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Published on 11/11/2015 in the Prospect News Liability Management Daily.

SNAM holders tender €2.16 billion of notes; BNP accepts €1 billion

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 11 – Holders tendered €2,160,963,000 principal amount of SNAM SpA’s notes, and BNP Paribas SA has accepted €999,998,000 principal amount of those notes for purchase, according to an announcement from BNP Paribas.

BNP Paribas began tender offers for up to €1 billion principal amount of the notes on Nov. 3. The offers ended on Nov. 10, and the settlement date is expected to be Nov. 16.

BNP Paribas accepted

• €300,009,000 of SNAM’s €1 billion 4.375% notes due July 11, 2016 for a pro ration factor of 69.33%;

• €250,085,000 of its €1.25 billion 2.375% notes due June 30, 2017 for a pro ration factor of 35.075%;

• €299,954,000 of its €1.5 billion 3.875% notes due March 19, 2018 for a pro ration factor of 49.50%; and

• €149.95 million of its €1 billion 5% notes due Jan. 18, 2019 for a pro ration factor of 40.59%.

The purchase price is 102.845 for the 4.375% notes, 103.848 for the 2.375% notes, 108.913 for the 3.875% notes and 114.918 for the 5% notes.

The purchase price for the 3.875% notes was set Nov. 11 by reference to the interpolated reference rate and a spread of 10 basis points. The purchase yield is 0.06%.

The purchase price for the 5% notes was set Nov. 11 by reference to the interpolated reference rate and a spread of 25 bps. The purchase yield is 0.271%.

The dealer managers are Barclays Bank plc (44 (0)20 3134 8515 or eu.lm@barclays.com), BNP Paribas (44 20 7595 8668 or liability.management@bnpparibas.com), J.P. Morgan Securities plc (44 (0)207 134 3438 or emea_lm@jpmorgan.com) and UniCredit Bank AG (39 02 8862 0581, 49 89 3781 3722, dcmcorpitaly.uc@unicredit.eu or corporate.lm@unicredit.de).

The tender agent is Lucid Issuer Services Ltd. (44 20 7704 0880 or snam@lucid-is.com).

SNAM is a natural gas infrastructure company based in San Donato Milanese, Italy. BNP Paribas is a financial services company based in Paris.


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