LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg ? Skype S.A., a global technology leader that enables real-time
communications over the Internet, today announced that it has filed a
Form S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its ordinary
shares. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the
offering have not yet been determined.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated will be the joint global coordinators as
well as joint book-running managers for the offering. BofA Merrill
Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. will also
be acting as joint book-running managers. Lazard Capital Markets LLC,
RBC Capital Markets Corporation and UBS Securities LLC will be acting as
joint lead co-managers; Allen & Company LLC and Evercore Group LLC
will be acting as co-managers for the offering.
When available, a copy of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained
from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Prospectus Department, 200 West Street,
New York, NY 10282, via telephone: +1 866 471 2526, via facsimile: +1
212 902 9316, or by e-mail: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; from J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc.; c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long
Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, or
by telephone +1 866 803 9204; from Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated Attention: Prospectus Department, via telephone: +1 866 718
1649, 180 Varick Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10014, or by
e-mail: prospectus@morganstanley.com.
A registration statement relating to the securities has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become
effective. The securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be
accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, the
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
About Skype
Skype is a software-based communications platform that offers
high-quality, easy-to-use tools for both consumers and businesses to
communicate and collaborate globally through voice, video and text
conversations. Founded in 2003 and based in Luxembourg, our mission is
to be the communications platform of choice around the world. We enable
users with virtually any Internet-connected device to communicate with
each other by voice, video and instant message for free, or make low
cost voice calls to fixed or mobile
numbers virtually anywhere in the world. We have 124 million connected
users and our users placed 95 billion calling minutes over Skype in the
first half of 2010, approximately 40% of which were video. Skype can be
downloaded onto computers, mobile phones and other connected devices for
free at www.skype.com.
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