Capital/Financing Update • Nov 22, 2011
Capital/Financing Update
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Final Terms dated 16 November 2011
Euro 25,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme for the issue of Notes
Due from one month from the date of original issue
SERIES NO: 48
€1,000,000,000 3.125 per cent. Notes due 2020 (the "Notes")
Issued by: GDF SUEZ (the "Issuer")
Barclays Capital
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
BNP Paribas
Crédit Agricole CIB
ING Belgium SA/NV
Mizuho International plc
Natixis
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the base prospectus dated 9 September 2011 which received visa no. 11-406 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") on 9 September 2011 the "Base Prospectus") and the supplement to the Base Prospectus dated 28 October 2011 which received visa no. 11-489 from the AMF on 28 October 2011 which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 (the "Prospectus Directive") as amended (by Directive 2010/73/EU (the "2010 PD Amending Prospectus Directive") to the extent that such amendments have been implemented in a Member State of the European Economic Area). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with such Base Prospectus as supplemented. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus as supplemented. The Base Prospectus and the supplement to the Base Prospectus are available for viewing on the website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org)) and of GDF SUEZ (www.gdfsuez.com)) and copies may be obtained from GDF SUEZ at 1, place Samuel de Champlain, 92400 Courbevoie, France.
| 1 | Issuer: | GDF SUEZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Series Number: | 48 |
| Tranche Number: | 1 | |
| 3 | Specified Currency or Currencies: |
Euro ("€") |
| 4 | Aggregate Nominal Amount: | |
| Series: | €1,000,000,000 | |
| Tranche: | €1,000,000,000 | |
| 5 | Issue Price: | 99.593 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount |
| 6 | Specified Denominations: | €100,000 |
| 7 | (i) Issue Date: |
21 November 2011 |
| (ii) Interest Commencement Date: |
Issue Date | |
| 8 | Maturity Date: | 21 January 2020 |
| 9 | Interest Basis: | 3.125 per cent. Fixed Rate |
| (further particulars specified below) | ||
| 10 | Redemption/Payment Basis: | Redemption at par |
| 11 | Change of Interest or Redemption/Payment Basis: |
Not Applicable |
| 12 | Put/Call Options: Not Applicable |
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| 13 | Status of the Notes: | Unsubordinated |
| (i) Date of Board approval for issuance of Notes obtained: |
Resolution of the Board of Directors (Conseil d'Administration) dated 22 June 2011 and a decision |
of Mr Gérard MESTRALLET in his capacity as Président-Directeur Général of the Issuer dated 8 November 2011.
14 Method of distribution: Syndicated
| 15 | Fixed Rate Note Provisions | Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) Rate of Interest: |
3.125 per cent. per annum |
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| (ii) Interest Payment Dates: |
21 January in each year from and including 21 January 2013 to and including the Maturity Date. There will be a first long coupon in respect of the first Interest Period from, and including, the Interest Commencement Date to, but excluding, 21 January 2013 (see Broken Amount below). |
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| (iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: |
€3,125 per €100,000 in nominal amount, subject to the provisions of paragraph "Broken Amount" below. |
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| (iv) Broken Amount: |
In respect of the first Interest Payment Date falling on 21 January 2013: €3,647.26 per €100,000 Specified Denomination. |
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| (v) Day Count Fraction (Condition 5(a)): |
Actual/Actual (ICMA) | ||
| (vi) Determination Dates (Condition 5(a)): |
21 January in each year |
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| (vii) Other terms relating to the method of calculating interest for Fixed Rate |
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| Notes: | Not Applicable | ||
| 16 | Floating Rate Note Provisions: | Not Applicable | |
| 17 | Zero Coupon Note Provisions: | Not Applicable | |
| 18 | Index-Linked Interest Note/other variable-linked interest Note Provisions: |
Not Applicable | |
| 19 | Dual Currency Note Provisions: | Not Applicable | |
20 Call Option: Not Applicable
| 21 | Put Option: | Not Applicable |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Change of Control Put Option: | Not Applicable |
| 23 | Final Redemption Amount of each Note: |
€100,000 per Note of €100,000 Specified Denomination |
| 24 | Early Redemption Amount: | |
| (i) Early Redemption Amount(s) of each Note payable on redemption for taxation reasons (Condition 6(f)), for illegality (Condition 6(j)) or on event of default (Condition 9) or other early redemption and/or the method of calculating the same (if required or if different from that set out in the Conditions): |
