L’oréal Successfully Prices a 1.5 Billion Euros Dual Tranche Bond

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L’ORÉAL SUCCESSFULLY PRICES A 1.5 BILLION EURO DUAL TRANCHE BOND

Clichy, 16 November 2023 – L’Oréal today announces that it has successfully priced a public bond offering for an aggregate nominal amount of €1.5 billion.

The offering is composed of two tranches:
- A €800 million long 3-year fixed rate bond paying a coupon of 3.375 % p.a.
- A €700 million 6-year fixed rate bond paying a coupon of 3.375 % p.a.

The net proceeds of the bonds will be used by the Issuer to refinance in part its outstanding €1 billion, 0.375 percent bond due 29 March 2024 and its €750 million variable rate bond due March 2024.

The bonds, which are rated AA (Stable) by S&P and Aa1 (Stable) by Moody’s, will be admitted to trading on Euronext Paris from the settlement date, which is scheduled to be 23 November 2023.

BNP Paribas, HSBC, Société Générale and Standard Chartered Bank AG are acting as Global Coordinators. Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Natixis are acting as Active Joint Bookrunners. 

About L’Oréal
For over 110 years, L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty player, has devoted itself to one thing only: fulfilling the beauty aspirations of consumers around the world. Our purpose, to create the beauty that moves the world, defines our approach to beauty as inclusive, ethical, generous and committed to social and environmental sustainability. With our broad portfolio of 37 international brands and ambitious sustainability commitments in our L’Oréal for the Future programme, we offer each and every person around the world the best in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility, while celebrating beauty in its infinite plurality.
With 87 400 committed employees, a balanced geographical footprint and sales across all distribution networks (e-commerce, mass market, department stores, pharmacies, hair salons, branded and travel retail), in 2022 the Group generated sales amounting to 38.26 billion euros. With 20 research centers across 11 countries around the world and a dedicated Research and Innovation team of over 4 000 scientists and 5 500 tech and digital professionals, L’Oréal is focused on inventing the future of beauty and becoming a Beauty Tech powerhouse.
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