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Orange Capital/Financing Update 2018

Jan 16, 2018

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Capital/Financing Update

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Final Terms dated 12 January 2018

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

SERIES NO: 143 TRANCHE NO: 1

EUR 1,000,000,000 1.375 per cent. Notes due January 2030

BNP PARIBAS CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB HSBC SANTANDER GLOBAL CORPORATE BANKING 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 28 June 2017 which received visa n°17-0304 from the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") in France on 28 June 2017 and the supplement to the Base Prospectus dated 14 September 2017 which received visa n°17-0487 from the AMF on 14 September 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.amffrance.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: 143
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro ("€")
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: €1,000,000,000
(ii) Tranche: €1,000,000,000
5. (i) Issue Price: 99.572 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. Specified Denomination(s): €100,000
7. (i) Issue Date: 16 January 2018
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
8. Maturity Date: 16 January 2030
9. Interest Basis: 1.375 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
Pre-Maturity Call Option
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Clean-up Call Option
(further particulars specified below)
13. (i) Status of the Notes: Unsubordinated Notes
(ii) Dates
of
corporate
authorisations
for
issuance of the Notes:
Decision of the Board of Directors of the Issuer
dated 25 October 2017 and decision of the Chief
Executive Officer Delegate, Finance and Group
Strategy of the Issuer dated 11 January 2018

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

14. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(i) Rate of Interest: 1.375 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s): 16 January in each year commencing on 16 January
2019.
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: €1,375
per
Note
of
€100,000
Specified
Denomination
(iv) Broken Amount: Not Applicable
(v) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual – ICMA
(vi) Determination Date(s): 16 January in each year
(vii) Business Day Convention: Following Business Day Convention, unadjusted
(viii) Business Centre: TARGET 2
(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. Fixed/Floating Rate Notes Provisions Not Applicable
18. Inflation Linked Notes – Provisions relating to CPI,
HICP or US CPI Linked Interest1
Not Applicable
19. Call Option Not Applicable

WS0101.26646015.5

  1. Pre-Maturity Call Option (Condition 7.2.3) Applicable

(i) Initial Pre-Maturity Call Option Date: 16 October 2029

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"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.

"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.

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 2.5 per cent. per annum due May 2030, with ISIN FR0011883966.

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.

(i) Notice period: As per Condition 7.2.2 (Make-Whole Redemption)

    1. Make-Whole Redemption (Condition 7.2.2 ) Applicable
  • (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

Agent in accordance with Condition 7.2.3 (Pre-Maturity Call) 22. Clean-up Call Option (Condition 7.2.4) Applicable (i) Early Redemption Amount: €100,000 per Note of €100,000 Specified Denomination 23. Put Option Not Applicable 24. Final Redemption Amount of each Note €100,000 per Note of €100,000 Specified Denomination 25. Inflation Linked Notes – Provisions relating to the Final Redemption Amount: Not Applicable 26. 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) Early Redemption Amount(s) of each Note payable on redemption for illegality reasons: Yes (iii) Unmatured Coupons to become void upon early redemption (Bearer Notes only): Not Applicable 27. Inflation Linked Notes – Provisions relating to the Early Redemption Amount: Not Applicable GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES 28. 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 29. Identification information of Noteholders as provided by Condition 2.1: Applicable 30. Financial Centre(s) relating to payment dates: TARGET 2 31. Talons for future Coupons to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature): No

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32. Redenomination,
renominalisation
reconventioning provisions:
and Not Applicable
33. Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable
34. 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 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:

Duly represented by Jérôme Berger, Group Treasurer

PART B OTHER INFORMATION

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.

Regulated Markets or equivalent markets on which, to the knowledge of the Issuer, securities of the same class of the Notes to be admitted to trading are already admitted to trading: Not Applicable

(ii) Estimate of total expenses related to admission to trading: €13,825 (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).

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.

4. Yield

Indication of yield: 1.414 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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  • Operational Information

ISIN Code: FR0013310224
Common Code: 175111328
Depositaries:
(i) Euroclear France to act as
Central Depositary:
Yes
(ii) Common
depositary
for
Euroclear
and
Clearstream
Luxembourg:
No
Euroclear
Luxembourg
Any clearing system(s) other than
and
Clearstream,
and
the
relevant
identification number(s):
Not Applicable
Delivery: Delivery against payment
Agents: Names and addresses of initial Paying 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 [•] producing a
sum of:
Distribution
Not Applicable
6. Not Applicable
(i) Method of distribution Syndicated
(ii) If
syndicated,
names
of
Managers:
BNP Paribas
Banco Santander, S.A.
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
HSBC Bank plc
(iii) Stabilising
Manager(s)
(including
addresses)
(if
any):
BNP PARIBAS
10 Harewood Avenue
London NW1 6AA
United Kingdom

Non-exempt Offer: Not Applicable

7. Other Markets

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