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Orange Capital/Financing Update 2016

Oct 28, 2016

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Capital/Financing Update

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Final Terms dated 28 October 2016

ORANGE Euro 30,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme

SERIES NO: 140 TRANCHE NO: 1

EUR750,000,000 0.875 per cent. Notes due February 2027

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED HSBC NATIXIS

The Base Prospectus referred to below (as completed by these Final Terms) has been prepared on the basis that any offer of Notes in any Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (as defined below) (each, a Relevant Member State) will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in that Relevant Member State, from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of the Notes. Accordingly any person making or intending to make an offer in that Relevant Member State of the Notes may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Issuer or any Dealer to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in relation to such offer. Neither the Issuer nor any Dealer has authorised, nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of Notes in any other circumstances.

PARTA 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 29 June 2016 which received visa n°16-281 from the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") in France on 29 June 2016 and the supplement to the Base Prospectus dated 1 August 2016 which received visa $n^{\circ}16-372$ from the AMF on 1 August 2016 which together constitute a prospectus for the purposes of 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 such 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 as so supplemented. The Base Prospectus and the supplement to the Base Prospectus are available for viewing at the office of the Fiscal Agent or each of the Paying Agents and on the websites of (a) the AMF (www.amffrance.org) and (b) Orange ("the Issuer") (www.orange.com) and copies may be obtained from Orange, 78-84 rue Olivier de Serres, 75015 Paris.

-1. (1) Issuer: Orange
2. (i) Series Number: 140
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro (" $\varepsilon$ ")
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: €750,000,000
(ii) Tranche: €750,000,000
5. (i) Issue Price: 99.543 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. Specified Denomination(s): €100,0000
7. (i) Issue Date: 3 November 2016
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
8. Maturity Date: 3 February 2027
9. Interest Basis: 0.875 per cent. Fixed Rate
(further particulars specified below)
Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par
Change of Interest or Redemption/Payment Basis: Not Applicable
Make Whole Redemption
Pre-Maturity Call Option
(further particulars specified below)
(i) Status of the Notes: Unsubordinated Notes
(ii) authorisations
Dates of corporate
for
issuance of the Notes:
Decision of the Board of Directors of the Issuer
dated 24 October 2016 and decision of the Chief
Executive Officer Delegate, Finance and Group
Strategy of the Issuer dated 26 October 2016
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
Applicable
(i) Rate of Interest: 0.875 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s): 3 February in each year commencing on 3 February
2017. There will be a short first coupon in respect of
the first Interest Period from, and including, the
Issue Date to, but excluding, the first Interest
Payment Date.
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: $E$ 875 per Specified Denomination
(iv) Broken Amount: €219.95 payable on the Interest Payment Date
falling on 3 February 2017
(v) Day Count Fraction: $Actual/Actual - ICMA$
Determination Date(s):
(vi)
3 February in each year
(vii) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention
(viii) Business Centre: TARGET
(ix) Party responsible for calculating Interest
Amounts (if not the Calculation Agent):
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
Put/Call Option:
Fixed Rate Note Provisions
Floating Rate Note Provisions

$17.$ Inflation Linked Notes - Provisions relating to CPI, Not Applicable HICP or US CPI Linked Interest1

18. Call Option Not Applicable
19. Make-Whole Redemption (Condition 7.2.2) Applicable
(i) Notice period: As per Condition 7.2.2 (Make-Whole Redemption)
(ii) Parties to be notified (if other than set out in
Condition $7.2.2$ ):
As per Condition 7.2.2 (Make-Whole Redemption)
(iii) Make Whole Redemption Margin: $0.10$ per cent.
(iv) Make Whole Redemption Rate: Means the average of the four (4) quotations given

by the Reference Banks of the mid-market annual yield to maturity of the French government bond (Obligations Assimilables du Trésor) ("OAT") on the fourth business day in Paris preceding the make whole redemption date at 11.00 a.m. (Central European time ("CET")). If the OAT is no longer outstanding, a Similar Security will be chosen by the Calculation Agent in its reasonable judgement, at 11.00 a.m. CET on the fourth business day in Paris preceding the make whole redemption date, quoted in writing by the Calculation Agent to the Issuer.

The Make Whole Redemption Rate will be notified by the Issuer in accordance with Condition 15 (Notices).

"Calculation Agent" means Société Générale.

"OAT" means the French government bond 0.25 per cent. per annum due November 2026, with ISIN FR0013200813.

"Reference Banks" means the Joint Lead Managers or each of the four banks (that may include any of the Joint Lead Managers) selected by the Calculation Agent which are primary European government security dealers, and their respective successors, or market makers in pricing corporate bond issues.

"Similar Security" means a reference bond or reference bonds issued by the French Government (Obligations Assimilables du Trésor - OAT) having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable with the remaining term of the Notes that would be used. 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.

