French and Benelux stocks - Factors to watch on June 29

PARIS, June 29 (Reuters) - Below is company-related news and leading stories from French and Benelux newspapers which could have an impact on the region's markets or individual stocks.

MAUREL ET PROM (MAUP.PA)

Launches 225 million euro 2014 bond convertible/exchangeable into new or existing shares (OCEANE) due July 31, 2014.

Bond to refinance debt and lengthen maturity of debt, company says. Coupon between 6.75% and 7.5%.

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EDF (EDF.PA), GDF SUEZ (GSZ.PA)

French utility EDF said on Friday it had increased its stake in Austrian energy supplier Estag to 25 percent from 20 percent by buying GDF Suez's (GSZ.PA) 20 percent stake in a holding company. Following press reports that EDF planned to sell on the Estag stake to Austrian utility Verbund, an EDF spokeswoman said the group had "no intention of selling on the stake at this stage".

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SANOFI-AVENTIS (SASY.PA)

Sanofi-Aventis said on Friday that new and as yet unpublished data on the safety of its blockbuster diabetes drug Lantus had not reached any definitive conclusions on a possible link to cancer.

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EADS (EAD.PA)

European aerospace group EADS has no plan to sell either all or part of its stake in French planemaker Dassault Aviation (AVMD.PA), a senior EADS executive was quoted as saying in a report published on Sunday.