(NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISSEMINATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR DISSEMINATION OF SUCH A RELEASE IS UNLAWFUL)

 

Vivendi places a €2.1 billion bond

 

Vivendi today successfully placed a €2.1 billion bond comprised of three tranches with maturities of three, six and nine and a half years, respectively.

The first tranche of €700 million has a coupon of 0.00% and was issued at a price of 99.67%, corresponding to a 0.11% yield.

The second tranche of €700 million has a coupon of 0.625% and was issued at a price of 99.912%, corresponding to a 0.64% yield.

The third tranche of €700 million has a coupon of 1.125% and was issued at a price of 98.924%, corresponding to a 1.246% yield.

This issue, which was oversubscribed more than 2.5 times, is intended to finance the proposed acquisition of M7 and allow the Group to take advantage of favorable market conditions as its €700 million bond issue will mature in December 2019.

The bond was placed with institutional investors.

 

 

About Vivendi

Since 2014, Vivendi has been focused on building a world-class content, media and communications group with European roots. In content creation, Vivendi owns powerful, complementary assets in music (Universal Music Group), movies and series (Canal+ Group), publishing (Editis) and mobile games (Gameloft) which are the most popular forms of entertainment content in the world today. In the distribution market, Vivendi has acquired the Dailymotion platform and repositioned it to create a new digital showcase for its content. The Group has also joined forces with several telecom operators and platforms to maximize the reach of its distribution networks. In communications, through Havas. the Group possesses unique creative expertise in promoting free content and producing short formats, which are increasingly viewed on mobile devices. In addition, through Vivendi Village, the Group explores new forms of business in live entertainment, franchises and ticketing that are complementary to its core activities. Vivendi’s various businesses cohesively work together as an integrated industrial group to create greater value. www.vivendi.com

 

Important disclaimer

European Economic Area

This announcement is an advertisement and is not a prospectus within the meaning of Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament ant the Council of November 4, 2003, as amended and as implemented in each member State of the European Economic Area (the “Prospectus Directive”).

With respect to the member States of the European Economic Area which have implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “relevant member State”) no action has been undertaken or will be undertaken to make an offer to the public of the securities requiring a publication of a prospectus in any relevant member State. As a result, the Bonds may only be offered in relevant member States: (a) to legal entities that are qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive; (b) to fewer than 150 natural and legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) by Member State; or (c) in any other circumstances that do not require the publication of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the notion of an “offer to the public of Bonds” in each of the relevant member States, means any communication, to individuals or legal entities, in any form and by any means, of sufficient information on the terms and conditions of the offering and on the Bonds to be offered, thereby enabling an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Bonds, as the same may be varied in that member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive.

This selling restriction comes in addition to the other selling restrictions applicable in the other member states.

 

Important disclaimer

Disclaimer Forward Looking Statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to Vivendi`s financial condition, results of operations, business, strategy and plans. Although Vivendi believes that such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside our control, including but not limited to the risks described in the documents Vivendi has filed with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French securities regulator) and which are also available in English on our web site (www.vivendi.com). Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of documents filed by Vivendi with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers at www.amf-france.org, or directly from Vivendi. The present forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release.

Unsponsored ADRs. Vivendi does not sponsor an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) facility in respect of its shares. Any ADR facility currently in existence is “unsponsored” and has no ties whatsoever to Vivendi. Vivendi disclaims any liability in respect of such facility.

The bond will be listed on the Euronext Paris market.