SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a- 16 or 15d- 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of April 2014
CGG
Tour Maine Montparnasse - 33 Avenue du Maine – BP 191 - 75755 PARIS CEDEX 15 (address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
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CGG Announces the Success of its $500 million Offering of Senior Notes
Paris, April 29, 2014
CGG (ISIN: 0000120164 – NYSE: CGG) announces today that it has successfully priced an offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2022. The Notes will be issued at par, resulting in a yield of 6.875%. The Notes are expected to be issued on May 1, 2014.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem all of the $225 million outstanding principal amount of its 9.5% Senior Notes due 2016 and will use the remaining net proceeds to redeem a portion of the $400 million outstanding principal amount of its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2017.
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 over 9,800 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: 0000120164) and the New York Stock Exchange (in the form of American Depositary Shares. NYSE: CGG).
| Communications Contact: | Investor Relations Contact: | |
| Christophe Barnini Tel.: +33 1 64 47 38 11 E-Mail: invrelparis@cgg.com |
Catherine Leveau Tel: +33 1 64 47 34 89 E-mail: invrelparis@cgg.com | |
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 Notes 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. There will be no offering of Senior Notes to the public in France.
This press release may include projections and other “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Any such projections or statements reflect the current views of CGG about further events and financial performance. No assurances can be given that such events or performance will occur as projected and actual results may differ materially from these projections.
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THIS FORM 6-K REPORT IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS CONTAINED IN CGG VERITAS’ REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-150384) AND SHALL BE A PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, CGG has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| Date April 29th, 2014 | By /s/ Stéphane-Paul FRYDMAN | |||
| S.P. FRYDMAN | ||||
| Senior EVP |
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