Following the communication to the market on 2 April 2020 regarding the filing of the offer document (the “Offer Document”) relating to the voluntary public tender offer on the entire share capital of MolMed S.p.A., AGC Inc. announces that – in light of the suspension of the terms of the administrative procedures originally provided for by Decree-Law no. 18 of 17 March 2020 and then extended until 15 May 2020 by Decree-Law no. 23 of 8 April 2020 – the authorization procedure for the publication of the Offer Document may be concluded indicatively during the first week of May 2020.

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