Regulatory News:

  • ?480 million revolving credit facility
  • Average maturity of the Group's debt extended to 5.5 years, and 6 years for Vicat S.A

The Vicat group (NYSE Euronext Paris: FR0000031775 - VCT) (Paris:VCT) announces today that it has successfully closed and signed a ?480 million 5-year revolving credit facility.

The Facility will be used for general corporate purposes including the refinancing of an existing ?445 million multicurrency revolving credit facility dated 20th July, 2009, extending the average maturity of the Group's debt, which now stands at 5.5 years, and 6 years for Vicat S.A.

The Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners in this transaction were BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Crédit du Nord, Crédit Mutuel-CIC (Documentation Agent), HSBC France, Natixis (Facility Agent) and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (the corporate and investment banking division of Société Générale).

The financing was agreed with a syndicate of 9 banks : BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Crédit du Nord, Crédit Industriel et Commercial, Crédit Industriel et Commercial - Lyonnaise de Banque, HSBC France, LCL, Natixis and Société Générale.

ABOUT VICAT

The Vicat Group has 7,369 employees working in three core divisions, Cement, Concrete & Aggregates and Other Products & Services, which generated consolidated sales of ?2,014 million in 2010.

The Group operates in eleven countries: France, Switzerland, Italy, the United States, Turkey, Egypt, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Kazakhstan and India. Nearly 59% of sales are generated outside France.

The Vicat Group is the heir to an industrial tradition dating back to 1817, when Louis Vicat invented artificial cement. Founded in 1853, the Vicat Group now operates three core lines of business: Cement, Ready-Mixed Concrete and Aggregates, as well as related activities.

REGISTERED OFFICE:
TOUR MANHATTAN
6 PLACE DE L'IRIS
F-92095 PARIS - LA DÉFENSE CEDEX
TEL.: +33 (0)1 58 86 86 86
FAX: +33 (0)1 58 86 87 88

SA WITH CAPITAL OF ?179,600,000
CEE CODE: FR 92 - 057 505 539
NANTERRE RCS COMPANY REGISTER

VICAT INVESTOR RELATIONS:
STÉPHANE BISSEUIL
TEL.: +33 (0)1 58 86 86 13
s.bisseuil@vicat.fr
or
VICAT PRESS:
CLOTILDE HUET
CATHERINE BACHELOT-FACCENDINI
TEL.: +33 (0)1 58 86 86 26
clotilde.huet@tbwa-corporate.com
catherine.bachelot-faccendini@tbwa-corporate.com