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Amsterdam, 3 April 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, announces that it has notified the Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (EFRA) that, given the lapse of time and absence of approval, VEON is withdrawing the Mandatory Tender Offer (MTO) filed on November 8, 2017, and does not intend to proceed with another MTO at this time.

VEON had applied to EFRA seeking approval for a MTO for any and all shares of Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. not owned by VEON.

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Amsterdam, 27 March 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ and Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, today announces the appointment of Ursula Burns as Executive Chairman, effective immediately.

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Amsterdam, 15 March 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, today announces that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2017 (the “Form 20-F”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. The Form 20-F is also available on the Investor Relations section of the company’s website www.veon.com. 

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Amsterdam, 6 March 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, announces that Kyivstar, its wholly-owned and market-leading business in Ukraine, has acquired the following spectrum in the 1800MHz band suitable for 4G/LTE

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Amsterdam, 27 February 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers (VEON), has endorsed a new report unveiled at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2018 “A New Deal: Investing in Our Common Future – Policy Recommendations to Close the Broadband Gap”.

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Amsterdam and Moscow, 26 February 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, and PJSC “MegaFon” (LSE: MFON), a leading Russian provider of integrated digital services ("MegaFon"), announced today the completion of the transaction to end their Euroset joint venture.

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Amsterdam (22 February 2018) – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, today announces financial and operating results for the quarter and year ended 31 December 2017.

More information: https://veon.com/investor-relations/Reports--results/Results/

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Amsterdam, 15 February 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, today announced changes to its Business Unit management. These changes mark a further step in implementing a leaner, more efficient corporate structure aimed at basing certain Group activities out of the local operations.

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Amsterdam, 13 February 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) and Global Telecom Holding S.A.E (EGX: GTHE.CA), announce that Banglalink, their wholly-owned subsidiary in Bangladesh, has been awarded technology neutral spectrum in the 1800 and 2100 MHz bands.

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Amsterdam, 31 January 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, announces that Kyivstar, its wholly-owned and market-leading subsidiary in Ukraine, has secured one of three licenses to provide nationwide 4G/LTE services, subject to final regulatory approvals. Kyivstar will pay UAH 0.9 billion (approximately USD 32.2 million) for 2x15 MHz of contiguous frequency in the 2600 MHz band.

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Amsterdam, 19 January 2018 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 240 million customers, announced today the appointment of Alexander Pertsovsky to the Company’s Supervisory Board as an alternate director for Alexey Reznikovich.

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Amsterdam, 22 December 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, announces that its subsidiary PJSC VimpelCom has successfully repatriated a net amount of approximately USD 200 million from its wholly owned Uzbekistan subsidiary, LLC Unitel (“Unitel”).

Trond Westlie, Chief Financial Officer of VEON, commented: “The repatriation of cash from Uzbekistan for the first time is an important milestone for VEON, further enhancing the cash upstreaming capability of the Group and allowing Unitel to honor its global payment obligations necessary for ongoing operations. Our Uzbekistan operation has reported encouraging results in local currency this year and we remain committed to the business and further investments in the country.”

The currency conversion to USD 200 million resulted in a foreign currency exchange loss of approximately USD 49 million, which will be recorded as a finance cost in the 2017 Income Statement of the company.

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Amsterdam, 8 December 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, today announces that Alexander Matuschka, Group Chief Performance Transformation Officer, will leave the company at the end of 2017. Mr. Matuschka played an important role in the company’s performance transformation program, contributing to its improved financial performance over the past two and a half years.

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Amsterdam, 4 December 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, announces that effective 3 December, Telenor-affiliated director Nils Katla has stepped down from the Supervisory Board, following Telenor’s decision not to maintain a representative on VEON’s Supervisory Board. 

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Amsterdam, 28 November 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON),  is pleased to announce the appointment of Vasyl Latsanych as Chief Executive Officer of its Russian operations, PJSC VimpelCom, with effect from 10 January 2018.

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Amsterdam, 9 November 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, today announces financial and operating results for the quarter ended 30 September 2017.

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Amsterdam, 8 November 2017 – VEON Holdings B.V. (the “Offeror”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of VEON Ltd., announces that, pursuant to a letter from the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (“EFSA”) to the Egyptian Stock Exchange (“EGX”) dated 8 November 2017, the Offeror has deposited a mandatory tender offer with EFSA in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 12 of the Executive Regulations of the Capital Market Law No. 95 of 1992 for the purchase of up to 1,997,639,608 shares of Global Telecom Holding S.A.E (“GTH”), representing approximately 42.31% of GTH’s issued shares (the “Offer”). The Offer is at a price of EGP 7.90 per share.

