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Arkema Capital/Financing Update 2013

Dec 4, 2013

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Capital/Financing Update

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Final Terms dated 4 December 2013

Arkema

Euro 2,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme for the issue of Notes

SERIES NO: 1

TRANCHE NO: 1

Euro 150,000,000 3.125 per cent. Notes due 6 December 2023

Issued by Arkema (the "Issuer")

BNP PARIBAS NATIXIS THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS

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 October 2013 which has received visa no. 13-535 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") on 9 October 2013 which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the Directive 2010/73/EU, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State) (the "Prospectus Directive") (the "Base Prospectus"). 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 the Base Prospectus. 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. The Base Prospectus is available for viewing on the websites of the AMF (www.amffrance.org) and of Arkema (http://www.arkema.com/en/investor-relations/financials/debt/index.html) and printed copies may be obtained from Arkema at 420 rue d'Estienne d'Orves, 92700 Colombes, France.

1 Issuer: Arkema
$\mathbf{2}$ (i) Series Number: 1
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
(iii) Date on which the Notes become
fungible:
Not Applicable
3 Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro ("EUR")
4 Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: EUR 150,000,000
(ii) Tranche: EUR 150,000,000
5 Issue Price: 99.670 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6 Specified Denomination(s): EUR 100,000
7 (i) Issue Date: 6 December 2013
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: 6 December 2013
8 Maturity Date: 6 December 2023
9 Interest Basis: 3.125 per cent. per annum Fixed Rate
(further particulars specified below)
10 Redemption Basis: Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early
redemption, the Notes will be redeemed on the
Maturity Date at 100 per cent. of their nominal amount.
11 Change of Interest Basis: Not Applicable
12 Put/Call Options: Issuer Call
Make-Whole Redemption by the Issuer
Change of Control Put Option
(further particulars specified below)
13 (i) Status of the Notes: Senior
(ii) Date of Board approval
and
Decision of the Conseil d'administration of Arkema

decision for issuance of Notes obtained:

dated 24 January 2013 and decision of Thierry Le Henaff, Président-Directeur général of the Issuer dated 29 November 2013

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

14 Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
Rate of Interest:
(i)
3.125 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear on
each Interest Payment Date
Interest Payment Date(s):
(ii)
6
December
in
each
vear
commencing
on
6 December 2014 and ending on 6 December 2023
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount(s): EUR 3,125 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
(iv) Broken Amount(s): Not Applicable
Day Count Fraction:
(v)
Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(vi) Determination Dates: 6 December in each year
(vii) Interest Rate Adjustment: Not Applicable
15 Floating Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
16 Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
17 Inflation Linked Notes - Provisions
relating to CPI or HICP Linked
Interest
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
Not Applicable
18 Call Option Applicable
Optional Redemption Date(s)
(i)
At any time on or after 6 September 2023 (three
months prior to the Maturity Date)
Optional Redemption Amount(s)
(ii)
of each Note:
EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
(iii) If redeemable in part:
Minimum
Redemption
(a)
Amount:
Not Applicable
(b) Maximum Redemption Not Applicable
Amount:
(iv) Notice period: As per Condition 6(d)
19 Make-Whole Redemption by the
Issuer
Applicable
(i)
Notice period:
As per Condition $6(c)$
Reference Security:
(ii)
The 2.00 per cent. Bundesobligationen of the
Bundesrepublik Deutschland due 15 August 2023 with
ISIN DE0001102325
(iii) Reference Dealers: As per Condition 6(i)
(iv) Similar Security: Reference bond or reference bonds issued by the
German Federal Government having an actual or
interpolated maturity comparable with the remaining
term of the Notes that would be utilised, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term
of the Notes
(v) Party, if any, responsible for
calculating the principal and/or
interest due (if not the Calculation
Agent):
Not Applicable
(vi) Redemption Margin: 0.22 per cent. per annum
20 Put Option Not Applicable
21 Change of Control Put Option Applicable
22 Note Final Redemption Amount of each EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
Amount: Inflation Linked Notes - Provisions
relating to the Final Redemption
Not Applicable
23 Early Redemption Amount
(i) Early Redemption Amount(s) of
each Note payable on redemption
for taxation reasons (Condition
6(h)), for illegality (Condition
6(1)) or on event of default
(Condition 9):
EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
(ii) Redemption for taxation reasons
permitted on days others than
Interest Payment Dates:
Yes
(iii) Unmatured Coupons to become
void
upon
early redemption
(Materialised Bearer Notes only):
Not Applicable
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES
24 Form of Notes: Dematerialised Notes
(i) Form of Dematerialised Notes: Bearer dematerialised form (au porteur)
(ii) Registration Agent: Not Applicable
(iii) Temporary Global Certificate: Not Applicable

(iv) Applicable TEFRA exemption: Not Applicable

25 Financial Centre(s) (Condition 7(h)): Not Applicable
26 Talons for future Coupons or Receipts
to be attached to Definitive Notes (and
dates on which such Talons mature):
Not Applicable
27 Details relating to Instalment Notes: Not Applicable
28 Redenomination, renominalisation and
reconventioning provisions:
Not Applicable
29 Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable
30 Purchase: Applicable
31 Repurchase Event: Not Applicable
32 Masse (Condition 11): Contractual Masse shall apply
Name and address of the Representative:
MASSQUOTE S.A.S.U.
7, bis rue de Neuilly
F-92110 Clichy
France
Mailing address :
33, rue Anna Jacquin
92100 Boulogne Billancourt
France
Represented by its Chairman
Name and address of the alternate Representative:
Gilbert Labachotte
8 Boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris
France
The Representative will be entitled to a remunerati

uneration of €400 (VAT excluded) per year, payable on each Interest Payment Date with the first payment at the Issue Date.

RESPONSIBILITY

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.

$\frac{1}{2}$

Signed on behalf of Arkema: Christiane Chapuis, Directeur Financement Trésorerie By: Duly authorised

PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

$1.$ LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING

(i) Listing and admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its
behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading on
Euronext Paris with effect from 6 December 2013
(ii) Estimate of total expenses related to
admission to trading:
RATINGS
EUR 13,150
Ratings: The Notes to be issued have been rated
$S\&P$ :
BBB (stable outlook)
Moody's:
Baa2 (stable outlook)
S&P and Moody's are established in the European
Union and registered under Regulation (EC) No
1060/2009 (as amended)

$3.$ INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

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.

$\overline{4}$ . YIELD

$2.$

Indication of yield:

Agent(s) (if any):

3.164 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

5. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

ISIN Code: FR0011651389
Common Code: 100091305
Depositaries
(i)
Euroclear France to act as Central
Depositary:
Yes
Common Depositary for Euroclear
(ii)
Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream
Banking, société anonyme:
No
clearing system(s) other
Any
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

Not Applicable

6. DISTRIBUTION

(i) Method of distribution: Syndicated
(ii) If syndicated:
(A) Names of Managers: BNP Paribas
Natixis
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
(B) Stabilising Manager(s) if any: Not Applicable
(iii) non-syndicated,
If
and
name
address of Dealer:
Not Applicable
(iv) US Selling Restrictions
(Categories of potential investors
to which the Notes are offered):
Reg. S Compliance Category 2 applies to the

egory 2 applies to he Notes; TEFRA not applicable