PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE ACCESS TO THIS SECTION OF THE WEBSITE
With regard to the all-inclusive mandatory tender offer (the “Offer”) launched by Whirlpool Italia Holdings S.r.l. (the “Offeror”) for 34,244,635 ordinary shares of Indesit Company S.p.A. (the “Shares”), for a consideration of EUR 11 for each Share, note that the Offer is being is directed, on a non-discriminatory basis and on equal terms, to all holders of the Shares and is being launched in Italy (pursuant to Arts. 102 and 106, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended) and in the United States of America (pursuant to Section 14(e) of, and Regulation 14E under, the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subject to the exemptions provided by Rule 14d-1(c) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).
The Offer was not and will not be launched nor disclosed in any other country where such Offer is not permitted in the absence of authorization from the competent authorities or other requirements to be fulfilled by the Offeror (collectively, the “Other Countries”), by using national or international instruments of communication or commerce of the Other Countries (including, by way of illustration, the postal network, fax, telex, e-mail, telephone and internet), through any structure of any of the Other Countries’ financial intermediaries or in any other way.
No copy of the Offer Document, or portions thereof, or any copy of any document that the Offeror may issue in relation to the Offer, is being sent, nor shall it be sent or transmitted in any manner, or otherwise distributed, directly or indirectly, in the Other Countries. No party receiving the aforesaid documents may distribute, send or transmit them (by mail or any other means or instrument of communication or commerce) to the Other Countries.
Tenders in the Offer resulting from solicitation activities engaged in violation of the above limitations will not be accepted.
Neither the Offer Document nor any copy of any document that the Offeror may issue in relation to the Offer constitutes or shall be interpreted as an offering of financial instruments directed at parties residing in the Other Countries. No instrument may be offered, bought or sold in the Other Countries in the absence of specific authorization in compliance with applicable provisions of the local law of said countries or as an exemption from said provisions.
Tendering in the Offer by parties residing in countries other than Italy and the United States of America may be subject to specific obligations or restrictions imposed by legal or regulatory provisions. Recipients of the Offer are solely responsible for complying with such laws and, therefore, before tendering in the Offer, they are responsible for determining whether such laws exist and are applicable by relying on their own consultants.
Anyone who wishes to enter this section of the website, read the Offer Document and the other documents published therein, must carefully read and have full knowledge of the above. By selecting the “key” “ACCEPT” you represent and warrant that you are not resident in the Other Countries, and that you have read, understood and agreed to and comply with all the above limitations.