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Société Générale Capital/Financing Update 2015

Jan 16, 2015

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Capital/Financing Update

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FINAL TERMS DATED 14 January 2015

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

Issue of Euro 2,000,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2017

(the Notes)

under the €50,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note - Paris Registered Programme

(the Programme)

Series no.: PA034/15-1

Tranche no.: 1

Issue Price: 100.00 per cent.

PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS

The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or sold within the United States or for the account or benefit of U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act), except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. For a description of certain restrictions on offers and sales of Notes, see section headed "Subscription and Sale" in the Base Prospectus.

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the conditions (the Conditions) set forth under the heading "Terms and Conditions of the English Law Notes" in the base prospectus dated 27 March 2014 which received visa no.14-108 on 27 March 2014 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF), as supplemented by the first supplement dated 16 May 2014 which received visa no. 14-213 from the AMF on 16 May 2014, by the second supplement dated 25 August 2014 which received visa no. 14-467 from the AMF on 25 August 2014 and by the third supplement dated 8 January 2015 which received visa no. 15-013 from the AMF on 8 January 2015 (together, the Base Prospectus), which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading, as amended (the Prospectus Directive).

This document constitutes the final terms of the Notes (the Final Terms) described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus. 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 these Final Terms are available for inspection and obtainable, upon request and free of charge, during usual business hours on any weekday from the head office of the Issuer and the specified offices of the Paying Agents. So long as Notes are outstanding, those documents will also be available on the websites of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and of the Issuer (http://prospectus.socgen.com).

1. Issuer: Société Générale
2. (i) Series Number: PA034/15-1
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
3. Specified Currency: Euro (€)
4. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: €2,000,000,000
(ii) Tranche: €2,000,000,000
5. Issue Price: 100.00%
per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal
Amount of the Tranche
6. (i) Specified Denomination: €100,000
(ii) Calculation Amount: €100,000
7. Date: Issue Date and Interest Commencement 16 January 2015
8. Maturity Date: The Interest Payment Date scheduled to fall on or
nearest to 16 January 2017
9. Interest Basis: EURIBOR 3 months + 0.27 per cent. Floating Rate
(further particulars specified below)
10. Redemption/Payment Basis: Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early
redemption, the Notes will be redeemed on the
Maturity Date at 100 per cent. of their nominal
amount
(further particulars specified below)
11. Change of Interest Basis: Not Applicable
12. Put/Call Options: Not Applicable
13. (i) Status: Unsubordinated Notes
(ii) Date of corporate authorisations for
issue of the Notes:
(i) Decision of the Board of Directors (Conseil
d'administration) of the Issuer dated 11 February
2014
authorising
the
issue
of
notes
up
to
€30,000,000,000
and
(ii)
Decision
of
Séverin
Cabannes,
Deputy
Chief
Executive
Officer
(Directeur Général Délégué) of the Issuer, dated 12
January 2015 deciding the issue of the Notes.

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

Interest Amount (if not the

Calculation Agent):

14. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
15. Floating Rate Note Provisions
(i)
Specified Period(s) (see Condition
4(b)(i)(B)
of
the
Terms
and
Conditions of the English Law
Notes /Interest Payment Date(s):
Applicable
The Interest Payment Dates shall be every 16
January, 16 April, 16 July and 16 October of each
year from and including 16 April 2015 up to and
including the Maturity Date; all such dates being
subject to adjustment in accordance
with the
Business Day Convention specified below.
For the avoidance of doubt, "Interest Period" shall
have the meaning specified in Condition 4(e).
(ii) Business Day Convention: Modified Following Business Day Convention
(iii) Additional Business Centre(s): Not Applicable
(iv) Manner in which the Rate of
Interest and Interest Amount is to
be determined:
Screen Rate Determination
(v) Party responsible for calculating
the
Rate
of
Interest
and/or
Not Applicable

(vi) Screen Rate Determination:


Reference Rate:
EURIBOR 3 months

Interest Determination Dates:
The second day on which the TARGET2 System is
open prior to the start of each Interest Period

Specified Time:
11.00 a.m. Brussels time

Relevant Screen Page:
Reuters EURIBOR01

Reference Banks:
As selected by the Fiscal Agent
(vii) ISDA Determination: Not Applicable
(viii) Margin(s): + 0.27 per cent. per annum
(ix) Minimum Rate of Interest: 0.00 per cent. per annum
(x) Maximum Rate of Interest: Not Applicable
(xi) Day Count Fraction: Actual/360
(xii) Rate Multiplier: Not Applicable
16. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

