Paris, November 25, 2010 — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the terms of its new €500M Senior Notes due 15 January 2016 (the “Senior Notes”) with an 8.5% coupon and proceeds of €487.3M. The proceeds will be applied to partially refinance the 4.75% convertible/exchangeable bonds due on 1 January 2011, of which €818M in principal amount remains outstanding.
The offering of Senior Notes is expected to settle on December 2, 2010.
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