The Registration Statement includes the preliminary prospectus of Alcatel in connection with the offering of Alcatel American Depositary Shares and underlying Alcatel ordinary shares in the proposed merger transaction, and a preliminary proxy statement of Lucent Technologies in connection with the special meeting of Lucent Technologies stockholders to vote on such combination. The Registration Statement, filed pursuant to the U.S. securities laws, is publicly available as of the date of its filing with the SEC and is subject to amendment and completion. It will not be effective until such date as the SEC, acting pursuant to applicable U.S. securities laws, so determines.
Investors and security holders can obtain free copies of the Registration Statement through the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov and on the web sites of Alcatel at http://www.alcatel.com and Lucent Technologies at http://www.lucent.com.
Investors and security holders can obtain free copies of a non-certified French translation, for information purposes only, of the Alcatel Registration Statement filed with the SEC, which Alcatel will make available on its web site at http://www.alcatel.fr prior to the financial markets opening in Paris on May 10, 2006. Copies may also be obtained from Alcatel by contacting Investor Relations at http://www.alcatel.com, by mail to the Financial Communication Department (Direction de la Communication financière), 54, rue La Boétie, 75008 Paris, France or by telephone by contacting the investor relations or press representatives of Alcatel listed below.
In connection with the proposed combination and admission to trading on Eurolist by Euronext Paris of the new Alcatel ordinary shares to be issued in exchange for Lucent Technologies common shares, Alcatel intends to submit at a later date to the approval (visa) of the AMF a prospectus consisting of Alcatel’s document de référence (registration document) for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed with the Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”) on March 30, 2006 and a note d’opération (offering document) relating to the proposed combination and the issuance of new Alcatel ordinary shares.