17. Issuer's optional redemption (other than
for taxation reasons):
Not Applicable
18. Redemption
at
the
option
of
the
Noteholders:
Not Applicable
19. Final Redemption Amount: €100,000
per
Note
of
€100,000
Specified
Denomination
20. Early Redemption Amount(s) payable on
redemption for taxation reasons or on
Event of Default:
€100,000
per
Note
of
€100,000
Specified
Denomination

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

21. Form of Notes:

(i) Form: Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a
Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for
Definitive Bearer Notes only upon an Exchange
Event

(ii) New Global Note: Yes

22. "Payment
Business
Day"
election
in
accordance with Condition 5(h) of the
Terms and Conditions of the English Law
Notes or other special provisions relating
to Payment Business Days:
Modified Following Payment Business Day
23. Additional
Financial
Centre(s)
for
the
purposes of Condition 5(h) of the Terms
and Conditions of the English Law Notes:
Not Applicable
24. Talons for future Coupons to be attached
to Definitive Bearer Notes:
Not Applicable
25. Redenomination applicable: Not Applicable
26. Consolidation applicable: Not Applicable
27. Clearing
System
Delivery
Period
(Condition 13 of the Terms and Conditions
of the English Law Notes (Notices)):
Same Day Delivery
28. Masse: Not Applicable
29. Governing law: The Notes and any non-contractual obligations
arising out of or in connection with the Notes will be
governed by, and shall be construed in accordance
with, English law

PURPOSE OF FINAL TERMS

These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for the issue of the Notes and admission to trading on Euronext Paris by Société Générale pursuant to its €50,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note - Paris Registered Programme for which purpose they are hereby submitted.

RESPONSIBILITY

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms prepared in relation to Series PA034/15-1, Tranche 1.

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By: Stéphane Landon, Head of Asset and Liability Management and Group Treasurer of Société Générale

Duly authorised

PART B – OTHER INFORMATION

1. LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING

(i) Listing: Application has been made for the Notes to be listed
on Euronext Paris with effect from 16 January 2015.
(ii) Admission to trading: Application has been made for the Notes to be
admitted to trading on Euronext Paris with effect
from 16 January 2015.
There can be no assurance that the listing and
trading of the Notes will be approved with effect on
16 January 2015 or at all.
2. RATINGS
Ratings: The Notes have been
rated A by Standard and
Poor's Credit Market Services France S.A.S. (S&P)
and AA (low) by DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) and
are expected to be rated A2 by Moody's Investors
Services Limited (Moody's) and A by Fitch Ratings

Ltd (Fitch).

The credit ratings referred to above are issued by rating agencies which are established in the European Union and are registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies, as amended (the CRA Regulation) and, as of the date hereof, appear on the list of credit rating agencies published on the website of the European Securities and Markets Authority (www.esma.europa.eu) in accordance with the CRA Regulation.

3. INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

Save for any fees payable to the Managers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

4. ESTIMATED TOTAL EXPENSES

Estimated total expenses: €7,200
5. YIELD (Fixed Rate Notes only)
Indication of yield: Not Applicable

6. HISTORIC INTEREST RATES (Floating Rate Notes only)

Details of historic EURIBOR rates can be obtained from Reuters.

7. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

(i) ISIN Code: XS1166629490
(ii) Common Code: 116662949
(iii) Any clearing system(s) other than
Euroclear
Bank
S.A./N.V.,
Clearstream
Banking,
société
anonyme or Euroclear France and
the
relevant
identification
number(s):
Not Applicable
  • (v) Names and addresses of Additional Paying Agent(s) (if any):
  • (vi) Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:

(iv) Delivery: Delivery against payment

Not Applicable

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.

8. DISTRIBUTION

  • (i) Method of distribution: Syndicated
  • (ii) If syndicated:
  • (a) names of Managers: Lead Manager:

Société Générale Bank and Trust

Co-Lead Managers:

Banca Akros S.p.a – Grouppo Bipiemme

Bankia S.A.

DBS Bank Ltd.

DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-

CONFORMED COPY

Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main

Erste Group Bank AG

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)

Swedbank AB (publ)

  • (b) Date of Subscription Agreement: 14 January 2015
  • (c) Stabilising Manager (if any): Not Applicable
  • (iii) If non-syndicated, name of relevant Dealer: Not Applicable
  • (iv) U.S. selling restrictions: Regulation S compliance category 2 TEFRA D
  • (v) Additional selling restrictions: Not Applicable