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Arkema Capital/Financing Update 2017

Apr 18, 2017

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Capital/Financing Update

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Final Terms dated 18 April 2017

Arkema

Euro 2,500,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme for the issue of Notes

SERIES NO: 3

TRANCHE NO: 1

Euro 700,000,000 1.500 per cent. Notes due 20 April 2027 (the "Notes")

Issued by Arkema (the "Issuer")

BNP PARIBAS CITIGROUP COMMERZBANK MUFG NATIXIS

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 25 November 2016 which has received visa no. 16-550 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") on 25 November 2016 and the supplement to it dated 5 April 2017 which has received visa no. 17-135 from the AMF on 5 April 2017 which together constitute 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.amffrance.org) and of Arkema (www.arkema.com) and printed copies may be obtained from Arkema at 420 rue d'Estienne d'Orves, 92700 Colombes, France.

1 Issuer: Arkema
2 (i) Series Number: 3
(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: 98.591 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6 Specified Denomination(s): EUR 100,000
7 (i) Issue Date: 20 April 2017
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: 20 April 2017
8 Maturity Date: 20 April 2027
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
Clean-Up Call Option
Change of Control Put Option
(further particulars specified below)
13 (i) Status of the Notes: Senior

(ii) Dates of Board approval and decision for issuance of Notes obtained:

Decision of the Conseil d'administration of Arkema dated 9 November 2016 and decision of Thierry Le Henaff, Président-Directeur général of the Issuer dated 11 April 2017

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

14 Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(i)
Rate of Interest:
1.500 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear on
each Interest Payment Date
(ii)
Interest Payment Date(s):
20
April
in
each
year
commencing
on
20 April 2018 and ending on 20 April 2027
(iii)
Fixed Coupon Amount(s):
EUR
1,500
per Note of EUR 100,000
Specified
Denomination
(iv)
Broken Amount(s):
Not Applicable
(v)
Day Count Fraction:
Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(vi)
Determination Dates:
20 April in each year
(vii) Interest Rate Adjustment: Not Applicable
(viii)Margin 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
(i)
Notice period:
As per Condition 6(d)
(ii)
Reference Security:
The
0.25
per
cent.
Bundesobligationen
of
the
Bundesrepublik Deutschland due 15 February
2027
with ISIN DE0001102416
(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: 0.25 per cent. per annum
20 Clean-Up Call Option Applicable
(i) Clean-Up Redemption Amount: 100,000 per Note of 100,000 Specified Denomination
21 Put Option Not Applicable
22 Residual Call Option Applicable
(i) Call Option Date: 20 January 2027
(ii) Notice period: As per Condition 6(c)
23 Change of Control Put Option Applicable
24 Final Redemption Amount of each
Note
EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
relating
Amount:
Inflation Linked Notes –
Provisions
to
the
Final
Redemption
Not Applicable
25 Early Redemption Amount
(i) Early Redemption Amount(s) of
each Note payable on redemption
for taxation reasons (Condition
6(j)),
for
illegality
(Condition
6(n))
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
26 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
27 Exclusion of the possibility to request
identification of the Noteholders as
provided by Condition 1(a):
Not Applicable
28 Financial Centre(s) (Condition 7(h)): Not Applicable
29 Talons for future Coupons or Receipts
to be attached to Definitive Notes (and
dates on which such Talons mature):
Not Applicable
30 Details relating to Instalment Notes: Not Applicable
31 Redenomination, renominalisation and
reconventioning provisions:
Not Applicable
32 Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable
33 Purchase: Applicable
34 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

RESPONSIBILITY

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

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

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

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 20 April 2017
(ii) Estimate of total expenses related to
admission to trading:
EUR 12,575
2. RATINGS
Ratings: 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.

4. YIELD

Indication of yield: 1.654 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: FR0013252277
Common Code: 159952126
Depositaries
(i)
Euroclear France to act as Central
Depositary:
Yes
(ii)
Common Depositary for Euroclear
Bank
S.A./N.V.
and
Clearstream
Banking, société anonyme:
No
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

6. DISTRIBUTION

(i) Method of distribution: Syndicated
(ii) If syndicated:
(A) Date
of
the
Subscription
Agreement:
18 April 2017
(B) Names of Managers: BNP Paribas
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
MUFG Securities EMEA plc
Natixis
(C) Stabilising Manager(s) if any: Not Applicable
(iii) If
non-syndicated,
name
and
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 Notes;
TEFRA not applicable