ALCATEL-LUCENT : announces the results of its tender offer process

Alcatel-Lucent announces the results of its tender offer process

Company accepts notes for purchase on the terms set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum dated June 24, 2014

Paris, France, July 3, 2014 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced today that it has decided to accept for purchase an aggregate nominal amount of Notes of Eur 210,391,000.

 

Capitalised terms used in this announcement, but not defined, have the meanings assigned to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum dated June 24, 2014.

 

As at the Expiration Deadline of 17:00 CET on July 2, 2014, an aggregate nominal amount of Eur 210,391,000 of Notes had been validly tendered in the Offer. The outstanding aggregate nominal amount of Notes following settlement of the Offer and cancellation of the Notes tendered in the Offer will be Eur 194,966,000.

 

Alcatel-Lucent  has decided to accept for purchase all Notes that have been validly tendered.

 

ISIN	Acceptance Amount	Purchase Price	Accrued Interest
XS0564563921	Eur 210,391,000	111.75 per cent.	3.990278 per cent. of the nominal amount of the relevant Notes

 

The expected Settlement Date for the Offer is July 4, 2014. Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to the Offer will be cancelled.

 

Citigroup Global Markets Limited is acting as Dealer Manager and Citibank, N.A., London Branch is acting as Tender Agent.

 

DEALER MANAGER	TENDER AGENT
Citigroup Global Markets Limited Citigroup Centre Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB United Kingdom   Telephone: +44 20 7986 8969 Attention: Liability Management Group E-mail: liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com: mailto:liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com	Citibank, N.A., London Branch Citigroup Centre Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB United Kingdom   Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7508 3867 Attention: Exchange Team Email: exchange.gats@citi.com: mailto:exchange.gats@citi.com

 

 

 

DISCLAIMER

This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire or sell any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or the Tender Offer Memorandum comes are required by the Company, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restriction.

 

 

About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) We are at the forefront of global communications, providing products and innovations in IP and cloud networking, as well as ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access to service providers and their customers, and to enterprises and institutions throughout the world. Underpinning us in driving the industrial transformation from voice telephony to high-speed digital delivery of data, video and information is Bell Labs, an integral part of the Group and one of the world's foremost technology research institutes, responsible for countless breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry. Our innovations have resulted in our Group being recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator, as well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012's Top 50 "World's Most Innovative Companies". We have also been recognized for innovation in sustainability, being named Industry Group Leader in the Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review, for making global communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in pursuit of the Group's mission to realize the potential of a connected world.   With revenues of Euro 14.4 billion in 2013, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the Paris and New York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE: ALU). The company is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.   For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Company on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.   Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts SIMON POULTER                     simon.poulter@alcatel-lucent.com: mailto:simon.poulter@alcatel-lucent.com                 T : +33 (0)1 55 14 10 06 VALERIE LA GAMBA                  valerie.la_gamba@alcatel-lucent.com: mailto:valerie.la_gamba@alcatel-lucent.com            T : +33 (0)1 55 14 15 91                                              ALCATEL-LUCENT INVESTOR RELATIONS MARISA BALDO                        marisa.baldo@alcatel-lucent.com: mailto:marisa.baldo@alcatel-lucent.com                  T : +33 (0)1 55 14 11 20 JACQUES-OLIVIER VALLET         jacques-olivier.vallet@alcatel-lucent.com: mailto:jacques-olivier.vallet@alcatel-lucent.com       T : +33 (0)1 55 14 12 49 TOM BEVILACQUA                    thomas.bevilacqua@alcatel-lucent.com: mailto:thomas.bevilacqua@alcatel-lucent.com         T : + 1 908-582-7998

 

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