Ferrari IPO started listed at NYSE under the symbol RACE
FCA Announces Launch of Ferrari Initial Public Offering
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE: FCAU / MI: FCA) (“FCA”) and its subsidiary New
Business Netherlands N.V. to be renamed Ferrari N.V. (“Ferrari”) announce today that Ferrari
has launched its initial public offering (“IPO”).
FCA, currently holding a 90 percent of Ferrari’s issued and outstanding share capital, intends
to sell 17,175,000 common shares of Ferrari, equal to approximately 9 percent of Ferrari’s
common shares pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The initial public offering price is currently expected to
be between $48 and $52 per share, and the shares will trade under the symbol, “RACE”.
Ferrari has applied to list its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
FCA expects to grant the underwriters with an option to purchase an aggregate of up to
1,717,150 common shares of Ferrari from FCA, equal to approximately 1 percent of Ferrari’s
outstanding common shares. After the IPO, FCA will own 80 percent of Ferrari (if underwriters
exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full). Ferrari is not selling any shares and
will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares by FCA. This offering is
intended to be part of a series of transactions to separate Ferrari from FCA. Following
completion of this offering, FCA expects to distribute its remaining 80 percent interest in Ferrari
to FCA shareholders at the beginning of 2016.
UBS Investment Bank is acting as Global Coordinator for the offering. UBS Investment Bank
and BofA Merrill Lynch are serving as bookrunners and representatives of the underwriters for
the offering. Allen & Company LLC, Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan and
Mediobanca are also acting as bookrunners for the offering.
A registration statement, including a prospectus, which is preliminary and subject to
completion, relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. 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 that the registration statement becomes effective,
and, even then, the securities may only be sold pursuant to the registration statement and final
prospectus. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
buy these 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 offering of these securities will be made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the
preliminary prospectus can be obtained from:
UBS Securities LLC
Attn: Prospectus Department
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY, 10019
(888) 827-7275
BofA Merrill Lynch
PRESS RELEASE
Attn: Prospectus Department
222 Broadway,
New York, NY 10038
dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com
12 October 2015