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NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL .

IMPORTANT: you must read the following disclaimer before continuing . The following disclaimer applies to the tender offer memorandum and relevant announcements (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time, the “Tender Offer Memorandum”) and you are therefore required to read this disclaimer page carefully before accessing, reading or making any other use of the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements. By accessing the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements, you agree (in addition to giving the representations below) to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including any modifications to them from time to time, each time you receive any information from the Gabonese Republic (the “Republic”, “Gabon” or the “Gabonese Republic”), Merrill Lynch International (the “Dealer Manager”) and/or D.F. King (the “Information and Tender Agent”) as a result of such access. Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this disclaimer shall have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements.

THIS ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CONTAIN OR CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF SECURITIES TO ANY PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER, OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF, THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM AND RELEVANT ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM AND RELEVANT ANNOUNCEMENTS MAY NOT BE FORWARDED OR DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER PERSON AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER. THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM AND RELEVANT ANNOUNCEMENTS MAY ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED TO PERSONS TO WHOM IT IS OTHERWISE LAWFUL TO SEND THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM AND RELEVANT ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANY FORWARDING, DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THE TENDER OFFER MEMORANDUM AND RELEVANT ANNOUNCEMENTS IN WHOLE OR IN PART IS UNAUTHORISED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE MAY RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAWS.

  1. of your representation: in order to be eligible to view the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements or make an investment decision with respect to the Invitations (as defined below), you must be able to participate lawfully in the invitations by the Republic to holders of its outstanding (i) U.S.$700,000,000 6.950% Notes due 2025 (Unrestricted Global Note ISIN: XS1245960684, Common Code: 124596068; Restricted Global Note ISIN: US362420AC51, Common Code: 124689180, CUSIP: 362420AC5) (the “2025 Notes”), (ii) U.S.$1,000,000,000 6.625% Amortising Notes due February 2031 (Unrestricted Global Note ISIN: XS2113615228, Common Code: 211361522; Restricted Global Note ISIN: US362420AD35, Common Code: 211361395, CUSIP: 362420AD3) (the “February 2031 Notes”) and (iii) U.S.$800,000,000 7.000% Amortising Notes due November 2031 (Unrestricted Global Note ISIN: XS2407752711, Common Code: 240775271; Restricted Global Note ISIN: US362420AE18, Common Code: 240790947, CUSIP: 362420AE1) (the “November 2031 Notes” and, together with the February 2031 Notes, the “2031 Notes” and, together with the 2025 Notes, the “Notes”) to tender their Notes for purchase by the Republic for cash (together, the “Invitations”) in each case subject to the Maximum Tender Consideration and the 2025 Notes Tender Sub Cap (each as defined in the Tender Offer Memorandum) and on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum, including the invitation and distribution restrictions set out on pages [1 to 2] in “Invitation and Distribution Restrictions” (the “Invitation and Distribution Restrictions”) of the Tender Offer Memorandum.
 

The Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements were sent at your request and by accessing the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements you shall be deemed to have represented to the Republic, the Dealer Manager and the Information and Tender Agent that:

    1. you are a holder or a beneficial owner of the 2025 Notes, the February 2031 Notes and/or the November 2031 Notes;
    2. you are a person to whom it is lawful to send the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements or to make an invitation pursuant to the Invitations, in accordance with applicable laws, including the Invitation and Distribution Restrictions;
    3. you consent to delivery of the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements by electronic transmission; and
    4. you are not, nor are you acting on behalf of, a Sanctions Restricted Person (as defined in the Tender Offer Memorandum).

The Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements has been sent to you in an electronic form. You are reminded that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed during the process of electronic transmission and consequently none of the Republic, the Dealer Manager, the Information and Tender Agent or any person who controls, or is a director, officer, employee, agent or affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) of, any such person accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements distributed to you in electronic format and the hard copy version available to you on request from the Dealer Manager or the Information and Tender Agent.

You are also reminded that the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements have been sent to you on the basis that you are a person into whose possession the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements may be lawfully delivered in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are located or resident and you may not, nor are you authorised to, deliver the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements to any other person or to copy or reproduce the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements in whole or in part in any manner whatsoever.

Any materials relating to the Invitations do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, any form of offer or solicitation in any place where such offers or solicitations are not permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the Invitations be made by a licensed broker or dealer and the Dealer Manager or any of the Dealer Manager’s affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the Invitations shall be deemed to be made by the Dealer Manager or its affiliate, as the case may be, on behalf of the Republic in such jurisdiction.

The Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements may only be communicated to persons in the United Kingdom in circumstances where section 21(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 does not apply.

Restrictions: Nothing in this electronic transmission constitutes an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.

The distribution of the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession the Tender Offer Memorandum and relevant announcements comes are required by the Republic, the Dealer Manager and the Information and Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.