Michelin completes US$600 million bond placement
Michelin has announced the successful placement of a US$600 million offering of non-dilutive cash-settled convertible bonds due 2023 (the “Bonds”) following the exercise in full of the increase option. Concurrently, Michelin purchased cash-settled call options (the “Call Options”) to hedge its economic exposure to the potential exercise of the conversion rights embedded in the Bonds. Since they will only be cash-settled, the Bonds will not result in the issuance of new shares or the delivery of existing shares of Michelin (the “Shares”) upon conversion.