Italgas S.P.A. (Incorporated with Limited Liability in the Republic of Italy) €5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme
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BASE PROSPECTUS Italgas S.p.A. (incorporated with limited liability in the Republic of Italy) €5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme Under this €5,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the Programme), Italgas S.p.A. (the Issuer, Italgas or the Company) may from time to time issue notes (the Notes) denominated in any currency agreed between the Issuer and the relevant Dealer (as defined below). The maximum aggregate nominal amount of all Notes from time to time outstanding under the Programme will not exceed €5,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies calculated as described in the Programme Agreement described herein), subject to increase as described herein. The Notes may be issued on a continuing basis to one or more of the Dealers specified under "General De- scription of the Programme " and any additional Dealer appointed under the Programme from time to time by the Issuer (each a Dealer and together the Dealers), which appointment may be for a specific issue or on an ongoing basis. References in this Base Prospectus to the relevant Dealer shall, in the case of an issue of Notes being (or intended to be) subscribed by more than one Dealer, be to all Dealers agreeing to subscribe such Notes. An investment in Notes issued under the Programme involves certain risks. For a discussion of these risks see "Risk Factors". This Base Prospectus is valid until 15 October 2020. The obligation to supplement this Base Prospectus in the event of significant new factors, material mistakes or material inaccuracies does not apply when this Base Prospectus is no longer valid. This Base Prospectus has been approved as a base prospectus by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the CSSF) in its capacity as competent authority under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the Prospectus Regulation). The CSSF only approves this Base Prospectus as meeting the standards of completeness, comprehensibility and consistency imposed by the Prospectus Regulation. Such approval should not be considered as an endorsement of either the Issuer or the quality of the Notes that are the subject of this Base Prospectus and investors should make their own assessment as to the suitability of investing in the Notes. Further, by approving this Prospectus, the CSSF gives no undertaking as to the economic and financial sound- ness of the transaction or the quality or solvency of the Issuer pursuant to Article 6(4) of Luxembourg Law of 16 July 2019 on Prospectuses for Securities (the "Prospectus Law"). Application has been made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for Notes issued under the Programme to be admitted to trading on the professional segment of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's regulated market and to be listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. 1 References in this Base Prospectus to Notes being listed (and all related references) shall mean that such Notes have been admitted to trading on the professional segment of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's regulated market and have been admitted to the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Luxembourg Stock Exchange's regulated market is a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU, as amended (MiFID II). The requirement to publish a prospectus under the Prospectus Regulation, only applies to Notes which are to be admitted to trading on a regulated market in the European Economic Area (the EEA) and/or offered to the public in the EEA other than in circumstances where an exemption is available under Article 1(4) of the Pro- spectus Regulation. Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and certain other information which is applicable to each Tranche (as defined under "Terms and Conditions of the Notes") of Notes will be set out in a final terms document (the Final Terms) which, with respect to Notes to be listed, will be filed with the CSSF. Copies of Final Terms in relation to Notes to be listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange will also be published on the website of the Luxem- bourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu). The Programme provides that Notes may be listed or admitted to trading, as the case may be, on such other or further stock exchanges or markets as may be agreed between the Issuer and the relevant Dealer. The Issuer may also issue unlisted Notes and/or Notes not admitted to trading on any market. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) or any U.S. State securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or the benefit of, U.S. persons as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act unless an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available and in accordance with all applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and any other jurisdiction. The Issuer may agree with any Dealer that Notes may be issued in a form not contemplated by the Terms and Conditions of the Notes herein, in which event a supplement to the Base Prospectus, a new Base Prospectus or a drawdown prospectus, in the case of listed Notes only, if appropriate, will be made available which will describe the effect of the agreement reached in relation to such Notes. The rating of certain Series of Notes to be issued under the Programme may be specified in the applicable Final Terms. Whether or not each credit rating applied for in relation to relevant Series of Notes will be issued by a credit rating agency established in the European Union and registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended) (the CRA Regulation), and included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on its website (at http://www.esma.eu- ropa.eu/page/List-registered-and-certified-CRAs ) in accordance with the CRA Regulation, will be disclosed in the Final Terms. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Please also refer to "Risks related to the market generally" in the "Risk Factors" section of this Base Prospectus. Amounts payable under the Notes may be calculated by reference, inter alia, to EURIBOR, which is provided by the European Money Markets Institute, or to LIBOR, which is provided by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, as specified in the relevant Final Terms. As at the date of this Base Prospectus, the European Money Markets Institute and ICE Benchmark Administration Limited appear on the register of administrators and benchmarks established and maintained by ESMA pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 (the “Benchmarks Regulation”) Arrangers BNP PARIBAS UniCredit Bank 2 Dealers Banca IMI Barclays BNP PARIBAS Citigroup Crédit Agricole CIB Goldman Sachs International ING J.P. Morgan Mediobanca Morgan Stanley Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking UniCredit Bank The date of this Base Prospectus is 16 October 2019. 3 IMPORTANT INFORMATION This Base Prospectus comprises a base prospectus in respect of all Notes issued under the Programme for the purposes of Article 8 of the Prospectus Regulation. The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus and the Final Terms for each Tranche of Notes issued under the Programme. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer the information contained in this Base Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. Copies of Final Terms will be available from the registered office of the Issuer and the specified office set out below of each of the Paying Agents (as defined below). This Base Prospectus is to be read in conjunction with all documents which are deemed to be incorpo- rated herein by reference (see "Documents Incorporated by Reference"). This Base Prospectus shall be read and construed on the basis that such documents are incorporated by reference and form part of this Base Prospectus. Other than in relation to the documents which are deemed to be incorporated by reference (see “Docu- ments Incorporated by Reference”), the information on the websites to which this Base Prospectus refers does not form part of this Base Prospectus and has not been scrutinised or approved by the CSSF. The Dealers have not independently verified the information contained herein. Accordingly, no repre- sentation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is made and no responsibility or liability is ac- cepted by the Dealers as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained or incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus or any other information provided by the Issuer in connection with the Programme. No Dealer accepts any liability in relation to the information contained or incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus or any other information provided by the Issuer in connection with the Programme. This Base Prospectus contains industry and customer-related data as well as calculations taken from industry reports, market research reports, publicly available information and commercial publications. It is hereby confirmed that (a) to the extent that information reproduced herein derives from a third party, such information has been accurately reproduced and (b) insofar as the Issuer is aware and is able to ascertain from information derived from a third party, no facts have been omitted which would render the information reproduced inaccurate or misleading.