The French seismic giantsays the senior notes will carry a coupon of 6.875% and are due to be issuedlater on Thursday.

CGGintends to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem all of the $225moutstanding principal amount of its 9.5% senior notes due 2016.

Anyremaining proceeds will go towards redeeming a portion of the $400m outstandingprincipal amount of its 7.75% senior notes due 2017.

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