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Monday 25 July 2022 9:02 pm|Updated:Monday 25 July 2022 9:03 pmNaftogaz suffers setback with bondholders rejecting debt freeze proposalBy: Nicholas EarlShareFacebookShare brumate on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailNaftogaz has revealed its bondholders are set to refuse its two-year debt payment freeze request.The Ukrainian state-owned energy giant also hit ou polene handbag t at the countryrsquo government for rejecting another plan by the company to keep making its payments.It said in a statement that with so few bondholders supporting its debt freeze proposal ahead of a deadline on Tuesday, the required quorum needed to pass the plan was not expected to be met.Sparately, the Ukrainersquo cabient rejected a request from Naftogaz to go ahead with a $335m principal an brumate tumbler d interest payment on a bond due last week, alongside a separate interest installment on another bond that runs up to 2024.It also had submitted another request last weekend to approve the payments and was awaiting a response. Meanwhile, Naftogaz expects to formulate a new proposal to try and win bondholdersrsquo; approval.Last year, the energy giant accounted for almost 17 per cent of government revenues ndash; an increasingly key source of funds for the country following Russiarsquo invasion and months of continued conflict.If Naftogaz doesnrsquo;t manage to convince its bondholders to agree to a plan in the coming days it will likely Qnlq Exclusive: Businesses with poor ESG credentials struggle to attract workers
Wednesday 10 June 2020 3:38 pm|Updated:Wednesday 10 June 2020 4:25 pmBoris Johnsonrsquo approval rating continues to plummet in new pollBy: Stefan BosciaShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailPublic confidence in Boris Johnson continues to plummet, as new polling shows his approval rating drop to minus 7 per cent.A new YouGov poll shows that 43 per cent of Britons think the Prime Minister is doing a good job, with 50 per cent saying he is performing poorly.This is down from a plus 22 per cent approval rating from YouGov polling just one month ago on 9 May.The publicrsquo confidence in the Prime Minister has taken a battering as the Covid-19 crisis has progressed, with the UK now having the second-most total coronavirus deaths in the world.Johnsonrsquo reluctance to sack chief adviser Dominic Cummings during a public row about his trip to Durham during the lockdown also led to a sharp decline in his approval numbers. YouGov polling research manager Chris Curtis said: The governmentrsquo approval ratings looked unsustainably high at the start of the coronavirus crisis, given this is a metric that has sat in negative territory for almost all of th stanley ca e past two decades.The pollin hydrojug sale g also showed Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with a plus 27 per cent approval rating, with 40 per cent saying he looked like ldquo owala website ;a Prime Minister in waiting.Before the Open newsletter: Start your
Monday 25 July 2022 9:02 pm|Updated:Monday 25 July 2022 9:03 pmNaftogaz suffers setback with bondholders rejecting debt freeze proposalBy: Nicholas EarlShareFacebookShare brumate on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailNaftogaz has revealed its bondholders are set to refuse its two-year debt payment freeze request.The Ukrainian state-owned energy giant also hit ou polene handbag t at the countryrsquo government for rejecting another plan by the company to keep making its payments.It said in a statement that with so few bondholders supporting its debt freeze proposal ahead of a deadline on Tuesday, the required quorum needed to pass the plan was not expected to be met.Sparately, the Ukrainersquo cabient rejected a request from Naftogaz to go ahead with a $335m principal an brumate tumbler d interest payment on a bond due last week, alongside a separate interest installment on another bond that runs up to 2024.It also had submitted another request last weekend to approve the payments and was awaiting a response. Meanwhile, Naftogaz expects to formulate a new proposal to try and win bondholdersrsquo; approval.Last year, the energy giant accounted for almost 17 per cent of government revenues ndash; an increasingly key source of funds for the country following Russiarsquo invasion and months of continued conflict.If Naftogaz doesnrsquo;t manage to convince its bondholders to agree to a plan in the coming days it will likely Qnlq Exclusive: Businesses with poor ESG credentials struggle to attract workers
Wednesday 10 June 2020 3:38 pm|Updated:Wednesday 10 June 2020 4:25 pmBoris Johnsonrsquo approval rating continues to plummet in new pollBy: Stefan BosciaShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailPublic confidence in Boris Johnson continues to plummet, as new polling shows his approval rating drop to minus 7 per cent.A new YouGov poll shows that 43 per cent of Britons think the Prime Minister is doing a good job, with 50 per cent saying he is performing poorly.This is down from a plus 22 per cent approval rating from YouGov polling just one month ago on 9 May.The publicrsquo confidence in the Prime Minister has taken a battering as the Covid-19 crisis has progressed, with the UK now having the second-most total coronavirus deaths in the world.Johnsonrsquo reluctance to sack chief adviser Dominic Cummings during a public row about his trip to Durham during the lockdown also led to a sharp decline in his approval numbers. YouGov polling research manager Chris Curtis said: The governmentrsquo approval ratings looked unsustainably high at the start of the coronavirus crisis, given this is a metric that has sat in negative territory for almost all of th stanley ca e past two decades.The pollin hydrojug sale g also showed Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with a plus 27 per cent approval rating, with 40 per cent saying he looked like ldquo owala website ;a Prime Minister in waiting.Before the Open newsletter: Start your