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SafeBoot announces intention to proceed with IPO on Euronext Amsterdam
Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, September 21st, 2007 - SafeBoot, a leading vendor of enterprise-class security software for the protection of mobile data announced its intention to proceed with a listing of its ordinary shares on Eurolist by Euronext Amsterdam in connection with a global offering of its ordinary shares (the “Offering”).
The proposed Offering is expected to comprise of an initial public offering to institutional and retail investors in the Netherlands and a global offering to institutional investors outside the Netherlands. The Offering is expected to include both new ordinary shares as well as ordinary shares held by certain of SafeBoot’s existing shareholders. The proposed Offering is subject to certain regulatory approvals in the Netherlands.
SafeBoot has appointed UBS Investment Bank as Sole Global Coordinator and JPMorgan and UBS Investment Bank as Joint Bookrunners. In addition, ABN Amro Rothschild has been appointed as Lead Manager and Jefferies International Limited has been appointed Co-Manager.
Gerhard Watzinger, CEO of SafeBoot, commenting on the planned Offering said:
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We have achieved five consecutive years of revenue growth and profitability, and I believe that the planned Offering will facilitate our strategy to accelerate growth in the markets in which we operate, while further raising SafeBoot’s international profile, both in the financial community and among corporate and government customers.”
About SafeBoot
SafeBoot is headquartered in the Netherlands and has sales offices in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Its products are also distributed through more than 35 certified distributors and over 150 resellers across 76 countries. As at June 30, 2007, SafeBoot had 142 employees.
SafeBoot provides customers with a unique, comprehensive suite of mobile data security solutions which protect data and devices against the risks associated with loss, theft and unauthorized access and includes technologies that address data security concerns such as identity management, encryption, and device and access control. The company’s products include Device Encryption, Content Encryption, Port & Device Control and Secure USB Memory.
SafeBoot is the data protection and access control solution of choice for more than 4,200 large multinational corporations and government organizations worldwide and has more than five million active end-user licenses. SafeBoot’s enterprise customer base includes 36% of the world’s top 50 companies in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2006. The company enjoyed a 99% customer retention rate in 2006. SafeBoot’s enterprise solutions are recognized by industry-leading awards, such as Common Criteria EAL4, and are FIPS 140-1 and 140-2 certified.
SafeBoot generated revenues of €28.9m and EBITDA of €13.5m for the full year-ended December 2006. SafeBoot’s revenues have been showing strong momentum, growing by a compounded annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 55% over the 2004 - 2006 period. The company’s license-driven business model (80% of revenues derived from licenses in 2006) creates strong operating leverage with EBITDA margins having consistently been above 40% for the last three financial years.
About the mobile data security market
The mobile data security market is large and growing rapidly. In 2007, IDC, a leading information technology research and advisory company, estimated that the worldwide mobile device security market would grow from $214 million in 2006 to $958 million in 2011, representing a CAGR of approximately 35%. