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Orange — Capital/Financing Update 2013
Aug 30, 2013
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Capital/Financing Update
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30 August 2013
ORANGE
Issue of EUR 850,000,000 1.875 per cent. Fixed Rate Notes due 3 September 2018 (the "Notes")
under the EUR 30,000,000,000
Euro Medium Term Note Programme
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 12 June 2013 which received visa No. 13-276 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF) on 12 June 2013 and the supplement to the Base Prospectus dated 1 August 2013 which received visa No. 13-445 from the AMF on 1 August 2013, which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU) (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 as so supplemented. 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. Copies of the Base Prospectus and the supplements to such Base Prospectus are available for viewing on the websites of the Issuer (www.orange.com) and of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and from the head office of the Issuer and the specified offices of the Paying Agents. Copies of these Final Terms are available for viewing on the website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org).
- Issuer: Orange
- (a) Series Number: 133
(b) Tranche Number: 1 - Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro ("EUR")
- Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(a) Tranche: EUR 850,000,000
(b) Series: EUR 850,000,000 - Issue Price: 99.67 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount.
- (a) Specified Denominations: EUR 100,000
(b) Calculation Amount: EUR 100,000 - (a) Issue Date: 3 September 2013
(b) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date - Maturity Date: 3 September 2018
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2.
- Interest Basis: 1.875 per cent. Fixed Rate
- Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par
- Change of Interest Basis or Redemption/Payment Basis: Not Applicable
- Put/Call Options: Make-whole Redemption by the Issuer (further particulars specified below)
- (a) Status of the Notes: Senior Unsecured
(b) Date of corporate decision to issue the Notes: Resolution of the Conseil d'administration of the Issuer dated 24 October 2012
Decision of Gervais Pellissier, Directeur Général Délégué of the Issuer, dated 29 August 2013 - Method of distribution: Syndicated
Provisions Relating to Interest (if any) Payable
-
Fixed Rate Note Provisions: Applicable
(a) Rate(s) of Interest: 1.875 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear
(b) Interest Payment Date(s): 3 September in each year up to and including the Maturity Date
(c) Fixed Coupon Amount: EUR 1,875 per Calculation Amount
(d) Broken Amount(s): Not Applicable
(e) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(f) Determination Date(s): 3 September in each year
(g) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention
(h) Party responsible for calculating Interest Amounts (if not the Calculation Agent): Not Applicable -
Floating Rate Note Provisions: Not Applicable
- Zero Coupon Note Provisions: Not Applicable
- Index Linked Note Provisions: Not Applicable
Provisions Relating to Redemption
- Make-whole Redemption by the Issuer: Applicable
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3.
(a) Quotation Agent:
Merrill Lynch International
2 King Edward Street
London EC1A 1HQ
United Kingdom
(b) Discounting basis for purposes of calculating sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on Redeemed Notes in the determination of the Make-whole Redemption Amount:
Annual
(c) Benchmark Security:
The Obligations assimilables du Trésor issued by Agence France Trésor due 25 November 2018 (ISIN: FR0011523257) or any other Obligations assimilables du Trésor issued by Agence France Trésor maturing on or about the Maturity Date in the event that the Obligations assimilables du Trésor issued by Agence France Trésor due 25 November 2018 (ISIN: FR0011523257) are no longer in issuance.
(d) Make-whole Margin:
0 per cent. per annum
(e) Timing for calculation of Benchmark Security Price
11:00 a.m. Central European time (CET) on the Calculation Date.
(f) Person(s) to be notified by Issuer of Make-whole Redemption Date and Make-whole Redemption Amount, in accordance with Condition 6(d):
Citibank N.A.
Citigroup Centre,
Canada Square,
Canary Wharf,
London E14 5LB
BNP Paribas Securities Services
Corporate Trust Services
Les Grands Moulins de Pantin
9 rue du Débarcadère
93500 Pantin
France
Merrill Lynch International
2 King Edward Street
London EC1A 1HQ
United Kingdom
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Issuer Call:
Not Applicable -
Investor Put:
Not Applicable -
Final Redemption Amount:
EUR 100,000 per Calculation Amount -
Early Redemption Amount of each Note payable on redemption for taxation reasons
EUR 100,000 per Calculation Amount
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or on event of default:
General Provisions Applicable to the Notes
- Form of Notes:
(a) Form: Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes only upon an Exchange Event
(b) New Global Note: No
- Additional Business Centre(s) or other special provisions relating to Payment Dates: Not Applicable
- Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): No
- Details relating to Instalment Notes:
(a) Instalment Amount(s): Not Applicable
(b) Instalment Date(s): Not Applicable
- Redenomination provisions: Not Applicable
- Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable
Distribution
- (a) If syndicated, names of Managers:
Merrill Lynch International
2 King Edward Street
London EC1A 1HQ
United Kingdom
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
9 quai du Président Paul Doumer
92920 Paris La Défense Cedex
France
RBC Europe Limited
Riverbank House
2 Swan Lane
London, EC4R 3BF
United Kingdom
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
135 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 3UR
United Kingdom
Each of the above a Joint Lead Manager
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(b) Stabilising Manager(s) (if any): Not Applicable
- If non-syndicated, name of relevant Dealer: Not Applicable
- U.S. Selling Restrictions: Regulation S Category 2 TEFRA D
- Additional selling restrictions: Not Applicable
PURPOSE OF FINAL TERMS
These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for issue and admission to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris of the Notes described herein pursuant to the EUR 30,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of Orange.
RESPONSIBILITY
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.
Signed on behalf of Orange:
By:
Duly authorised
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6.
PART B – OTHER INFORMATION
1. LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING
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 the Issue Date.
Estimate of total expenses relating to EUR 4,000 admission to trading:
2. RATINGS
The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:
Standard and Poor’s ("S&P"): BBB+ (stable)
Moody's: A3 (negative)
S&P and Moody’s are established in the European Union and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 513/2011 (the "CRA Regulation"). As such S&P and Moody’s are included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on its website in accordance with the CRA Regulation.
3. INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE
Save for any fees payable to the Dealer(s), so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.
4. REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND TOTAL EXPENSES
(i) Reasons for the offer: General corporate purposes
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: EUR 844,857,500
(iii) Estimated total expenses: Not Applicable
5. YIELD (Fixed Rate Notes Only)
Indication of yield: 1.945 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.
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6. PERFORMANCE OF INDEX AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE UNDERLYING
Not applicable
7. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
(i) ISIN Code: FR0011560069
(ii) Common Code: 096843186
(iii) Common Depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg: Not Applicable
(iv) Central Depositary: Euroclear France
(v) Any clearing system(s) other than Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and the relevant identification number(s): Euroclear France
(vi) Delivery: Delivery against payment
(vii) Names and addresses of Additional Paying Agent(s) (if any): Not Applicable
(viii) Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility: Yes
Note that the designation "yes" simply means that the Notes are intended upon issue to be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safekeeper and does not necessarily mean that the Notes will be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit operations by the Eurosystem either upon issue or at any or all times during their life. Such recognition will depend upon satisfaction of the Eurosystem eligibility criteria.
(ix) Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s): Not Applicable
(x) Address and contact details of Orange for all administrative communications relating to the Notes: 78 rue Olivier de Serres 75505 Paris cedex 15
Telephone: (+33) 1 44 44 91 60
Telex: 202520
Facsimile: (+33) 1 45 40 04 52
Attention: Direction du Financement et de la Trésorerie
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