SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Emerald Expositions Events, Inc. (“Emerald Expositions” or the “Company”) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 15,500,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $17.00 per share. Of those shares, the Company is selling 10,333,333 shares and certain stockholders of the Company affiliated with Onex Corporation are selling 5,166,667 shares. The selling stockholders have also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,325,000 shares. The Company will not receive proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders, including from any exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares. The Company’s stock is expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “EEX” on April 28, 2017. The offering is expected to close on May 3, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as joint book-running managers of the offering and representatives of the underwriters; Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, and RBC Capital Markets are also acting as joint book-running managers; and Baird is acting as co-manager.
The offering of these securities is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, from: BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College St., Third Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus…