FRIEDBERG, Germany — (BUSINESS WIRE) — April 7, 2014 — voxeljet AG (the “Company” or “voxeljet”), a leading provider of high-speed, large-format 3D printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers, today announced it has commenced an underwritten public offering of its American Depositary Shares (ADSs). Both the Company and certain of its shareholders (the “Selling Shareholders”) will offer ADSs as part of the public offering. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of ADSs by the Selling Shareholders.
Piper Jaffray and Citigroup are acting as joint book-running managers. Cowen and Company and Stephens Inc. are acting as co-managers. The Selling Shareholders expect to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the ADSs offered in the public offering. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the final size or terms of the offering.
The offering of these securities is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which can be obtained from:
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A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the offered 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.
The Company also announced today that Piper Jaffray and Citigroup, the joint book-running managers in the Company’s recent initial public offering, are releasing a lock-up restriction with respect to 963,625 ordinary shares, €1.00 nominal value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), of the Company held by management board members and supervisory board members of the Company. The release will take effect on April 7, 2014 and the Ordinary Shares may be sold in this offering. In addition, in connection with this offering, the members of the Company’s management board and supervisory board and the Selling Shareholders have agreed to certain restrictions on their ability to sell additional ADSs or Ordinary Shares for a period of 90 days after the date of the prospectus.
About voxeljet
voxeljet is a leading provider of high-speed, large-format 3D printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers. The Company’s 3D printers employ a powder binding, additive manufacturing technology to produce parts using various material sets, which consist of particulate materials and proprietary chemical binding agents. The Company provides its 3D printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers serving the automotive, aerospace, film and entertainment, art and architecture, engineering and consumer product end markets.
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