Italy: Tax impacts following the merger of GTECH S.p.A. with and into International Game Technology PLC

12.05.2015

Clearstream Banking1 informs customers that the following securities are no longer subject to Italian tax due to the merger of GTECH S.p.A. with and into International Game Technology PLC.:

DescriptionISIN codeEffective date
€500,000,000 5.375% Guaranteed Notes due 2018XS05644875687 April 2015
€500,000,000 3.50% Guaranteed Notes due 2020XS08608559307 April 2015
€750,000,000 Subordinated Interest-Deferrable Capital Securities due 2066 Regulation SXS02540956633 April 2015
€750,000,000 Subordinated Interest-Deferrable Capital Securities due 2066 Rule 144AXS02540957473 April 2015

Impact on customers

As of the effective dates mentioned above, these securities will no longer be subject to DL 239/1996. Tax will be recalculated on accrued interest based on the holding period until the respective effective date of the change. 

Further information

For further information, please contact the Clearstream Banking Tax Help Desk or Clearstream Banking Client Services or your Relationship Officer.

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1. Clearstream Banking refers collectively to Clearstream Banking AG, registered office at 61, Mergenthalerallee, 65760 Eschborn, Germany and registered in Register B of the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany under number HRB 7500, and Clearstream Banking S.A., registered office at 42, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B-9248.