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Materialise Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Leuven, Belgium - June 25, 2014 - Materialise NV, a leading provider of
additive manufacturing software and of sophisticated 3D printing services, today
announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8 million American
Depositary Shares (ADSs) at a public offering price of $12 per ADS.
The ADSs are expected to begin trading on
June 25, 2014 on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol
“MTLS.” The offering is expected to close on June 30, 2014, subject to the
satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Certain selling shareholders of
the Company have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an
additional 1,200,000 ADSs at the public offering price, less the underwriting
discount, to cover over-allotments, if any.
Piper Jaffray and Credit Suisse are acting
as joint book-running managers for the offering. BB&T Capital Markets, Janney Montgomery
Scott, Stephens Inc. and KBC Securities are acting as co-managers.
This communication does not constitute an
offer to sell any securities nor the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
A registration statement relating to these
securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
declared effective. Our initial public offering in the United States will be
made only by means of a written prospectus. Copies of the prospectus related to
the offering may be obtained, when available, from Piper Jaffray at 800
Nicollet Mall, J12S03, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attn: Prospectus Department, or
by calling 1-800-747-3924, or by emailing prospectus@pjc.com;
or from Credit Suisse at One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, Attn:
Prospectus Department, or by calling 1-800-221-1037, or by emailing newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com.
No public offering will be made and no one
has taken any action that would, or is intended to, permit a public offering in
any country or jurisdiction, other than the United States, where any such
action for such purpose is required, including in Belgium. Belgian
investors, other than qualified investors within the meaning of the Belgian Act
of 16 June 2006 relating to the public offers of securities and to the
admission to trading of securities on regulated markets, as amended, will not
be eligible to participate in the offering (whether in Belgium or elsewhere).
The transaction to which this communication
relates will only be available to, and will be engaged in only with, in member
states of the European Economic Area, persons falling within the meaning of
Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC as amended by Directive
2010/73/EU (the "Prospectus Directive"), and in the United Kingdom,
investment professionals falling within article 19 (5) of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the
"Order"), persons falling within article 49 (2), (a) to (d) of the
Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc) and other
persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated. In accordance with the
Prospectus Directive, no prospectus is required in connection with the
transaction described in this communication.
This communication is not for publication or
distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into any state or jurisdiction into
which doing so would be unlawful. The distribution of this communication may be
restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession
any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform
themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with
these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any
such jurisdictions. Materialise NV assumes no responsibility in the event there
is a violation by any person of such restrictions. The aforementioned offering
and date of the first listing may be influenced by things such as market
conditions. There is no guarantee that the offering or listing will occur. This
communication does not constitute a recommendation in relation to the offering
or the aforementioned securities.
About Materialise
With its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium,
and branches worldwide, Materialise is a provider of Additive Manufacturing
(AM) software solutions and sophisticated 3D printing services in a wide
variety of industries, including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, art and
design and consumer products. Materialise has been playing an active role in
the field of AM since 1990, through its involvement in AM for industrial and
medical applications, by providing biomedical and clinical solutions such as
medical image processing and surgical simulations and by developing unique
solutions for its customers' prototyping, production, and medical needs.
Contacts:
Harriet Fried
Senior Vice President
LHA
+1-212-838-3777
hfried@lhai.com