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Gide acted as bank counsel in two parallel U.S. dollar bond offerings by EDF (USD 3.5 bn and USD 1.25 bn)

22 October 2015

Deals | Paris | Capital Markets

Gide advised the underwriting syndicates in the context of two U.S. dollar bond offerings by EDF in the form of private placements.

The first offering was a $3.5 billion senior bond issue in four tranches, including:

  • $1.5 billion, with a 5-year maturity and a fixed coupon of 2.350%
  • $500 million, with a 20-year maturity and a fixed coupon of 4.750%
  • $1.15 billion, with a 30-year maturity and a fixed coupon of  4.950%
  • $350 million, with a 40-year maturity and a fixed rate coupon of 5.250%

The second offering was a $1.25 billion Green Bond issuance with a 10-year maturity and a fixed coupon of 3.625%. This offering constitutes the largest ever USD denominated Green Bond from a corporate issuer.

The Gide team was led by Melinda Stege Arsouze and Chris Mead, U.S. law partners, and Arnaud Duhamel, a French law partner, assisted mainly by Scott Logan and Théophile Strebelle.

 

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