NetSuite on Tuesday raised the price range for its highly anticipated initial public offering from between $13 a share and $16 a share to between $16 a share and $19 a share, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The revised price range, based on the issuance of 6.2 million common shares, would give the on-demand business applications provider a market capitalization of between $952.2 million and $1.13 billion.
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On Dec. 10, NetSuite initiated a modified Dutch auction format similar to the one used in 2004 to give individual investors an opportunity to help set its opening stock price.
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Majority-owned by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, NetSuite set an initial price range of between $13 and $16 a share before adjusting the price to reflect the strong interest its auction garnered in the past week and change.
The company, which first announced its IPO plans in July, said Ellison would put his directly owned stakeroughly 60 percent of all outstanding sharesinto a "lockbox," which effectively strips him of his voting rights in NetSuite endeavors and eliminates most of the conflict-of-interest concerns raised in his role as CEO of a significant competitor.
Founded in 1998, the San Mateo, Calif.-based company has yet to turn a profit, posting a net loss of $35.7 million in 2006 on sales of $67.2 million. In first three quarters of this year, it has lost more than $20.6 million.
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