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Danone Capital/Financing Update 2016

Nov 3, 2016

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Capital/Financing Update

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Final Terms dated 28 October 2016

Danone

Euro 21,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme for the issue of Notes Due from one month from the date of original issue

SERIES NO: 113

TRANCHE NO: 1

Euro 1,000,000,000 0.167 per cent. Notes due 3 November 2020

Issued by Danone (the "Issuer")

Global Coordinators and Joint Lead Managers

BNP PARIBAS J.P. MORGAN

Joint Lead Managers

BARCLAYS CITIGROUP CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB HSBC ING MUFG NATIXIS SANTANDER GLOBAL CORPORATE BANKING SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING 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 26 September 2016 which has received visa no. 16-447 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") on 26 September 2016 and the supplement to it dated 18 October 2016 which has received visa no. 16-490 from the AMF on 18 October 2016 which together constitute a base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus") for the purposes of the Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended (the "Prospectus Directive"). 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 website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and of Danone (www.danone.com) and printed copies may be obtained from Danone at 17, boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France.

1 Issuer: Danone
$\boldsymbol{2}$ (i)
Series Number:
113
(ii)
Tranche Number:
$\mathbf{1}$
(iii) Date on which the Notes become
fungible:
Not Applicable
3 Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro ("EUR")
4 Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i)
Series:
EUR 1,000,000,000
(ii)
Tranche:
EUR 1,000,000,000
5 Issue Price: 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6 Specified Denomination: EUR 100,000
7 Issue Date:
(i)
3 November 2016
(ii)
Interest Commencement Date:
3 November 2016
8 Maturity Date: 3 November 2020
9 Interest Basis: 0.167 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: Make-Whole Redemption by the Issuer
Residual Maturity Call Option
Clean-Up Call Option
Mandatory Call
Change of Control Put Option
(further particulars specified below)
13 Status of the Notes:
(i)
Unsubordinated
(ii)
Date of Board approval and
decision for issuance of Notes
obtained:
Decision of the Conseil d'administration of Danone
dated 6 July 2016 and decision of Mr Emmanuel Faber,
Directeur Général of the Issuer dated 25 October 2016
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
14 Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(i)
Rate of Interest:
0.167 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear on
each Interest Payment Date
(ii)
Interest Payment Dates:
3 November in each year commencing on 3 November
2017 and ending on the Maturity Date.
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: EUR 167 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
(iv) Broken Amount: Not Applicable
Day Count Fraction:
(v)
Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(vi) Determination Dates: 3 November in each year
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 Not Applicable
19 Make-Whole Redemption by the
Issuer
Applicable
(i)
Notice period:
As per the Conditions
(ii) Reference Security: 0.25 per cent. Federal Government Bond of the
Bundesrepublik Deutschland due 16 October 2020 with
ISIN DE0001141729
(iii) 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.
(iv) Redemption Margin: 0.10 per cent. per annum
(v)
Party, if any, responsible for
calculating the principal and/or
interest due (if not the Calculation

$\overline{\phantom{a}}$

Agent): Not Applicable
20 Residual Maturity Call Option Applicable
(i) Call Option Date: 3 October 2020
(ii) Notice period: As per the Conditions
21 Put Option Not Applicable
22 Clean-Up Call Option Applicable
(i) Clean-Up Percentage: 80 per cent.
(ii) Clean-Up Redemption Amount: EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
23 Mandatory Call Applicable
24 Change of Control Put Option Applicable
25 Final Redemption Amount of each
Note
EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000 Specified
Denomination
Inflation Linked Notes - Provisions
relating to the Final Redemption
Amount:
Not Applicable
26 Early Redemption Amount
(i)
Early Redemption Amount of
each Note payable on redemption
for taxation reasons (Condition
$6(k)$ ), for illegality (Condition
$6(0)$ 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
27 Form of Notes: Dematerialised Notes
Form of Dematerialised Notes:
(i)
Bearer dematerialised form (au porteur)
(ii)
Registration Agent:
Not Applicable
(iii)
Temporary Global Certificate:
Not Applicable
(iv) Applicable TEFRA exemption: Not Applicable
28 Exclusion of the possibility to request
identification of a Noteholder
as
provided by Condition 1(a):
Not Applicable
29 Financial Centre (Condition 7(h)): Not Applicable
30 Talons for future Coupons or Receipts
to be attached to Definitive Notes (and
dates on which such Talons mature):
Not Applicable
31 Details relating to Instalment Notes: Not Applicable
32 Redenomination provisions: Not Applicable
33 Purchase: Applicable
34 Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable
35 Masse (Condition 11): Contractual Masse shall apply
Name and address of the Representative:
MCM AVOCAT
Selarl d'avocats interbarreaux inscrite au Barreau de
Paris
10, rue de Sèze
75009 Paris
France
Represented by Maître Antoine Lachenaud, Co-gérant
- associé
Name and address of the alternate Representative:
Maître Philippe Maisonneuve
Avocat
10, rue de Sèze
75009 Paris
France
The Representative will be entitled to remuneration of
EUR 350 (VAT excluded) per year, payable on each

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.

Signed on behalf of Danone: FS .

PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING $\mathbf{1}$ .

(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 3 November 2016.
(ii) Estimate of total expenses related to
admission to trading:
RATINGS
EUR 8,400 (including AMF fees)
Ratings: The Notes to be issued have been rated:
$S\&P$ :
BB B+
Moody's:
Baa1
S&P and Moody's are established in the European
Union and registered under Regulation (EC) No
1060/2009 (as amended).
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

$2.$

$3.$

Indication of yield:

0.167 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. REASONS FOR THE OFFER

Reasons of the offer

The net proceeds of the issue of the Notes will be used to (i) repay certain existing bank facilities of The WhiteWave Foods Company upon consummation of the Acquisition (as defined in Condition $6(g)$ ) and (ii) fund a portion of the consideration to be paid in respect of the Acquisition.

6. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

ISIN: FR0013216892
Common Code: 151306411
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:
Nο
clearing system(s) other
Anv
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):
Not Applicable
Delivery against payment
Not Applicable
(i) Method of distribution: Syndicated
(ii) If syndicated:
(A) Names of Managers: BNP Paribas
J.P. Morgan Securities plc
Banco Santander, S.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
HSBC Bank plc
ING Bank N.V., Belgian Branch
MUFG Securities EMEA plc
Natixis
Société Générale
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
(B) Stabilising Manager if any: BNP Paribas
(iii) non-syndicated,
If
name
and
address of Dealer:
Not Applicable
(iv) US Selling Restrictions

(Categories of potential investors to which the Notes are offered):

$7.$

Reg. S Compliance Category 2 applies to the Notes; TEFRA not applicable $\ddot{\phantom{0}}$