Capital/Financing Update • Nov 22, 2011
Capital/Financing Update
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Final Terms dated 17 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
GBP 400,000,000 5.00 per cent. Notes due October 2060 (the "Notes") to be assimilated (assimilées) and form a single series with the existing GBP 700,000,000 5.00 per cent. Notes due October 2060
Issued by: GDF SUEZ (the "Issuer")
(the "Joint Lead Managers")
Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions (the "Conditions") set forth in the base prospectus dated 4 November 2009 which received visa no. 09-0319 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") on 4 November 2009 and the supplement to this base prospectus dated 1 September 2010 which received visa no. 10-0298 from the AMF on 1 September 2010 (the "Original Base Prospectus"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the 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 amendment have been implemented in a Member State of the European Economic Area) and must be read in conjunction with the base prospectus dated 9 September 2011 which received visa no. 11-0406 from the AMF on 9 September 2011 and the supplement to this base prospectus dated 28 October 2011 which received visa no. 11-0489 from the AMF on 28 October 2011 (the "Existing Base Prospectus") which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive, save in respect of the Conditions which are extracted from the Original Base Prospectus and attached hereto (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 Existing Base Prospectus. The Existing Base Prospectus is available for viewing on the website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and on GDF SUEZ's website (www.gdfsuez.com) and copies may be obtained from GDF SUEZ at 1, place Samuel de Champlain, 92400 Courbevoie, France.
| -1 | Issuer: $\left( 1\right)$ |
GDF SUEZ |
|---|---|---|
| (ii) Guarantor: | Not Applicable | |
| 2 | Series Number: (i) |
41 |
| 2 | ||
| (ii) Tranche Number: | The Notes will be assimilated (assimilées) and form a single series with the existing GBP 700,000,000 5.00 per cent. Notes due 1 October 2060 issued by the Issuer on 1 October 2010 (the "Existing Notes") as from the date of assimilation which is expected to be on or about 40 days after the Issue Date (the "Assimilation" Date"). |
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| 3 | Specified Currency or | |
| Currencies: | Pound sterling ("GBP") | |
| 4 | Aggregate Nominal Amount: | |
| Series: (i) |
GBP 1,100,000,000 | |
| (ii) Tranche: |
GBP 400,000,000 |
| 5 | Issue Price: | 96.546 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount of the Tranche plus an amount of accrued interest at a rate of 0.6967213 per cent. of such Aggregate Nominal Amount corresponding to 51 days from, and including, 1 October 2011 to, but excluding, 21 November 2011. |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Specified Denominations: | GBP 50,000 |
| 7 | Issue Date: (i) |
21 November 2011 |
| Interest Commencement (ii) Date: |
1 October 2011 | |
| 8 | Maturity Date: | 1 October 2060 |
| 9 | Interest Basis: | 5.00 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 |
| 13 | Status of the Notes: (i) |
Unsubordinated |
| Status of the Guarantee: (ii) |
Unsubordinated | |
| (iii) Date of Board approval for issuance of Notes obtained: |
Resolution of the Board of Director (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. |
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| 14 | Method of distribution: | Syndicated |
| PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE | ||
| 15 | Fixed Rate Note Provisions | Applicable |
| Rate of Interest: (i) |
5.00 per cent. per annum payable semi-annually in arrear |
|
| (ii) Interest Payment Date(s): | 1 April and 1 October in each year, up to and including the Maturity Date, commencing on 1 April 2012 |
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| (iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: | GBP 1,250.00 per GBP 50,000 in nominal amount | |
| (iv) Broken Amount(s): | Not Applicable |
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| (v) Day Count Fraction (Condition $5(a)$ ): |
Actual/Actual (ICMA) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (vi) Determination Dates (Condition $5(a)$ ): |
1 April and 1 October in each year | |||
| (vii) Other terms relating to the method of calculating interest for Fixed Rate 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 | ||
| PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION | ||||
| 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: | GBP 50,000 per Note of GBP 50,000 Specified Denomination |
