Navigator Holdings Ltd. Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Exercise of Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Common Stock
LONDON, November 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Navigator Holdings Ltd. ("Navigator") today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 13,800,000 shares of its common stock at $19.00 per share, including the exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 1,800,000 shares of common stock from the selling stockholders. Navigator offered 9,030,000 shares of common stock and certain selling shareholders offered 4,770,000 shares of common stock. Net proceeds received by the company from the sale of 9,030,000 shares of its common stock were approximately $156.4 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and expenses.
Navigator intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund the equity portion, or approximately $72.7 million, due under its purchase obligations for certain newbuilding vessels to be delivered in 2015 and the remainder for general corporate purposes, including if Navigator elects to exercise its option to purchase an additional newbuilding vessel, to fund $17.6 million of the approximately $44.0 million required to purchase such option vessel. Navigator will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of Navigator's common stock by the selling shareholders.
Jefferies LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering, and Evercore Group L.L.C., Fearnley Securities AS, Global Hunter Securities, LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated acted as co-managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission. This offering will be made only by means of a written prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. A copy of the prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, may be obtained, when available, from:
Jefferies LLC
520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department or by calling +1-877 547-6340 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department.
You may also get a copy of the prospectus for free by visiting the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in Navigator's prospectus and SEC filings. Navigator undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after this press release. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
SOURCE Navigator Holdings Ltd
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