extending, in April 2023, the arrangements for Ukraine’s access to free roaming areas (first introduced in April 2022) until July 2025. In June 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law establishing a single roaming area with the EU, ensuring that Ukrainian mobile users can continue to use their devices in EU countries without additional charges and vice versa for EU visitors in Ukraine. The European Commission has continued its efforts to integrate Ukraine into the EU roaming area, which could eliminate roaming charges for Ukrainian customers indefinitely throughout the European Union if adopted, which could have a material impact on our business, financial conditions and results of operations. Risks Related to our Market We operate in highly competitive markets, and as a result may have difficulty expanding our customer base or retaining existing customers. The market in which we operate is highly competitive in nature, and we expect that competition will continue to increase. Competition may be intensified by further consolidation of or strategic alliances among our competitors, as well as new entrants in our markets. For example, the broadband segment in Ukraine has almost 2,000 operators in total, with the top three providers, based on number of subscribers, being Kyivstar, Ukrtelecom and Lifecell (formally known as Volia), which had a combined 24% of total market subscribers on average for the year ended