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| 24 | Early Redemption Amount: | |||
| Early Redemption (i) 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Redemption for taxation (ii) 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 $7(f)$ ): |
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| Not Applicable | ||
| 25 | GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES Form of Notes: |
Dematerialised Notes |
| Dematerialised of Form (i) |
||
| Notes: | Bearer dematerialised form (au porteur) | |
| (ii) Registration Agent: | Not Applicable | |
| (iii) Temporary Global | ||
| Certificate: | Not Applicable | |
| (iv) Applicable TEFRA | ||
| exemption: | Not Applicable | |
| 26 | Financial Centre(s) (Condition | |
| $7(i)$ ) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates: |
London | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
$\frac{1}{2} \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=$
| 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 initial Representative will be: | ||
| Raphael de Riberolles | ||
| 33 rue Anna Jacquin | ||
| 92100 Boulogne Billancourt | ||
| France | ||
| Email: [email protected] | ||
| The Alternative Representative will be: | ||
| Gilbert Labachotte | ||
| 8, Boulevard Jourdan | ||
| 75014 Paris | ||
| France | ||
| 33 | Representation of Noteholders of | |
| Electrabel Dematerialised Notes: | Not Applicable | |
| 34 | Other final terms: | Not Applicable |
| DISTRIBUTION | ||
| 35 | If syndicated, names and (i) addresses of Managers and underwriting commitments: |
Banco Santander, S.A. |
Ciudad Grupo Santander Edificio Encinar Avenida de Cantabria 28660, Boadilla del Monte Madrid Spain
Underwriting commitment: GBP 80,000,000
$\sim$
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Barclays Bank PLC 5 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf $\hat{\boldsymbol{\beta}}$ London E14 4BB
$\sim 10^{-10}$
$\sim$
United Kingdom
Underwriting commitment: GBP 80,000,000
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch Winchester House 1 Great Winchester Street London EC2N 2DB United Kingdom
Underwriting commitment: GBP 80,000,000
8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ United Kingdom
Underwriting commitment: GBP 80,000,000
Société Générale 17, cours Valmy 92987 Paris La Défense Cedex France
Underwriting commitment: GBP 80,000,000
| Date of Subscription (ii). Agreement: |
17 November 2011 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (iii) Stabilising Manager(s) (if $any)$ : |
Not Applicable | |||
| 36 | If non-syndicated, name and address of Dealer: |
Not Applicable | ||
| 37 | Additional selling restrictions: | Not Applicable | ||
| -38 | United States of America: | Category 2 restrictions apply to the Notes |
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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: $By:$ Tamaana 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duly authorised Denis CanisiER
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| (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: |
Euro 12,400 | |||
| (iv) Additional publication of | ||||
| Base Prospectus and Final Terms: |
The Existing Notes (as defined in item 2(ii) above) are already admitted to trading on Euronext Paris since 1 October 2010, |
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| 2 | Ratings | |||
| Ratings: | The Notes to be issued have been rated: | |||
| $S \& P: A stable$ | ||||
| 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, change or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency |
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.
| (i) Reasons for the offer: | The net proceeds of the issue of the Notes will be used for the Issuer's general corporate purposes |
|---|---|
| (ii) Estimated net proceeds: | Not Applicable |
| (iii) Estimated total expenses: | Not Applicable |
J,
5.262 per cent. per annum of the Aggregate Indication of yield: Nominal Amount of the Tranche. 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 for the Notes issued FR0011147107 before the Assimilation Date and | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| by GDF SUEZ: | FR0010946855 thereafter. | ||
| Common Code: | 070568047 before the Assimilation Date and |
054510624 thereafter.
Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking Société Anonyme and National Bank of Belgium SA/NV and the relevant identification number(s):
Not Applicable
Delivery against payment
Delivery:
Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):
Not Applicable
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