Alcatel-Lucent wholly-owned subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc intends to offer $500M Senior Notes due on January 1, 2020 to qualified institutional buyers in the United States

Paris, 06-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announces today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., intends to offer $500 million Senior Notes due on January 1, 2020 (the “Notes”) in an offering to qualified institutional buyers in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes will be guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) on a senior unsecured basis by Alcatel-Lucent and certain of its subsidiaries. This offering, which aims to extend the average maturity of our debt, is part of the Shift Plan announced by the company in June 2013.

The net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes will be used for partial repayment of amounts outstanding under Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.’s Senior Secured Credit Facilities announced on January 30, 2013.

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This press release does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in which, or to any persons to whom, such an offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful. The Notes and the Guarantees mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

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ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)

Alcatel-Lucent is at the forefront of global communications, providing products and innovations in IP and cloud networking, as well as ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access to service providers and their customers, enterprises and institutions throughout the world.

Underpinning Alcatel-Lucent in driving the industrial transformation from voice telephony to high-speed digital delivery of data, video and information is Bell Labs, an integral part of Alcatel-Lucent and one of the world’s foremost technology research institutes, responsible for countless breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent innovations have resulted in the company being recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator, as well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012’s Top 50 “World’s Most Innovative Companies”. Alcatel-Lucent has also been recognized for innovation in sustainability, being ranked Technology Supersector Leader by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2012 for making global communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in pursuit of the company’s mission to realize the potential of a connected world.

With revenues of Euro 14.4 billion in 2012, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the Paris and New York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE: ALU). The company is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

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