Shearman & Sterling represented BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, HSBC Bank plc, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, Société Générale and UniCredit Bank AG, as initial purchasers, on CMA CGM’s €175,000,000 tap issuance of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021. The notes are being issued as additional notes under CMA CGM’s indenture governing its €550,000,000 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 issued on June 8, 2015 (the “Initial Notes”).

The net proceeds of the offering, which closed on June 12, 2015, together with available cash and the net proceeds of the Initial Notes, will be used to redeem all of CMA CGM’s $475,000,000 8.500% Senior Notes due 2017 and €325,000,000 8.875% Senior Notes due 2019 (together, the “Existing Notes”) outstanding following the settlement of the tender offer relating to the refinancing of the Existing Notes on June 8, 2015 and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the offering. 

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