Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advises Vivendi on a 1.5 billion euros bond issuance

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advises Vivendi on a 1.5 billion euros bond issuance made up of two tranches with maturities of 5 and 10 years, respectively.

The first tranche in an amount of 1 billion euros bears interest at a rate of 0.75% per year and matures in 2021. The second tranche in an amount of 500 million euros bears interest at a rate of 1.875% per year and matures in 2026.

The notes will be admitted to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris.

The placement was made to institutional investors on 19 May 2016 through a bank syndicate composed of BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, CM-CIC Market Solutions, Commerzbank and MUFG.

The DVMB team is led by Marcus Billam (partner), Laurent Gautier (counsel) and Romain Querenet de Breville in capital markets. Vincent Agulhon (partner), Loïc Védie (counsel) and Brian Martin advised on tax aspects.

The bank syndicate is advised by Gide.