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Valor Files for IPO in US
January 15, 2008 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Software provider Valor Computerized Systems announced has filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission related to a proposed public offering of its ordinary shares in the United States.
Based in Yavne, Israel, Valor expects to offer $50 million of its ordinary shares and selling shareholders will be offered the opportunity to include up to an additional $20 million of their ordinary shares in the offering. Valor and/or the selling shareholders will also grant the underwriters an option to acquire an additional $10.5 million of shares to cover overallotments, if any. The exact number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.
The offering is expected to close during March 2008; however, the timing and terms of the offering are dependent on market conditions, the submission of regulatory filings and approval of Valor's shareholders. Valor's ordinary shares are currently traded on the Prime Standard Segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol "VCR."
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC will act as sole book-running manager, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. will act as co-lead manager, and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Collins Stewart LLC will act as comanagers of the offering. The offering will only be made by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from Thomas Weisel Partners.
About ValorValor is a global provider of productivity improvement software solutions for the printed circuit board, or PCB, manufacturing supply chain. PCBs are the principal electronic interconnect technology used in the vast majority of electronic products sold today. Valor's solutions target three key segments in the PCB manufacturing market: design of the physical layout of the PCB, fabrication of the bare PCB, and assembly of PCB components.