Availability of a securities note supplement to the prospectus approved by the AMF under visa no.17-551 on October 13th, 2017
Paris, France - October 17, 2017
CGG announces that, today, the Autorité des marchés financiers granted visa no.17-559 to the securities note supplement (the "Securities Note Supplement") to the prospectus (in the French language) approved by the AMF under visa no.17-551 on October 13th, 2017, in connection with certain issuances provided for under the draft safeguard plan and the Chapter 11 plan in the context of the financial restructuring plan of CGG. The Securities Note Supplement supplements the prospectus and shall be read in conjunction with it.
This Securities Note Supplement describes the undertaking of Bpifrance Participations to vote in favor of the resolutions required to implement the financial restructuring plan, as well as the related undertakings made by the Company and certain of its creditors in the context of the safeguard proceedings.
The prospectus comprises the CGG registration document (document de référence), filed with the AMF on May 1, 2017 under number D.17-0486, the update of the Company's registration document filed with the AMF on October 13, 2017 under number D.17-0486-A01, the securities note approved by the AMF on October 13, 2017 under visa no.17-551, the securities note supplement dated October 17th, 2017 approved by the AMF under visa no.17-559, and a summary of the prospectus (included in the securities note).
Copies of the prospectus can be obtained free of charge from the registered office of CGG, Tour Maine Montparnasse, 33 Avenue du Maine - 75015 Paris, the Company's website (www.cgg.com) and the AMF website (www.amf-france.org).
Appendix: supplement to the summary of the prospectus
The press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. There will not be any sale of these securities in any such state or country in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state or country.
The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered and sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
About CGG
CGG (www.cgg.com) is a fully integrated Geoscience company providing leading geological, geophysical and reservoir capabilities to its broad base of customers primarily from the global oil and gas industry. Through its three complementary business divisions of Equipment, Acquisition and Geology, Geophysics & Reservoir (GGR), CGG brings value across all aspects of natural resource exploration and exploitation. CGG employs around 5,500 people around the world, all with a Passion for Geoscience and working together to deliver the best solutions to its customers.
CGG is listed on the Euronext Paris SA (ISIN: 0013181864) and the New York Stock Exchange (in the form of American Depositary Shares. NYSE: CGG).
Contacts
Group Communications Christophe Barnini Tel: + 33 1 64 47 38 11 E-Mail: : invrelparis@cgg.com | Investor Relations Catherine Leveau Tel: +33 1 64 47 34 89 E-mail: : invrelparis@cgg.com |
SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUMMARY OF THE PROSPECTUS
The information contained in the summary of the Prospectus remains unchanged, except for paragraph B.4a of this summary, which is modified and must be read as follows:
B.4a | Main recent trends with effects on the issuer and its lines of business | Financial restructuring Discussions with the stakeholders [Text unchanged, subject to the following addition] It is specified that the US Court has, on October 16, 2017, entered an order confirming the Chapter 11 plan. Undertakings of the Company and certain of its creditors in the framework of the safeguard proceedings (i) Undertakings of the Company Bpifrance Participations (which held, as of September 30, 2017, 9.35% of the share capital and 10.90% of the voting rights of the Company) has undertaken to vote in favor of the resolutions required to implement the Financial Restructuring Plan at the general meeting of shareholders convened on October 31, 2017, in light of the following undertakings made by the Company on October 16, 2017:
(ii) Undertakings of certain Senior Notes holders creditors Each of (i) Attestor Capital LLP[1], (ii) Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management LP[2], and (iii) DNCA Finance, Oralie Patrimoine and DNCA Invest SICAV[3] (each, a « Signatory Creditor ») agreed, on October 16, 2017, upon request from the Direction Générale des Entreprises, to have the Commercial Court of Paris acknowledge, in its ruling sanctioning the safeguard plan, the undertakings below to:
The trustee in charge of overseeing the implementation of the plan (commissaire à l'exécution du plan) will issue a yearly report on the compliance with the undertakings of the Signatory Creditors and the Company described above, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Each of the Signatory Creditors declared that it does not act in concert with any other Signatory Creditor, with Bpifrance Participations, or with any other third party. |
[1] Attestor Capital LLP and the funds, entities or accounts managed or advised directly or indirectly by it or its affiliates, hold Senior Notes for a total amount of $118,918,787 and do not hold any share or Convertible Bonds of the Company.
[2] Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management LP and the funds, entities or accounts managed or advised directly or indirectly by it or its affiliates, hold Senior Notes for a total amount of $173,971,173 and Convertible Bonds for a total amount of €23,314,383. However, they do not hold any share of the Company.
[3] DNCA Finance, Oralie Patrimoine and DNCA Invest SICAV, and the funds, entities or accounts managed or advised directly or indirectly by it or its affiliates, hold (i) approximately 5.5% of the total amount in principal of the Senior Notes, (ii) approximately 20.7% of the total amount in principal of the Convertible Bonds, and (iii) approximately 7.9% of the share capital of the Company.