Bending Spoons announces proposed offering of senior secured notes

MILAN, Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Be di g Spoo s S.p.A. (“Be di g Spoo s”) today a ou ced the p oposed offe i gs of $1.5 billio (app oximate equivale t) se io secu ed otes, subject to ma ket a d othe co ditio s. The offe i gs a e composed of $1 billio agg egate p i cipal amou t of U.S. dolla -de omi ated se io secu ed otes a d $500 millio (app oximate equivale t) of eu o-de omi ated se io secu ed otes (togethe , the “Notes”), both due i 2032.

The U.S. dolla -de omi ated Notes a e p oposed to be issued by Be di g Spoo s US I c., a Delawa e co po atio , while the eu o-de omi ated Notes a e p oposed to be issued by Be di g Spoo s Ope atio s S.p.A., a joi t stock compa y (società pe azio i) o ga ized u de the laws of Italy. Each issue is a i di ect wholly ow ed subsidia y of Be di g Spoo s. Be di g Spoo s will ot issue o gua a tee the Notes.

The et p oceeds f om the offe i gs a e i te ded to fu d futu e acquisitio s, to pay costs, fees, expe ses, a d taxes i co ectio with the offe i gs, a d fo othe ge e al co po ate pu poses. The i te est ates, issue p ices, a d othe te ms of the Notes will be dete mi ed at p ici g. The e ca be o assu a ce that the offe i gs will be completed o the te ms desc ibed o at all.

This p ess elease is bei g issued pu sua t to Rule 135c u de the Secu ities Act of 1933, as ame ded (the “Secu ities Act”). It does ot co stitute a offe to sell o the solicitatio of a offe to buy the Notes o a y othe secu ities.

The Notes a e bei g offe ed o ly to pe so s easo ably believed to be qualified i stitutio al buye s i elia ce o Rule 144A u de the Secu ities Act, a d to o -U.S. pe so s outside the U ited States i elia ce o Regulatio S u de the Secu ities Act. The Notes a d the elated gua a tees have ot bee a d will ot be egiste ed u de the Secu ities Act o the secu ities laws of a y othe ju isdictio a d may ot be offe ed o sold i the U ited States abse t egist atio o a applicable exemptio f om the egist atio equi eme ts of the Secu ities Act a d applicable state secu ities laws.

Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme tsThis p ess elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. All stateme ts othe tha stateme ts of histo ical fact co tai ed i this p ess elease a e fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i clude stateme ts about the p oposed offe i g, i cludi g the expected use of p oceeds. I some cases, fo wa d-looki g stateme ts ca be ide tified by wo ds o ph ases such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “a ticipate,” “aim,” “i te d,” “pla ,” “believe,” “estimate,” “pote tial,” “co ti ue,” “fo esee,” “fo ecast,” “i ou view,” “p obably,” “likely,” o othe simila exp essio s.

Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts eflect ou cu e t expectatio s a d a e based o assumptio s a d i fo matio available as of the date of this p ess elease. Actual esults a d eve ts may diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied by such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts due to a va iety of isks a d u ce tai ties, some of which a e beyo d ou co t ol. These i clude the isks a d u ce tai ties desc ibed i the sectio s Risk facto s a d Ma ageme t’s discussio a d a alysis of fi a cial co ditio a d esults of ope atio s i ou egist atio stateme t o Fo m F-1, which is o file with the U.S. Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio a d is available o ou i vesto elatio s website at i vesto s.be di gspoo s.com a d o the U.S. Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio website at www.sec.gov.

Reade s a e cautio ed ot to place u due elia ce o fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. Except as equi ed by applicable law, we assume o obligatio to update a y fo wa d-looki g stateme ts.

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