As set out in the Conditions |
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| (ii) Redemption for taxation reasons permitted on days others than Interest Payment Dates (Condition 6(f)): |
Yes | |
| (iii) Unmatured Coupons to become void upon early redemption (Materialised Bearer Notes only) (Condition |
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| 7(f)): | Not Applicable |
| 25 | Form of Notes: | Dematerialised Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Form of Dematerialised Notes: | Bearer dematerialised form (au porteur) | |
| Registration Agent: | Not Applicable | |
| Temporary Global Certificate: | Not Applicable | |
| Applicable TEFRA exemption: |
Not Applicable | |
| 26 | Financial Centre(s) (Condition 7(h)) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates: |
Not Applicable |
| 27 | Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): |
No |
| 28 | Details relating to Partly Paid Notes: amount of each payment comprising the Issue Price and date on which each payment is |
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|---|---|---|
| to be made and consequences (if any) of failure to pay, including any right of the Issuer to forfeit the Notes and interest due on late payment: |
Not Applicable | |
| 29 | Details relating to Instalment Notes: |
Not Applicable |
| 30 | Redenomination, renominalisation and reconventioning provisions: |
Not Applicable |
| 31 | Consolidation provisions: | Not Applicable |
| 32 | Masse (Condition 11): | Applicable |
| The Representative will be: | ||
| Association de représentation de la masse de titulaires de valeurs mobilières Centre Jacques Ferronnière 32 rue du Champ de Tir - B.P. 81236 44312 Nantes Cedex 3 France |
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| The Issuer shall pay to the appointed Representative of the Masse an amount equal to EUR 611 per annum, payable on each Interest Payment Date. Noteholders' attention is drawn to the fact that the members of the Association de représentation de la masse de titulaires de valeurs mobilières are also employees of Société Générale. |
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| 33 | Other final terms: | Not Applicable |
| 34 | (i) If syndicated, names of | Global Coordinators and Joint Lead Managers |
|---|---|---|
| Managers: | Barclays Bank PLC | |
| Société Générale |
| Joint Lead Managers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | ||
| BNP Paribas | ||
| Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank | ||
| ING Belgium SA/NV | ||
| Mizuho International plc | ||
| Natixis | ||
| (ii) Date of Subscription | ||
| Agreement: | 16 November 2011 |
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| (iii) Stabilising Manager(s) (if | ||
| any): | Société Générale | |
| 35 | If non-syndicated, name and | |
| address of Dealer: | Not Applicable | |
| 36 | Additional selling restrictions: | Not Applicable |
| 37 | United States of America: | Category 2 restrictions apply to the Notes |
These Final Terms comprise the final terms required to list and have admitted to trading the issue of Notes described herein pursuant to the €25,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of GDF SUEZ.
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.
Signed on behalf of the Issuer:
By: ............................................
Duly authorised
| (i) | Listing: | Euronext Paris | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ii) | Admission to trading: | Application has been made for the Notes to be admitted to trading on Euronext Paris with effect from 21 November 2011. |
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| (iii) | Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: |
€6,400 | ||
| (iv) | Additional publication of Base Prospectus and Final Terms: |
Not Applicable | ||
| 2 | Ratings | |||
| Ratings: | The Notes are expected to be rated: |
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| S & P: A Stable | ||||
| Moody's: A1 Stable | ||||
| Moody's and S&P are established in the European Union and are registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as amended by Regulation (EU) No. 513/2011. |
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| A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, |
Not Applicable
Save as discussed in "Subscription and Sale", so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.
rating agency.
change or withdrawal at any time by the assigning
Indication of yield: 3.181 per cent. per annum The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.
| ISIN Code: | FR0011147305 |
|---|---|
| Common Code: | 070590174 |
| Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme and the relevant identification number(s): |
Not Applicable |
| Delivery: | Delivery against payment |
| Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any): |
Not Applicable |
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