Filings related to the Alcatel-Lucent transaction
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This website relates to the proposed public buy-out offer followed by a squeeze-out filed by Nokia with the AMF for all of the ordinary shares and OCEANE convertible bonds issued by Alcatel Lucent and not held by Nokia. This website is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase or exchange, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or exchange, any ordinary shares or OCEANE convertible bonds of Alcatel Lucent, nor is it a substitute Nokia and Alcatel Lucent’s draft joint offer document (projet de note d’information conjointe) filed with the Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) on September 6, 2016 and subject to the review and clearance of the AMF (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Offer Document”). The proposed public buy-out offer followed by a squeeze-out is being made only through the Offer Document.
INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE OFFER DOCUMENT AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT NOKIA OR ALCATEL-LUCENT MAY FURNISHED OR FILE WITH THE SEC OR AMF WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING THE PROPOSED PUBLIC BUY-OUT OFFER FOLLOWED BY A SQUEEZE-OUT.
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The Offer Document and other documents referred to above, if furnished by Nokia or Alcatel Lucent with the SEC, as applicable, are available free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov).
Nokia and Alcatel Lucent’s draft joint offer document (projet de note d’information conjointe), which was filed with the AMF on September 6, 2016, is subject to the review and clearance of the AMF, and contains detailed information with regard to the proposed public buy-out offer followed by a squeeze-out, is available on the websites of the AMF (www.amf-france.org), Nokia (www.nokia.com) and Alcatel Lucent (www5.alcatel-lucent.com).
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