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Amsterdam, 27 October 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, VimpelCom Holding Laos B.V., has entered into an agreement to sell its 78% stake in VimpelCom Lao Co. Ltd (VimpelCom Lao) to the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Government of the Lao PDR) for gross proceeds of USD 22 million. Following the sale, the Government of the Lao PDR will own 100% of the share capital of VimpelCom Laos.

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Amsterdam, 10 October 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, today announces the appointment of Jacky Simmonds as Group Chief People Officer effective from 1 January 2018. Jacky will become a member of VEON’s senior executive management team and will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Jean-Yves Charlier.

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Amsterdam, 5 October 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, today announces the appointment of Josh Drew as Group Chief Compliance Officer and a member of VEON’s executive management team. Josh will report directly to VEON’s Chief Executive Officer, Jean-Yves Charlier.

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Amsterdam and Hong Kong, 26 September 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services, and Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC), a leading fixed-line operator, IT service provider and carrier’s carrier, today announced a business collaboration to grow businesses in the enterprise market.

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Amsterdam (21 September 2017) - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) - VEON Ltd. (“VEON” or the “Company”) today announced that Telenor East Holding II AS (“Telenor”) priced its previously announced offering of 90,000,000 common shares in the form of American Depositary Shares (1) (“ADSs”) listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and common shares (“common shares”) listed on Euronext Amsterdam at a public offering price of USD 4.15 (approximately Euro 3.49) per ADS or common share. The offering, which represents 5.1 per cent of VEON's total outstanding equity, follows prior offerings by Telenor in September 2016 and April 2017. Following the completion of the offering, Telenor is expected to hold 14.6 per cent of VEON’s total outstanding equity. Telenor has indicated that the transaction will be the final divestment of Telenor’s VEON ADSs, as Telenor expects to use the balance of its remaining ADSs to exchange and/or redeem the exchangeable bond. The offering is expected to close on 25 September 2017.

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Amsterdam (20 September 2017)- VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) - VEON Ltd.(“VEON” or the “Company”) today announced that Telenor East Holding II AS (“Telenor”) is offering for sale an aggregate of 90,000,000 common shares in the form of American Depositary Shares (1)(“ADSs”) listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and common shares (“common shares”) listed on Euronext Amsterdam. This offering, which represents 5.1 per cent of VEON’s total outstanding equity, follows prior offerings by Telenor in September 2016 and April 2017. Telenor currently owns approximately 346.7 million ADSs, which represent 19.7 per cent of VEON’s total outstanding equity. Following the completion of the offering, Telenor is expected to hold 14.6 per cent of VEON’s total outstanding equity.

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Amsterdam, 15 September 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, announces that Trond Westlie will join VEON as Group Chief Financial Officer. VEON’s current Group CFO, Andrew Davies has decided to step down from his role, after four successful years of profound transformation. He will remain an active member of the senior management team until the end of 2017.

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Amsterdam, 15 September 2017 - VEON Ltd. (VEON) (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, notes the recent announcements from the government of Uzbekistan, liberalizing the currency exchange rules and resetting the official exchange rate at 8,100 Uzbek som per U.S. dollar, a devaluation of approximately 92%.

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Amsterdam, 30 August 2017 – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) (VEON) and Global Telecom Holding S.A.E (EGX: GTHE.CA) (GTH) announce that their subsidiary in Pakistan, Jazz, has signed an agreement for the sale of its tower business for approximately USD 940 million, subject to adjustments.

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Amsterdam, 29 August 2017 – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON)(VEON) has noted recent media comments concerning a potential tower transaction in Pakistan. VEON  confirms that it is in advanced discussions with edotco for the sale of its indirect subsidiary, Deodar Limited (“Deodar”). Deodar holds a portfolio of approximately 13,000 towers and provides network tower services in Pakistan. The purchase price for the transaction is expected to be in excess of USD 900 million equivalent. These discussions may or may not result in a transaction. VEON will communicate material updates, if any, in accordance with regulatory requirements.

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Amsterdam (3 August 2017) – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, today announces financial and operating results for the quarter ended 30 June 2017. 

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Amsterdam, 24 July 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, today announces the election of its Supervisory Board, including two new independent directors, Ursula Burns and Guy Laurence. 

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Amsterdam, 19 July 2017 – VEON Ltd. is proud to announce the launch of our new global personal internet platform in many of our key markets, including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Pakistan, with Italy following towards the end of the week. The platform provides contextualized, personalized internet experiences and opportunities, enabling our customers to access information and services, and engage with their world, in an entirely new way.

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Amsterdam and Moscow, 12 July 2017 - VEON Ltd., a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services serving more than 235 million customers, and Public Joint Stock Company “MegaFon” (LSE: MFON), a leading Russian provider of integrated digital services ("MegaFon"), have agreed to end their Euroset joint venture.

