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Arkema Capital/Financing Update 2015

Jan 16, 2015

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Capital/Financing Update

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Final Terms dated 16 January 2015

Arkema

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

SERIES NO: 2

TRANCHE NO: 1

Euro 700,000,000 1.500 per cent. Notes due 20 January 2025 Issued by Arkema (the "Issuer")

CITIGROUP CM-CIC COMMERZBANK NATIXIS SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING

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 19 December 2014 which has received visa no. 14-664 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") on 19 December 2014 which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended (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.amf-france.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
$\overline{2}$ (i) Series Number: 2
(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 700,000,000
(ii) Tranche: EUR 700,000,000
5 Issue Price: 99.001 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6 Specified Denomination(s): EUR 100,000
7 (i) Issue Date: 20 January 2015
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: 20 January 2015
8 Maturity Date: 20 January 2025
9 Interest Basis: 1.500 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: Residual Call Option
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 for issuance of Notes
Decision of the Conseil d'administration of Arkema
dated 16 September 2014 and decision of Thierry Le

Henaff, Président-Directeur général of the Issuer dated 13 January 2015

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

obtained:

14 Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
Rate of Interest:
(i)
1.500 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear on
each Interest Payment Date
(ii)
Interest Payment Date(s):
20
January
in
each
year
commencing
on
20 January 2016 and ending on 20 January 2025
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount(s): EUR 1,500 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
(iv) Broken Amount(s): Not Applicable
Day Count Fraction:
(v)
Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(vi) Determination Dates: 20 January 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
Not Applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
18 Call Option Not Applicable
19 Make-Whole Redemption by the
Issuer
Applicable
Notice period:
(i)
As per Condition $6(d)$
Reference Security:
(ii)
The 1.00 per cent. Bundesobligationen of the
Bundesrepublik Deutschland due 15 August 2024 with
ISIN DE0001102366
(iii) Reference Dealers: As per Condition $6(d)$
(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: 0.15 per cent. per annum
20 Put Option Not Applicable
21 Residual Call Option Applicable
(i) Call Option Date: 20 October 2024
(ii) Notice period: As per Condition $6(c)$
22 Change of Control Put Option Applicable
23 Final Redemption Amount of each
Note
Inflation Linked Notes - Provisions
relating
to the Final Redemption
Amount:
EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
Not Applicable
24 Early Redemption Amount
(i) Early Redemption Amount(s) of
each Note payable on redemption
for taxation reasons (Condition
6(i)), for illegality (Condition
$6(m)$ or on event of default
(Condition 9):
EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
(iii) Redemption for taxation reasons
permitted on days others than
Interest Payment Dates:
Yes
(iv) Unmatured Coupons to become
void
upon early redemption
(Materialised Bearer Notes only):
Not Applicable
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES
25 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
26 Exclusion of the possibility to request
identification of the Noteholders as
provided by Condition 1(a):
Not Applicable
27 Financial Centre(s) (Condition 7(h)): Not Applicable
28 Talons for future Coupons or Receipts
to be attached to Definitive Notes (and
dates on which such Talons mature):
Not Applicable
29 Details relating to Instalment Notes: Not Applicable

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Redenomination, renominalisation and
reconventioning provisions:
Not Applicable
Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable
Purchase: Applicable
Repurchase Event: Not Applicable
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 remuneration of €400 (VAT excluded) per year, payable on each Interest Payment Date with the first payment at the Issue Date.

RESPONSIBILITY

30

$31$

32 33

34

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

Mapres

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

PART B-OTHER INFORMATION

LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING $1.$

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 20 January 2015
EUR 12,000
The Notes to be issued have been rated
$S\&P$ :
BBB
Moody's:
Baa2
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:

1.609 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:

Common Code:

Depositaries

  • (i) Euroclear France to act as Central Depositary:
  • (ii) Common Depositary for Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme:

Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream, Banking, société anonyme and the relevant identification number(s):

Delivery:

Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):

FR0012452191

117018466

Yes

No

Not Applicable

Delivery against payment

Not Applicable

6. DISTRIBUTION

(i) Method of distribution: Syndicated
(ii) If syndicated:
(A) Names of Managers: Citigroup Global Markets Limited
CM-CIC Securities
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Natixis
Société Générale
(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
TEFRA not applicable

the Notes;

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