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Published on 1/31/2011 in the Prospect News Investment Grade Daily.

New Issue: France's BPCE sells $1.1 billion three-year floaters to yield Libor plus 180 bps

By Andrea Heisinger

New York, Jan. 31 - France's Groupe BPCE sold $1.1 billion of three-year floating-rate notes on Monday to yield Libor plus 180 basis points, an informed source said.

The notes (Aa3/A+/A+) sold at 99.846 with a coupon of Libor plus 175 bps.

The Rule 144A notes are non-callable.

Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Natixis and RBS Securities were the bookrunners.

The retail bank is based in Paris.

Issuer:Groupe BPCE
Issue:Floating-rate notes
Amount:$1.1 billion
Maturity:Feb. 7, 2014
Bookrunners:Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Natixis, RBS Securities
Coupon:Three-month Libor plus 175 bps
Price:99.846
Yield:Three-month Libor plus 180 bps
Call:Non-callable
Distribution:Rule 144A
Trade date:Jan. 31
Settlement date:Feb. 7
Ratings:Moody's: Aa3
Standard & Poor's: A+
Fitch: A+

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