Avolon Holdings Limited (“Avolon”) today announced the pricing of its
initial public offering of 13,636,363 common shares at a public offering
price of $20.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AVOL” on December 12,
2014. All of the common shares are being offered by the selling
shareholders. The selling shareholders have granted the underwriters an
option to purchase up to 2,045,454 additional common shares to cover
over-allotments, if any. Avolon will not receive any of the proceeds
from the offering. The offering is expected to close on December 17,
2014, subject to customary closing conditions.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are
acting as joint book-running managers.
The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the
prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, via telephone: (866) 803-9204, or standard
mail at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions,
1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn.: Prospectus Dept.;
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, via mail at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attn.:
Prospectus Dept., 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, or
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. via telephone: (800) 831-9146, or standard
mail at Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island
Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn.: Prospectus Dept.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed
with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”). 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 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.
About Avolon
Headquartered in Ireland, with offices in China, Dubai, Singapore and
the United States, Avolon provides aircraft leasing and lease management
services. As of September 30, 2014, Avolon had an owned, managed and
committed fleet of 227 aircraft serving 49 customers in 27 countries.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements may
be identified by words such as "expects," "intends," "anticipates,"
"plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "will" or words of similar
meaning and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the
offering. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current
expectations and assumptions, which are subject to inherent
uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to
predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially due to global
political, economic, business, competitive, market and other factors and
risks. Additional information regarding these risks is contained in
Avolon’s filings with the SEC. Avolon undertakes no obligation to
publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of
new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by
law.
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