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Orange Capital/Financing Update 2019

Jan 11, 2019

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Capital/Financing Update

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MiFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE / PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS AND ECPS ONLY TARGET MARKET – Solely for the purposes of each manufacturers' product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes taking into account the five categories referred to in item 18 of the Guidelines published by European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") on 5 February 2018 has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU, as amended ("MiFID II") and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a "distributor") should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and, should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2016/97/EU, as amended, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended (the "Prospectus Directive"). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014, as amended (the "PRIIPs Regulation"), for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation.

Final Terms dated 11 January 2019

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

SERIES NO: 151 TRANCHE NO: 1

GBP 750,000,000 3.250 per cent. Notes due January 2032 BNP PARIBAS HSBC as Global Coordinators

BARCLAYS BNP PARIBAS CITIGROUP COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT CREDIT SUISSE HSBC J.P. MORGAN MORGAN STANLEY NATIXIS 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 26 June 2018 which received visa n°18-263 from the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") in France on 26 June 2018 and the first supplement to the Base Prospectus dated 31 July 2018 which received visa n°18-343 from the AMF on 31 July 2018 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: 151
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
3. Specified Currency or Currencies: Sterling ("£" or "GBP")
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: £750,000,000
(ii) Tranche: £750,000,000
5. (i) Issue Price: 99.428 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6. Specified Denomination(s): £100,000
7. (i) Issue Date: 15 January 2019
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: Issue Date
8. Maturity Date: 15 January 2032
9. Interest Basis: 3.250 per cent. Fixed Rate
(further particulars specified below)
10. Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par
11. Change of Interest Basis: Not Applicable
12. Put/Call Option: Make Whole Redemption
Pre-Maturity Call Option
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Clean-up Call Option
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 24 October 2018 and decision of the Chief
Executive Officer Delegate, Finance, Performance &
Europe of the Issuer dated 9 January 2019

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

14. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(i) Rate of Interest: 3.250 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s): 15 January in each year commencing on 15 January
2020.
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: £3,250
per
Note
of
£100,000
Specified
Denomination
(iv) Broken Amount: Not Applicable
(v) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual – ICMA
(vi) Determination Date(s): 15 January in each year
(vii) Business Centre: TARGET 2, Paris and London
(viii) 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
20. Make-Whole Redemption (Condition 7.2.2 ) Applicable
(i) Notice period: As per Condition 7.2.2 (Make-Whole Redemption)
(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 British government bond Gilt
on the fourth business day in Paris preceding the
make whole redemption date at 11.00 a.m. (Central
European time ("CET")). If the Gilt 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.
"Gilt" means the British government bond 41
/4
per
cent.
per annum
due 7 June 2032, with ISIN
GB0004893086.
"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 British Government
(Gilt)
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.
21. Pre-Maturity Call Option (Condition 7.2.3) Applicable
(i) Initial Pre-Maturity Call Option Date: 15 October 2031
(ii) Notice period: At any time from 15 October 2031, subject to the
provision of notice to the Noteholders and Paying
Agent in accordance with Condition 7.2.3 (Pre
Maturity Call)

Condition 7.2.2): As per Condition 7.2.2 (Make-Whole Redemption)

  1. Clean-up Call Option (Condition 7.2.4) Applicable

(ii) Parties to be notified (if other than set out in

(iii) Make Whole Redemption Margin: 0.300 per cent.

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(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
(Redemption for
taxation reasons)
and Condition 10
(Events of
Default)
(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, Paris and London
31. Talons for future Coupons to be attached to
Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons
mature):
No
32. Redenomination,
renominalisation
and
reconventioning provisions:
Not Applicable
33. Consolidation provisions: Not Applicable
34. Masse: Name,
address
and
electronic
mail
of
the
Representative:
Aether Financial Services S.A.R.L
36 rue de Monceau
75008 Paris
France
[email protected]
The Representative will receive a remuneration of
EUR 400 (excluding taxes)
35. Prohibition of Sales to EEA Retail Investors: Applicable

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: €14,450 (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 S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited ("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-rating-agencies/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: 3.278 per cent.

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: FR0013396538
Common Code: 193531091
Depositaries:
(i) Euroclear France to act as
Central Depositary:
Yes
(ii) Common
depositary
for
Euroclear and Clearstream:
No
Any clearing system(s) other than
Euroclear and Clearstream and the
relevant identification number(s):
Not Applicable
Delivery: Delivery against payment
Agents: Names and addresses of initial Paying
Names and addresses of additional
Paying Agents (if any):
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
32 rue du Champ de Tir
CS 30812
44308 NANTES Cedex 3
France
Not Applicable
sum of: The aggregate principal amount of
Notes issued has been converted into
Euro at the rate of 0.035 producing a
830,000,105
6. Distribution
(i) Method of distribution Syndicated
(ii) If
syndicated,
names
of
Managers:
BNP Paribas
HSBC Bank plc (as "Global Coordinators")
Barclays Bank PLC
BNP Paribas
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
HSBC Bank plc
J.P. Morgan Securities plc
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
Natixis (as "Joint Bookrunners")
(iii) Stabilising
Manager(s)
(including
addresses)
(if
Not Applicable
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any):

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