Applicable

3 November 2026

Initial Pre-Maturity Call Option Date: $(i)$

Pre-Maturity Call Option (Condition 7.2.3)

$-4 -$

20.

(ii) Notice period: At any time from 3 November 2026, subject to the
provision of notice to the Noteholders and Paying
Agent in accordance with Condition 7.2.3 (Pre-
Maturity Call)
21. Put Option Not Applicable
22. Final Redemption Amount of each Note $€100,000$ per Specified Denomination
Inflation Linked Notes $-$ Provisions relating to the
Final Redemption Amount:
Not Applicable
23. Early Redemption Amount
(i) Early Redemption Amount(s) of each Note
payable on redemption for taxation reasons
or an event of default:
At par as per Conditions 7.6 and Condition 10
(ii) Redemption for taxation reasons permitted
on calendar days other than Interest
Payment Dates:
Yes
(iii) Unmatured Coupons to become void upon
early redemption (Bearer Notes only):
Not Applicable
Inflation Linked Notes - Provisions relating to the
Early Redemption Amount:
Not Applicable

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

24. Form of Notes: Dematerialised Notes
(i) Form of Dematerialised Notes: Dematerialised Bearer Notes (au porteur)
(ii) Registration Agent: Not Applicable
(iii) Temporary Global Certificate: Not Applicable
(iv) Materialised Note Agent: Not Applicable
(v) Applicable TEFRA exemption: Not Applicable
25. Identification information of Noteholders
as
provided by Condition 2.1:
Applicable
26. Financial Centre(s) relating to payment dates: TARGET
27. mature): Talons for future Coupons to be attached to
Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons
No.
28. Redenomination,
renominalisation
and
reconventioning provisions:
Not Applicable
29. Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable

$-5 -$

$301$ Masse: Contractual Masse shall apply

Name and address of the Representative:

Aether Financial Services S.N.C. 2 Square La Bruyère 75009 Paris France

The Representative will receive a remuneration of $€400.00$ (excluding taxes)

LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING APPLICATION

These Final Terms comprise the final terms required to list and have admitted to trading on Euronext Paris the Notes described herein pursuant to the Euro 30,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of the Issuer.

RESPONSIBILITY

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

Signed on behalf of Orange:

Orange/DFT/Nº16-00565

Duly represented by Jérôme Berger, Directeur du Financement et de la Trésorerie Groupe

PART B OTHER INFORMATION

$\mathbf{1}$ . Listing

  • $(i)$ Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for Listing and admission to the Notes to be listed and admitted to trading on Euronext Paris trading: with effect from the Issue Date.
  • Estimate of total expenses $(ii)$ $E12,600$ (including AMF fees) related to admission to trading:

$\overline{2}$ . Ratings

The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:

S&P: BBB+ (stable)

Moody's: Baa1 (stable)

Each of Standard and Poor's Credit Market Services France, S.A.S. ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Services Ltd ("Moody's") is established in the European Union and registered under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009, as amended (the "CRA Regulation"). As such, each of S&P and Moody's is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on its website (www.esma.europa.eu.eu/page/List-registered-and-certified-CRAs) in accordance with the CRA Regulation.

$3.$ Interests of natural and legal persons involved in the Issue offer

Save for any fees payable to the Joint Lead Managers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer. The Joint Lead Managers and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking and/or commercial banking transactions with, and may perform other services for, the Issuer and any of their affiliates in the ordinary course of the business for which they may receive fees.

$\overline{4}$ . Yield

Indication of yield:

0.922 per cent. per annum

The vield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future vield.

5. Operational Information

ISIN Code: FR0013217114

Common Code: 151301819

Depositaries:

  • $(i)$ Euroclear France to act as Yes Central Depositary:
  • $(i)$ Common depositary No $for$ Euroclear and Clearstream

$-7-$

Luxembourg:

Euroclear
and
Luxembourg
and
identification number(s):
Any clearing system(s) other than Not Applicable
Clearstream,
the
relevant
Delivery: Delivery against payment
Names and addresses of initial Paying
Agents:
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
32 rue du Champ de Tir
CS 30812
44308 NANTES Cedex 3
France
Names and addresses of additional
Paying Agents (if any):
Not Applicable
The aggregate principal amount of Not Applicable
Notes issued has been translated into
Euro at the rate of $\lceil \bullet \rceil$ producing a
sum of:
Distribution
(i) Method of distribution Syndicated
(ii)
If syndicated,
Managers:
of
names
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.,
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
HSBC Bank plc
Natixis
(iii)
Stabilising
(including
$any)$ :
Manager(s)
addresses) (if
Not Applicable
Non-exempt Offer: Not Applicable

$-8-$

$7.$ Other Markets

6.

All Regulated markets or equivalent None markets on which, to the knowledge of the issuer, securities of the same class of the securities to be offered or
admitted to trading are already
admitted to trading: