This press release is not an offer to purchase or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities . The offers referred to in this press release have not yet commenced . The solicitation and the offer to buy the Class D shares and the ADSs will be made pursuant to offers to purchase , related letters of transmittal and related materials that the Republic will distribute when it commences the offers . When available , those documents will contain important information that investors should read and consider carefully before any decision is made with respect to the offers .