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Veolia Environnement — Capital/Financing Update 2016
Oct 6, 2016
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Capital/Financing Update
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Final Terms dated 30 September 2016
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT Euro 16,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme
SERIES NO: 34 TRANCHE NO: 1
€500,000,000 0.927 per cent. Notes due 4 January 2029
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB
SANTANDER GLOBAL CORPORATE BANKING
as Global Coordinators
BARCLAYS
COMMERZBANK
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB
$ING$
SANTANDER GLOBAL CORPORATE BANKING
as Joint Lead Managers
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 27 September 2016 which received visa n°16-450 from the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") in France on 27 September 2016 which constitutes 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. 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. However, a summary of the issue of the Notes is annexed to these Final Terms. The Base Prospectus is 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) Veolia Environmement (the "Issuer") (www.finance.veolia.com) and copies may be obtained from Veolia Environmement, 36-38 avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris.
| 1. | (i) Issuer: |
Veolia Environnement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Series Number: (i) |
34 | |
| (ii) | Tranche Number: | $\mathbf{1}$ | |
| 3. | Specified Currency or Currencies: | Euro (" $\mathbf{E}$ ") | |
| 4. | Aggregate Nominal Amount: | ||
| (i) | Series: | €500,000,000 | |
| (ii) | Tranche: | €500,000,000 | |
| 5. | (i) | Issue Price: | 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount |
| 6. | Specified Denomination(s): | €100,000 | |
| 7. | (i) | Issue Date: | 4 October 2016 |
| (ii) | Interest Commencement Date: | Issue Date | |
| 8. | Maturity Date: | 4 January 2029 | |
| 9. | Interest Basis: | 0.927 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: | Call Option | |
| Make Whole Redemption | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean-up Call Option | |||
| (further particulars specified below) | |||
| 13. | (i) | Status of the Notes: | Unsubordinated Notes |
| (ii) | authorisations Dates of corporate issuance of the Notes: |
for Decision of the Conseil d'administration of Veolia Environnement dated 8 March 2016 and decision of the Chairman and CEO (Président Directeur Général) dated 29 September 2016. |
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
| 14. | Fixed Rate Note Provisions | Applicable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | Rate of Interest: | 0.927 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear | |
| (ii) | Interest Payment Date(s): | 4 January in each year commencing on 4 January 2017. There will be a short first coupon in respect of the first Interest Period from, and including, the Interest Commencement Date to, but excluding, the first Interest Payment Date. |
|
| (iii) | Fixed Coupon Amount: | €927 per €100,000 in nominal amount, subject to the Broken Amount mentioned in paragraph (iv) below. |
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| (iv) | Broken Amount: | €233.02 Note of $€100,000$ Specified per Denomination payable on the Interest Payment Date falling on 4 January 2017. |
|
| (v) | Day Count Fraction: | Actual/Actual - ICMA | |
| (vi) | Determination Date(s): | 4 January in each year, from and including 4 January 2017 |
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| (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 | |
| 15. | Floating Rate Note Provisions | Not Applicable | |
| 16. | Zero Coupon Note Provisions | Not Applicable | |
| 17. | Inflation Linked Notes - Provisions relating to CPI or HICP Linked Interest |
Not Applicable | |
| 18. | Call Option | Applicable | |
| (i) Optional Redemption Date(s): |
Any day during the three month period preceding the Maturity Date (i.e. as from 4 October 2028). |
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| (ii) | Optional Redemption Amount(s) of each Note: |
€100,000 Note €100,000 Specified per οf Denomination |
| Minimum nominal amount to be redeemed: |
€100,000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum nominal amount to be redeemed: |
€500,000,000 | |
| (iv) | Option Exercise Date(s): | Not Applicable |
| (v) | Notice period (if other than as set out in the Conditions): |
As per Condition 7.2.1 (Call Option) |
| 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: | $0.20$ 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 Reference Bund on the fourth business day in Paris preceding the make whole redemption date at 11.00 a.m. (Central European time ("CET")). If the Reference Bund 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). |
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| "Calculation Agent" means BNP Paribas Securities Services. |
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| "Reference Bund" means the Euro 0.00 per cent. Federal Government Bond German of Bundesrepublik Deutschland due 15 August 2026, with ISIN DE0001102325. |
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| "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. |
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"Similar Security" means a reference bond or reference bonds issued by the German Federal Government having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable with the remaining term of the Notes that would be used, at the time of selection
$(iii)$
19.
