Allbirds set to launch Initial Public Offering
The sustainable footwear company is targeting a valuation of up to 2.2 billion dollars by offering 19.2 million shares of its Class A shares, priced from 12 to 14 US dollars
Concretely, 15.4 million shares are being offered by Allbirds and 3.8 million shares are being offered by existing Allbirds’ stockholders. In addition, the company and the selling stockholders expect to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 2.9 million shares of Class A common stock at the IPO price, less underwriting discounts, and commissions. Allbirds has applied to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “BIRD.”
According to ShoeIntelligence.com, funds affiliated with Franklin Templeton and TDM Growth Partners have indicated an interest in purchasing up to an aggregate of 70 million dollars shares at the IPO price. However, the expressions of interest are not yet binding.
Allbirds claims to have sold more than eight million pairs of shoes since its founding (in 2015) to over four million customers globally. Nevertheless, it remains loss-making. The company has said to expect net loss between 15 million dollars and 18 million dollars, due to higher expenses, in the quarter ended on the 30th of September, as compared with net loss of 7 million dollars last year.
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