Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)(TSX:SHOP) (“Shopify”) today
announced the pricing of its previously announced public offering
of 1,900,000 Class A subordinate voting shares (the “Offering”) at
a price to the public of US$317.50 per share. The
gross proceeds from the Offering, before underwriting discounts and
offering costs, are expected to be
US$603,250,000.
Shopify has also granted the Underwriters (as defined
below) 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
is 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 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 September 19,
2019. Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley are leading the
Offering (the “Underwriters”).
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 (the “Base Shelf Prospectus”)
with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces
and territories of Canada except Québec. 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 these documents may also be obtained
from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention:
Prospectus Department, Eleven Madison Avenue, 3rd 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, 2nd
Floor, New York, NY 10014. Prospective investors should read
the prospectus supplements, Base Shelf Prospectus and 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
613-241-2828 (ext. 1024) IR@shopify.com
MEDIA: Julie Nicholson Director of Communications 416-238-6705
(ext. 302) press@shopify.com
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