VANCOUVER, Oct. 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT)
(NASDAQ:WPRT) announced today the closing of its previously announced
offering of 6,000,000 common shares in the United States and Canada at
the offering price of US$25.39 per share, for gross proceeds of
US$152,340,000.
Morgan Stanley, Jefferies and Deutsche Bank Securities are the joint
bookrunners for the offering. Other underwriters include RBC Capital
Markets, Lake Street Capital Markets and Craig-Hallum Capital Group.
Rothschild Inc. acted as financial advisor to Westport in connection
with the offering. The common shares issued under the offering have
been listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market and the Toronto Stock
Exchange.
Copies of the United States final prospectus supplement may be obtained
from: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180
Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014; Jefferies LLC.,
Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue,
12th Floor, New York, NY, 10022, or by telephone at 877-547-6340 (toll
free), or by email at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall
Street, New York, NY 10005, or by telephone at 800-503-4611 or by email
at prospectus.cpdg@db.com; or RBC Capital Markets, LLC, 3 World Financial Center, 200 Vesey
Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10281-8098, Attention: Equity
Syndicate, or by telephone at 877-822-4089.
Copies of the Canadian final prospectus supplement may be obtained by
contacting Morgan Stanley Canada Limited, 181 Bay Street, Suite 3700,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3; or RBC Dominion Securities Inc., RBC
Wellington Square, 8th Floor, 180 Wellington Street W., Toronto,
Ontario M5J 0C2, Attention: Distribution Centre, or by telephone at
416-842-5349.
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 the
common shares of Westport in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Following this transaction, Westport has approximately 62.7 million
shares outstanding.
SOURCE Westport Innovations Inc.
