CREDIT AGRICOLE SA : Crédit Agricole S.A. Launches Tender Offers for Perpetual Notes

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR A SOLICITATION OF OFFERS TO SELL ANY SECURITIES.

Montrouge 15 May 2017

Crédit Agricole S.A. Launches Tender Offers for Perpetual Notes

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Crédit Agricole S.A. today announced the launch of simultaneous tender offers to purchase for cash six series of its outstanding perpetual notes:

  • An offer to purchase any and all of its two series of outstanding notes listed in Table I below (the "Any and All Offers"); and

  • An offer to purchase up to EUR1.5bn euro equivalent (less the euro equivalent of the amount purchased in the Any and All Offers) (the "Maximum Waterfall Tender Amount") in nominal amount of its four series of notes listed in Table II below, subject to the Acceptance Priority Levels set forth in Table II below (such offer, the "Waterfall Offers" and together with the Any and All Offers, the "Tender Offers").

The Tender Offers are made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated 15 May 2017 relating to the Any and All Offers (the "Any and All Offer to Purchase") and the Offer to Purchase dated 15 May 2017 relating to the Waterfall Offers (the "Waterfall Offer to Purchase" and together with the Any and All Offer to Purchase, the "Offers to Purchase"). Capitalized terms used in this announcement but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the related Offers to Purchase.

Copies of the Offers to Purchase and other documentation are available at http://gbsc-usa.com/Credit-Agricole/.



Context and rationale of the Offers

The purpose of the Tender Offers is to allow Crédit Agricole S.A. and the Crédit Agricole Group to optimize its capital base and debt management while offering liquidity to investors, as described in the press release of 17 March 2017 announcing the contemplated Tender Offers.

Description of the Any and All Offers

Table I: Notes subject to the Any and All Offers (the "Any and All Notes")

Title of Notes

CUSIP / ISIN No.

Principal Amount Outstanding

Offer Price(1)

USD 6.637% Undated Deeply Subordinated Notes

CUSIP:
225313AA3 (Rule 144A) / F22797FJ2 (Reg S)

ISIN:
US225313AA37 (Rule 144A) / USF22797FJ25 (Reg S)

USD889,928,000

USD950.00

EUR CMS Floater Undated Deeply Subordinated Notes

ISIN:
FR0010161026

EUR371,232,000

EUR780.00

(1) Per USD1,000 or EUR1,000, as applicable, in principal amount of Any and All Notes purchased pursuant to the Any and All Offers.

The Any and All Offers are being made upon and are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Any and All Offer to Purchase. The expiration date for the Any and All Offers is 5:00 p.m., New York City time/11:00 p.m., Central European time, on 19 May 2017 (the "Any and All Expiration Date") and the deadline for withdrawing tenders in the Any and All Offers is 5:00 p.m., New York City time/11:00 p.m., Central European time, on 19 May 2017 (in each case subject to extension).