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Amsterdam, 6 July 2017 – VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Issuer”), a wholly owned subsidiary of VEON Ltd., today announces the termination of each of the Guarantees in respect of the following notes, each issued by the Issuer:

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Amsterdam, 27 June 2017 - VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of VEON Ltd. (“VEON”), today announces the aggregate principal amount of Notes (as defined below) validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Company's previously announced offer to purchase (the “Offer”, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the offer to purchase dated 30 May 2017 (the “Offer to Purchase”)) in relation to any and all of the outstanding (i) U.S.$1,000,000,000 9.125% Loan Participation Notes due 2018 issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the “2018 Notes”), (ii) U.S.$1,000,000,000 7.748% Loan Participation Notes due 2021 issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the “2021 Notes”) and (iii) U.S.$1,500,000,000 7.5043% Guaranteed Notes due 2022 issued by the Company (the “2022 Notes” and together with the 2018 Notes and the 2021 Notes, the “Notes”).

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CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. and VEON Ltd., joint owners of Wind Tre, today announce the appointment of Jeffrey Hedberg as Chief Executive Officer of Wind Tre.

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Amsterdam, 14 June 2017 - VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of VEON Ltd. (“VEON”), announces that the conditions, including the Financing Condition, to the Company’s previously announced cash tender offer (the “Offer”, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the offer to purchase dated 30 May 2017 (the “Offer to Purchase”)) are expected to be satisfied or waived prior to the Early Payment Date and the Final Payment Date. Accordingly, the Company expects to accept for purchase (a) all Notes (as defined below) validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Time, on the Early Payment Date (expected to be 19 June 2017) and (b) all Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Time but at or prior to the Expiration Time, on the Final Payment Date (which will be promptly after the Expiration Time and is expected to be 29 June 2017).

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Amsterdam, 14 June 2017 - VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Issuer”), a subsidiary of VEON Ltd. (“VEON”), announces the pricing of its US$600,000,000 3.95% Senior Notes due 2021 and US$900,000,000 4.95% Senior Notes due 2024 (collectively, the “Notes”), which will be issued subject to market and other customary conditions (the “Offering”). The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering (i) to finance the purchase of the: (x) US$1,000,000,000 9.125% Loan Participation Notes due 2018, (y) US$1,000,000,000 7.748% Notes due 2021, in each case issued by VIP Finance Ireland Limited and (z) US$1,500,000,000 7.5043% Notes due 2022, issued by the Issuer (together, the “Existing Notes”), tendered and accepted for purchase in accordance with the terms and conditions of a tender offer launched by the Issuer on 30 May 2017 pursuant to an offer to purchase of the same date and (ii) for general corporate purposes. The completion of the Offering is a condition to the purchase of the Existing Notes in the tender offer, and the settlement date for the Offering is expected to be 16 June 2017.

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Amsterdam, 13 June 2017 - VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of VEON Ltd. (“VEON”), today announces the aggregate principal amount of Notes (as defined below) validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Company’s previously announced cash tender offer (the “Offer”, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the offer to purchase dated 30 May 2017 (the “Offer to Purchase”)) prior to the Early Tender Time. 

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Amsterdam, 9 June 2017 - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving more than 235 million customers, announces that its Supervisory Board agreed to hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 24 July 2017. The record date for the 2017 Annual General Meeting has been set for 9 June 2017.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands, 30 May 2017. VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Company”) a wholly-owned subsidiary of VEON Ltd. (“VEON”) announced today that it commenced a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) for any and all of the outstanding (i) U.S.$1,000,000,000 9.125% Loan Participation Notes due 2018 issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the “2018 Notes”), (ii) U.S.$1,000,000,000 7.748% Loan Participation Notes due 2021 issued by, but with limited recourse to, VIP Finance Ireland Limited (the “2021 Notes”) and (iii) U.S.$1,500,000,000 7.5043% Guaranteed Notes due 2022 issued by VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “

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Amsterdam (May 30, 2017) – VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (the “Issuer”), a subsidiary of VEON Ltd. (“VEON”), announces its offering of senior unsecured notes (collectively, the “Notes”), subject to market and other customary conditions (the “Offering”). The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering (i) to finance the purchase of the: (x) US$1,000,000,000 9.125% Loan Participation Notes due 2018, (y) US$1,000,000,000 7.748% Notes due 2021, in each case issued by VIP Finance Ireland Limited and (z) US$1,500,000,000 7.5043% Notes due 2022, issued by the Issuer (together, the “Existing Notes”), tendered and accepted for purchase in accordance with the terms and conditions of a tender offer launched by the Issuer on May 30, 2017 pursuant to an offer to purchase of the same date and (ii) for general corporate purposes. The completion of the Offering is a condition to the purchase of the Existing Notes in the tender offer.

