OFFRE PUBLIQUE D'ACHAT VOLONTAIRE LANCÉE PAR ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI S.P.A. SUR L'ENSEMBLE DES ACTIONS DE LA SOCIETÀ CATTOLICA DI ASSICURAZIONE S.P.A.

NE PAS DIFFUSER, PUBLIER OU DISTRIBUER, EN TOUT OU EN PARTIE, DIRECTEMENT OU INDIRECTEMENT DANS, VERS OU À PARTIR DE TOUTE JURIDICTION OÙ CELA CONSTITUERAIT UNE VIOLATION DES LOIS OU RÈGLEMENTS PERTINENTS DE CETTE JURIDICTION, Y COMPRIS LES ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE, LE CANADA, L'AUSTRALIE ET LE JAPON.

 

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Avis conformément à l’Article 36 du Réglement CONSOB par la résolution n°11971 du 14 mai 1999, telle que modifiée et complétée ultérieurement (le "Règlement sur les émetteurs"), concernant l'offre publique d'achat volontaire sur la totalité des actions ordinaires de Società Cattolica di Assicurazione S.p.A. (l'"Émetteur") lancée par Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (l'"Offrant")

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PHILIPPE DONNET : « LE SUCCÈS DE LA TRANSACTION RENFORCE LE LEADERSHIP DE GENERALI EN ITALIE ET EN EUROPE ET LUI PERMET DE CRÉER DE LA VALEUR POUR TOUTES LES PARTIES PRENANTES ».

MARCO SESANA : « PLEINEMENT ENGAGÉ À SERVIR LES COMMUNAUTÉS LOCALES AFIN DE STIMULER UNE CROISSANCE ÉCONOMIQUE DURABLE ».

Trieste, le 3 novembre - Le succès de l'offre publique d'achat de Generali sur les actions de Cattolica s'inscrit pleinement dans le cadre du plan stratégique "Generali 2021" et réaffirme l'approche rigoureuse et disciplinée du Groupe en matière de fusions et acquisitions.

La transaction permettra à Generali de continuer à diversifier ses activités, notamment dans le segment Dommages & Responsabilités, et confirme l'engagement du groupe d’assurer une croissance rentable tout en créant de la valeur pour les clients, en ligne avec l’ambition de Generali de devenir le partenaire de ses clients tout au long de leur vie.

Un plan d'intégration bien défini - avec un ensemble d'étapes spécifiques - a été établi, et il devrait bénéficier du partenariat stratégique existant, ainsi que de l'expérience de Generali en matière d'intégrations réussies. Generali prévoit de dégager des synergies importantes grâce à des économies d’échelle, en s’appuyant sur les capacités techniques de premier ordre du groupe et à l’augmentation des revenus.

Generali a été soutenu par BofA Securities, Equita, Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario et Rothschild & Co en tant que conseillers financiers, et Studio Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners en tant que conseillers juridiques.

Disponibles sur le site internet du Groupe, seules les versions anglaise et italienne de ce communiqué font foi.

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NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY COUNTRY WHERE THE RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS NOTICE MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION TO THE LAWS OR REGULATIONS APPLICABLE IN SUCH JURISDICTION (INCLUDING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN).

All the terms defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the offer document published on the Generali’s website on 28 September 2021 (the “Offer Document”).

The public global voluntary tender Offer described in this Notice has been promoted by Generali over the totality of the ordinary shares of Cattolica.

This Notice does not constitute an offer to buy or sell Cattolica shares.

As required by applicable regulations, the Offeror published the Offer Document which Cattolica shareholders shall carefully examine.

The Offer has been promoted exclusively in Italy and will be addressed on equal terms to all shareholders of Cattolica. The Offer will be promoted in Italy as Cattolica shares are listed on the Mercato Telematico Azionario organised and managed by Borsa Italiana and, except for what is indicated below, is subject to the obligations and procedural requirements provided for by Italian law.

The Offer is not and will not be made in United States of America, Canada, Japan, Australia and any other jurisdictions where making the Offer would not be allowed without the approval by competent authorities without other requirements to be complied with by the Offeror (such jurisdictions, including United States of America, Canada, Japan and Australia, jointly, the “Other Countries”), neither by using national or international instruments of communication or commerce of the Other Countries (including, for example, postal network, fax, telex, e-mail, telephone and internet), nor through any structure of any of the Other Countries’ financial intermediaries or in any other way.

Copies of any document that the Offeror will issue in relation to the Offer, or portions thereof, are not and shall not be sent, nor in any way transmitted, or otherwise distributed, directly or indirectly, in the Other Countries. Anyone receiving such documents shall not distribute, forward or send them (neither by postal service nor by using national or international instruments of communication or commerce) in the Other Countries.

Any tender in the Offer resulting from solicitation carried out in violation of the above restrictions will not be accepted.

This Notice, as well as any other document issued by the Offeror in relation to the Offer, does not constitute and is not part of an offer to buy, nor of a solicitation of an offer to sell, financial instruments in the Other Countries. The Offeror and its affiliates reserve the right to purchase Shares outside of the Offer, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

No financial instrument can be offered or transferred in the Other Countries without specific approval in compliance with the relevant provisions applicable in such countries or without exemption from such provisions.

This Notice may be accessed in or from the United Kingdom exclusively: (i) by persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within the scope of Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as subsequently amended (the “Order”), or (ii) by companies having significant net equity and by persons to whom the Notice can be legitimately transmitted as they fall within the scope of Article 49(2), paragraphs from (a) to (d), of the Order (all these persons are jointly defined “Relevant Persons”). Financial instruments described in this Notice are made available only to Relevant Persons (and any solicitation, offer, agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such financial instruments will be addressed exclusively to such persons). Any person who is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this document nor on any of its contents.

Tendering in the Offer by persons residing in countries other than Italy may be subject to specific obligations or restrictions imposed by applicable legal or regulatory provisions of such jurisdictions. Recipients of the Offer are solely responsible for complying with such laws and regulations and, therefore, before tendering in the Offer, they are responsible for determining whether such laws exist and are applicable by relying on their own advisors. The Offeror does not accept any liability for any violation by any person of any of the above restrictions.