Shopify Launches Offering of Class A Subordinate Voting Shares
September 16 2019 - 3:35PM
Business Wire
Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)(TSX:SHOP) (“Shopify”) today announced
that it has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement (the
“Preliminary Supplement”) to its short form base shelf prospectus
dated August 3, 2018 (the “Base Shelf Prospectus”). The Preliminary
Supplement was filed in connection with a public offering of
Shopify’s Class A subordinate voting shares (the “Offering”). The
Preliminary Supplement has been filed with the securities
regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of
Canada except Québec. The Preliminary Supplement has also been
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
as part of a registration statement on Form F-10 (the “Registration
Statement”) under the U.S./Canada Multijurisdictional Disclosure
System.
A total of 1,900,000 Class A subordinate voting shares will be
offered by Shopify for sale under the Offering, which will be led
by Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley (the “Underwriters”).
Shopify will also grant the Underwriters an over-allotment
option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Class A
subordinate voting shares to be sold pursuant to the Offering (the
“Over-Allotment Option”). The Over-Allotment Option will be
exercisable for a period of 30 days from the date of the final
prospectus supplement relating to the Offering.
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 will be 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.
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. The Preliminary Supplement, the Base Shelf
Prospectus and the Registration Statement contain important
detailed information about the Offering. A copy of the Preliminary
Supplement can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov,
and a copy of the Registration Statement can be found on EDGAR at
www.sec.gov. Copies of these documents may also be obtained from
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus
Department, Eleven Madison Avenue, 3 rd floor, New York, NY 10010,
Telephone: 1-800-221-1037 or e-mail:
usa.prospectus@credit-suisse.com; Credit Suisse Securities
(Canada), Inc., Attention: Olivier Demet, 1 First Canadian Place,
Suite 2900, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1C9, Telephone: 416-352-4749 or
e-mail: olivier.demet@credit-suisse.com; or Morgan Stanley &
Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2 nd
Floor, New York, NY 10014.. Prospective investors should read the
Preliminary Supplement, the Base Shelf Prospectus and the
Registration Statement before making an investment decision.
About Shopify
Shopify is the leading multi-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
800,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by
brands such as Unilever, 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 “expects”, “continue”,
“will”, “plans”, “anticipates” 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 forward-looking 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 forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except
as may be required by law.
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INVESTORS: Katie Keita Senior Director, Investor Relations
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MEDIA: Julie Nicholson Director of Communications 416-238-6705
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