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Amsterdam (24 May 2017) - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, announces the appointment of Roland Sladek to the role of Group Director Communication & Identity, where he will lead the global communication and corporate identity functions.

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Pakistan subsidiary of GTH and VEON continues to lead in high-speed data services

Amsterdam (23 May 2017) – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON ) (“VEON”) and its subsidiary Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. (EGX: GTHE) (“GTH”), today announced the acquisition of additional 4G/LTE spectrum in Pakistan, through their local 85% owned subsidiary, Jazz. This is a crucial milestone for VEON in its ambition to become a global digital leader and is expected to improve the customer experience in terms of voice quality, data speeds and connectivity.

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Amsterdam (22 May 2017) – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) announced today that its subsidiary VimpelCom Holdings B.V. has successfully entered into a new RUB 110 billion, five-year term loan agreement with Sberbank. The term loan will refinance the existing loans between Sberbank and PJSC VimpelCom, as well as provide additional funds for general corporate purposes.  

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Amsterdam (11 May 2017) – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, today announces financial and operating results for the quarter ended 31 March 2017. 

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Amsterdam (April 7 2017) - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) - VEON Ltd. (“VEON” or the “Company”), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, today announced the pricing of the previously announced offering by selling shareholder Telenor East Holding II AS (“Telenor”) of 70,000,000 common shares in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and common shares (“common shares”) listed on Euronext Amsterdam at a public offering price of USD 3.75 per ADS or common share. Each ADS represents one common share of the Company. Today's transaction represents 4 per cent of VEON's total outstanding common shares, leaving Telenor with approximately 346.7 million VEON ADSs (19.7 per cent of VEON's total outstanding common shares), including the VEON ADSs that are underlying Telenor's USD 1 billion, 3-year exchangeable bond due 2019. The offering is expected to close on April 12, 2017. 

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Amsterdam (April 6, 2017) - VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) - VEON Ltd. (“VEON” or the “Company”), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, today announced the commencement of an offering by selling shareholder Telenor East Holding II AS (“Telenor”) of an aggregate of 70,000,000 common shares in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and common shares (“common shares”) listed on Euronext Amsterdam.  Each ADS represents one common share of the Company.  Telenor currently owns approximately 416.7 million ADSs, which represents 23.7 per cent of VEON's total outstanding common shares, including the VEON ADSs that are underlying Telenor's USD 1 billion, 3-year exchangeable bond due 2019.  Today's transaction represents 4 per cent of VEON's total outstanding common shares.  The public offering price for the offering has not yet been determined.

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Amsterdam (3 April 2017) – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ and Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, today announces the listing and trading of shares of VEON on Euronext Amsterdam to start tomorrow 4 April 2017. 

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Amsterdam (3 April 2017) – VEON today filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2016 (the “Form 20-F”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. The Form 20-F is also available on the Investor Relations section of the company’s website www.veon.com.

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Amsterdam (30 March 2017) - VEON announced it has secured shareholder approval to change its name from VimpelCom Ltd. to VEON Ltd. and to amend and restate the company’s bye-laws, as a result of the Special General Meeting of Shareholders, which was held in Amsterdam today. From March 31, 2017, the company’s American Depositary Shares will trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “VEON.”

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Amsterdam (16 March 2017)- VEON is evaluating options in relation to its co-owned investment in the Euroset business and can confirm that it is in discussions with Megafon in this regard.

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Amsterdam/Barcelona (27 February 2017) - VimpelCom Ltd. (NASDAQ: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services, today is becoming VEON as it reinvents itself into a global tech company and brings a revolutionary Internet mobile platform to hundreds of millions of customers in the markets of tomorrow.

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Amsterdam (27 February 2017) – VimpelCom Ltd. (NASDAQ: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers, today announces financial and operating results for the quarter and year ended 31 December 2016. 

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Amsterdam (17 February 2017) - VimpelCom Group (NASDAQ: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 200 million customers, announced today that it has successfully entered into a new multi-currency term and revolving facilities agreement (the “TL/RCF”) of up to USD 2.25 billion for VimpelCom Holdings B.V. (“VIP Holdings”). 

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Amsterdam (26 January 2017) - Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. ("GTH") (EGX: GTHE, LSE: GLTD) and VimpelCom Ltd. (NASDAQ: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services headquartered in Amsterdam and serving over 235 million customers in the global markets of tomorrow, today announce that Matthieu Galvani has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Djezzy, their business in Algeria. 

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Amsterdam (16 January 2017) – VimpelCom’s subsidiary, Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. (GTH) announced today that it proposes: (i) to launch a fixed price buy-back program to acquire up to 10.00% of the total issued share capital of GTH (the “Share Buy-Back”) at a price per share of EGP (Egyptian pounds) 7.90 and for a total consideration of up to EGP 4.1 billion; and (2) to carry out the cancellation of its GDR program.

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