Compagnie de Saint-Gobain Issue of Debt (0921S)

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RNS Number : 0921S

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

06 March 2019

PRESS RELEASE

March 6, 2019

Saint-Gobain successfully launches a dual tranche

EUR 1.5 billion bond issue consisting of

   EUR 750 million with a   5 year maturity and a 0.625% coupon 

EUR 750 million with a 12 year maturity and a 1.875% coupon

With this dual tranche transaction Saint-Gobain takes advantage of favourable market conditions to lengthen the average maturity of its debt, optimising at the same time its average cost of funding.

This success underlines the bond investors' confidence in the credit quality of Saint-Gobain.

Saint-Gobain's long-term senior debt is rated BBB by Standard & Poor's and Baa2 by Moody's.

The global coordinators HSBC and J.P. Morgan, as well as Banca IMI, CM-CIC, MUFG and Santander, acted as bookrunners for this bond issue.

ABOUT SAINT-GOBAIN

Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions which are key ingredients in the wellbeing of each of us and the future of all. They can be found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications. They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.

EUR41.8 billion in sales in 2018

Operates in 67 countries

More than 180,000 employees

www.saint-gobain.com

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