Filed by Inco Limited
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
Subject Company: Falconbridge Limited
Commission File No. 1-11284
Inco Limited Commission File No. 1-1143
Inco Limited Offers to Acquire Falconbridge
Conference Call
9:00 a.m. (Toronto time) Tuesday, October 11, 2005
You are invited to join Incos and Falconbridges senior management for a conference call at
9:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 during which they will outline the details of
Incos offer to acquire Falconbridge. The media has been invited to join the call on a listen
only basis. There will also be a simultaneous listen only webcast of the call through a third
party webcasting service.
Conference Call
For North American participants, the teleconference phone in number is 1-800-215-6519. For
overseas participants, the teleconference phone in number is 416-641-6450. To ensure your
participation, please call about ten minutes before the conference call begins.
A recording of the conference call will be available until 11:59 p.m. (Toronto time) on October 25,
2005. To access the recording, please dial 1-800-558-5253 (if calling from outside North America
please dial 416-626-4100) and enter the reservation number 21264826.
Webcast
The call will also be webcast through a third party webcasting service, CNW Group Ltd., by
accessing their website, www.newswire.ca/webcast. To access the webcast, please ensure that
your computer system meets certain minimum requirements. The specific requirements are available
at CNW Groups website.
The slides to be used for the conference call will be available for online viewing through the same
third party webcasting service and at www.inco.com by clicking on the icon entitled Inco
offers to acquire Falconbridge on the homepage.
Sandra E. Scott
Director
Investor Relations
(416) 361-7758 Telephone
(416) 361-7736 Facsimile
sescott@inco.com Email
Forward-Looking StatementsThis invitation contains forward-looking information about
Inco and the combined company after completion of the transactions described herein that are
intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not
historical facts. Words such as expect(s), feel(s), believe(s), will, may,
anticipate(s) and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements include, but are not limited to, financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions; statements regarding plans, objectives and
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expectations
with respect to future operations, products and services and projects; statements regarding
business and financial prospects; financial multiples and accretion estimates; statements regarding
anticipated financial or operating performance and cash flows; statements regarding expected
synergies and cost savings, including the timing, from the proposed combination of the two
companies; statements concerning possible divestitures; and statements regarding strategies,
objectives, goals and targets. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties,
many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the control of Inco, that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the
forward-looking information and statements. These risks and uncertainties include those discussed
and identified in public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made by
Inco and include, but are not limited to: the possibility that approvals or clearances required to
be obtained by Inco and Falconbridge from regulatory and other agencies and bodies will not be
obtained in a timely manner; the possibility that divestitures required by regulatory agencies may
not be acceptable or may not be completed in a timely manner; the possibility that the anticipated
benefits and synergies and cost savings from the acquisition or related divestitures cannot be
fully realized; the possibility that the costs or difficulties related to the integration of
Falconbridges operations with Inco will be greater than expected; the level of cash payments to
shareholders of Falconbridge who exercise their statutory dissenters rights in connection with the
expected eventual combination of the two companies; the possible delay in the completion of the
steps required to be taken for the eventual combination of the two companies; business and economic
conditions in the principal markets for the companies products, the supply, demand, and prices for
metals to be produced, purchased intermediates and substitutes and competing products for the
primary metals and other products produced by the companies, production and other anticipated and
unanticipated costs and expenses and other risk factors relating to the metals and mining industry
as detailed from time to time in Falconbridges and Incos reports filed with the SEC. The
forward-looking statements included in this invitation represent Incos views as of the date
hereof. While Inco anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause Incos views to
change, Inco specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Incos views as of any
date subsequent to the date hereof. Readers are also urged to carefully review and consider the
various disclosures in Incos various SEC filings, including, but not limited to, Incos Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and Incos Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005.
Important Legal InformationThis invitation may be deemed to be solicitation material in
respect of Incos proposed combination with Falconbridge. Inco will prepare and file, if required,
a registration statement on Form F-8, containing a share exchange take-over bid circular to be
delivered to the shareholders of Falconbridge, and other documents with the SEC. Falconbridge, if
required, will file other documents regarding the proposed merger with the SEC. INVESTORS AND
SECURITYHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED
OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. Investors and security holders will be able to receive the registration statement and
Incos other SEC filings free of charge at the SECs web site, www.sec.gov or from Incos media or
investor relations departments.