If redeemable in part:
| 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. |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 20. | Clean-up Call Option (Condition 7.2.3) | Applicable | |
| 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: |
As per the Conditions | ||
| (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 Not Applicable Early Redemption Amount: |
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 | ||
$30.$ Masse: Contractual Masse shall apply
Name and address of the Representative:
DIIS Group 12 rue Vivienne 75002 Paris Email: [email protected]
The Representative will receive an annual remuneration of Euro 450.
LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING APPLICATION
These Final Terms comprise the final terms required to list and have admitted to trading the issue of Notes described herein pursuant to the Euro 16,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of the Issuer.
RESPONSIBILITY
The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.
Duly represented by: Chaire Béchaux Signed on behalf of Veolia Environmement:
PART R OTHER INFORMATION
$1.$ Listing
| (i) | Listing and admission to Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf) for | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trading: | the Notes to be admitted to trading on Euronext Paris with | ||
| effect as from 4 October 2016. |
$(ii)$ Estimate of total expenses $\epsilon$ 13,100 (including AMF fees) related to admission to trading:
$\overline{2}$ . Ratings
The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated:
S&P: BBB with stable outlook
Moody's: Baa1 with stable outlook
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 on the website of the European Securities and Markets Authority (https://www.esma.europa.eu/supervision/credit-rating-agencies/risk) in accordance with the CRA Regulation.
$3.$ Interests of natural and legal persons involved in the Issue offer
So far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.
$4.$ Third party information and statement by experts and declarations of any interest
Not Applicable.
5. Fixed Rate Notes Only - Yield
Indication of yield:
0.927 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.
6. Floating Rate Notes only - Historic Interest Rates
Not Applicable.
$7.$ Inflation-Linked Notes only-Performance of index and Other Information
Not Applicable
8. Placing and Underwriting
Name and address of the co-Not Applicable ordinator(s) of the global offer and of single parts of the offer and, to the extend known to the issuer or to the offeror, of the placers in the various
countries where the offer takes place:
9.
| countries where the offer takes place. | |
|---|---|
| Name and address of any paying Not Applicable agents and depository agents in each country |
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| Entities agreeing to underwrite the issue on a firm commitment basis, and entities agreeing to place the issue without a firm commitment or under "best efforts" agreements. Where not all of the issue is underwritten, a statement of the portion not covered: |
Not Applicable |
| Operational Information | |
| ISIN Code: | FR0013210416 |
| Common Code: | 150110360 |
| Depositaries: | |
| (i) Euroclear France to act as Yes Central Depositary: |
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| (ii) depositary for Common Euroclear and Clearstream Luxembourg: |
No |
| Any clearing system(s) other than Not Applicable Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg and the relevant identification number(s): |
|
| Delivery: | Delivery against payment |
| Names and addresses of initial Paying $Agent(s)$ : |
BNP Paribas Securities Services Les Grand Moulins de Pantin 9, rue du Débarcadère 93500 Pantin France |
| Names and addresses of additional Paying Agent(s) (if any): |
Not Applicable |
| The aggregate principal amount of Notes issued has been translated into Euro at the rate of $\lceil \bullet \rceil$ producing a sum of: |
Not Applicable |
| Distribution | |
| Method of distribution (i) |
Syndicated |
| (ii) syndicated, Ħ οf names Managers: |
Banco Santander, S.A. Barclays Bank PLC Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank ING Bank N.V., Belgian Branch |
$10.$
- $(iii)$ Date Subscription 30 September 2016 $\mathrm{of}$ Agreement:
- $(iv)$ Stabilising $Manager(s)$ Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (including) addresses) (if any):
If non-syndicated, name of Dealer: Not Applicable
Non-exempt Offer: Not Applicable
Other Markets 11.
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: