HILLSBORO, Ore., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FEI Company announced today the filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to an offering of up to 8,406,007 shares of its common stock. The shares are being offered by Philips Business Electronics International B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. FEI will not receive any of the proceeds of the offering.
Merrill Lynch & Co. will be the sole book-running manager for the offering. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC will be co-lead manager. Needham & Company, LLC and Thomas Weisel Partners LLC are serving as co- managers. Investors should read the prospectus relating to the offering before deciding whether to purchase shares. When available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained from Merrill Lynch at 4 World Financial Center, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281 or by calling (212) 449-1000.
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. The registration statement may be obtained without charge on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
This press 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 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.
Forward-Looking Statement Safe Harbor
This press release contains forward-looking statements that include statements relating to Philips’ intention to sell certain shares of the Company. Factors that could affect these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, market factors and general economic conditions, investor response to the proposed offering, the trading prices for the Company’s common stock before and during the offering period and other conditions in the financial markets. There can be no guarantees the offering will be successfully consummated. Please also refer to our Form 10-K, Forms 10-Q, Forms 8-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for additional information on these factors and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. FEI assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
FEI Company
CONTACT: Fletcher Chamberlin, Treasurer, FEI Company, +1-503-726-7710, orfletcher.chamberlin@fei.com
Web site: http://www.feicompany.com/
