Skip to main content

AI assistant

Sign in to chat with this filing

The assistant answers questions, extracts KPIs, and summarises risk factors directly from the filing text.

Orange Capital/Financing Update 2017

Mar 7, 2017

1574_rns_2017-03-07_f865de77-3251-4e14-b5f5-c42138f26b02.pdf

Capital/Financing Update

Open in viewer

Opens in your device viewer

{# SEO P0-1: filing HTML is rendered server-side so Googlebot sees the full text without executing JS or following an iframe to a Disallow'd CDN path. The content has already been sanitized through filings.seo.sanitize_filing_html. #}

Final Terms dated 7 March 2017

ORANGE EUR 30,000,000,000 $\sim 10$ Euro Medium Term Note Programme

$\Delta \sim 1$

SERIES NO: 141 TRANCHE NO: 1

EUR 750,000,000 0.750 per cent. Notes due September 2023

BARCLAYS BANK PLC RBC CAPITAL MARKETS SOCIETE GENERALE COPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK UNICREDIT BANK AG as Joint Bookrunners

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 29 June 2016 which received visa n°16-281 from the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") in France on 29 June 2016, the supplement to the Base Prospectus dated 1st August 2016 which received visa n°16-372 from the AMF on 1st August 2016 and the supplement to the Base Prospectus dated 1st March 2017 which received visa n°17-080 from the AMF on 1st March 2017 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.amf-france.org) and (b) Orange (www.orange.com) and copies may be obtained from Orange. 78-84 rue Olivier de Serres, 75015 Paris.

1. (i) Issuer: Orange
2. (i) Series Number: 141
(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: 99.660 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. Specified Denomination(s): €100,000
7. (i) Issue Date: 9 March 2017
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
8. Maturity Date: 11 September 2023
9. Interest Basis: 0.750 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 Option: Make Whole Redemption

$-2-$

Pre-Maturity Call Option
(further particulars specified below)
13. (i) Status of the Notes: Unsubordinated Notes
(ii) Dates of corporate authorisations for
issuance of the Notes:
$\bullet$
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 6 March 2017

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

14. Fixed Rate Note Provisions
(i)
Rate of Interest:
Applicable
0.750 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s): 11 September in each year commencing on 11
September 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:
(iv)
Broken Amount:
(v)
Day Count Fraction:
$€750$ per Specified Denomination
€382.19 payable on the Interest Payment Date
falling on 11 September 2017
Actual/Actual - ICMA
(vi) Determination Date(s): 11 September in each year
(vii) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention, unadjusted
(viii) Business Centre: TARGET
(ix) Party responsible for calculating Interest
Amounts (if not the Calculation Agent):
Not Applicable
15. Floating Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
16. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
17. Inflation Linked Notes - Provisions relating to CPI,
HICP or US CPI Linked Interest 1
Not Applicable
18. Call Option Not Applicable
19. Make-Whole Redemption (Condition 7.2.2) Applicable
  • Notice period: $(i)$
  • $(ii)$ Parties to be notified (if other than set out in Condition $7.2.2$ ):
  • $(iii)$ Make Whole Redemption Margin:
  • Make Whole Redemption Rate: $(iv)$

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 1.75 per cent. per annum due May 2023, with ISIN FR0011486067.

"Reference Banks" means the Joint Bookrunners or each of the four banks (that may include any of the Joint Bookrunners) 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

11 June 2023

At any time from 11 June 2023, subject to the provision of notice to the Noteholders and Paying Agent in accordance with Condition 7.2.3 (Pre-Maturity Call)

Pre-Maturity Call Option (Condition 7.2.3) 20.

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

As per Condition 7.2.2 (Make-Whole Redemption)

As per Condition 7.2.2 (Make-Whole Redemption)

$0.10$ per cent.

    • Notice period:
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

$\bar{\beta}$

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

$\ddot{\cdot}$

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
Noteholders
of
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
  1. 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 $\epsilon$ 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 EUR 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:

l,

Orange/DFT/Nº | 7-00|13

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

PART B OTHER INFORMATION

$\mathbf{1}$ . Listing

$(i)$ Listing and admission to trading:

Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for the Notes to be listed and admitted to trading on Euronext Paris with effect from the Issue Date.

$(ii)$ Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: $€10,075$ (including AMF fees)

2. Ratings

The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:

S&P: BBB+ (stable)

Moody's: Baa1 (stable)

Fitch: BBB+ (stable)

Each of Standard and Poor's Credit Market Services France, S.A.S. ("S&P"), Moody's Investors Services Ltd ("Moody's") and Fitch Ratings Ltd. ("Fitch") 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 on the European Securities and Markets Authority's website (https://www.esma.europa.eu/supervision/credit-ratingagencies/risk).

$\overline{3}$ . Interests of natural and legal persons involved in the Issue offer

Save for any fees payable to the Joint Bookrunners, 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 Bookrunners 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:

0.804 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: FR0013241536

Common Code: 157743341

Depositaries:

$(i)$ Euroclear France to act as

Central Depositary: Yes
(ii) depositary
for
Common
and Clearstream
Euroclear
Luxembourg:
No
Euroclear
Luxembourg
Any clearing system(s) other than
Clearstream,
and
and
relevant
the
identification number(s):
Not Applicable
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):
The aggregate principal amount of
Notes issued has been translated into
Euro at the rate of $\lbrack \bullet \rbrack$ producing a
sum of:
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
6. Distribution
(i) Method of distribution Syndicated
(ii) syndicated,
$_{\mathrm{of}}$
If
names
Managers:
Barclays Bank PLC
RBC Europe Limited
Société Générale
UniCredit Bank AG
(iii) Stabilising
Manager(s)
(including
addresses)
(i f)
any):
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
10 Bishops Square
London E1 6EG
United Kingdom
Non-exempt Offer: Not Applicable

$\mathcal{L}^{\text{max}}{\text{max}}$ , where $\mathcal{L}^{\text{max}}{\text{max}}$

$7.$ Other Markets

$\sim$

All Regulated markets or equivalent
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:

None

$\bar{\mathcal{A}}$