Shopify Prices Offering of Class A Subordinate Voting Shares
December 14 2018 - 9:11AM
Business Wire
Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)(TSX:SHOP) (“Shopify”) today announced
the pricing of its previously announced public offering of
2,600,000 Class A subordinate voting shares (the “Offering“) at a
price to the public of US$154 per share. The gross proceeds from
the Offering, before underwriting discounts and offering costs, are
expected to be US$400,400,000.
Shopify expects to use the net proceeds from the Offering to
strengthen its balance sheet, providing flexibility to fund its
growth strategies. Pending their use, Shopify intends to invest the
net proceeds from the Offering in short-term, investment-grade,
interest-bearing instruments or hold them as cash.
Closing of the Offering is subject to a number of closing
conditions, including the listing of the Class A subordinate voting
shares on the NYSE and TSX, and any required approvals of each
exchange, and is expected to occur on or about December 18, 2018.
Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse are acting as joint bookrunners in
the Offering.
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or
disapproved the contents of this news release. This news release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any province, state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such province, state
or jurisdiction.
Shopify has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement, and will
file a final prospectus supplement, to its short form base shelf
prospectus dated August 3, 2018 with the securities regulatory
authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada
except Quebec. The preliminary prospectus supplement has also been
filed, and the final prospectus supplement will be filed, with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC“) as a supplement
to Shopify's registration statement on Form F-10 (the “Registration
Statement”) under the U.S./Canada Multijurisdictional Disclosure
System. The prospectus supplements, the base shelf prospectus and
the Registration Statement contain important detailed information
about the Offering. Copies of the Canadian prospectus supplements
and base shelf prospectus can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com,
and copies of the U.S. prospectus supplements and the Registration
Statement can be found on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Copies of such
offering documents may also be obtained from Morgan Stanley &
Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd
Floor, New York, NY 10014 or Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Attention: Prospectus Department, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York,
NY 10010. Prospective investors should read the prospectus
supplements, base shelf prospectus and Registration Statement
before making an investment decision.
About Shopify
Shopify is the leading omni-channel commerce platform. Merchants
use Shopify to design, set up, and manage their stores across
multiple sales channels, including mobile, web, social media,
marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. The
platform also provides merchants with a powerful back-office and a
single view of their business, from payments to shipping. The
Shopify platform was engineered for reliability and scale, making
enterprise-level technology available to businesses of all sizes.
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify currently powers over
600,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by
brands such as Nestle, Kylie Cosmetics, Allbirds, MVMT, and many
more.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information and
forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable
securities laws (“forward-looking statements“) including statements
regarding the proposed Offering, the terms of the Offering and the
proposed use of proceeds. Words such as “will”, “anticipates”,
“expects” and “intends” or similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on Shopify’s current
expectations about future events and financial trends that
management believes might affect its financial condition, results
of operations, business strategy and financial needs, and on
certain assumptions and analysis made by Shopify in light of the
experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions
and expected future developments and other factors management
believes are appropriate. These projections, expectations,
assumptions and analyses are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause
actual results, performance, events and achievements to differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements. Although Shopify believes that the assumptions
underlying these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they
may prove to be incorrect, and readers cannot be assured that the
Offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described
above. Completion of the proposed Offering is subject to numerous
factors, many of which are beyond Shopify’s control, including but
not limited to, the failure of customary closing conditions and
other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time
in Shopify’s filings with the SEC and the securities commissions or
similar securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces
or territories of Canada. The forwardlooking statements contained
in this news release represent Shopify’s expectations as of the
date of this news release, or as of the date they are otherwise
stated to be made, and subsequent events may cause these
expectations to change. Shopify undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forwardlooking statements, whether as
a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
may be required by law.
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Relations613-241-2828IR@shopify.com
MEDIA:Darrell EtheringtonPublic Relations Manager416-238-6705
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