SAN MATEO, CA—December 10, 2007—NetSuite Inc. today announced that the auction for its proposed initial public offering of its common stock has commenced. NetSuite announced that it expects the offering to price after the stock market closes on or about Wednesday, December 19, 2007.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC will act as sole book-running manager for the offering, with W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC acting as co-manager. NetSuite will offer 6,200,000 shares of its common stock in the offering. NetSuite and the selling stockholders have also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 930,000 additional shares.
NetSuite is conducting the offering as a modified Dutch auction. The preliminary prospectus, which is available at NetSuite's auction website www.netsuiteipo.com contains further information about NetSuite, the offering, and the structure of the auction. In addition, the site also provides a link to a recording of the management presentation to prospective investors.
NetSuite's auction website also contains information about how to contact the underwriters to open a brokerage account with one of the underwriters.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This 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. No offer to buy the securities can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until the registration statement has become effective, and any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time until the notice of its acceptance is given after the effective date.
The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus for the offering can also be obtained from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, telephone 800-221-1037.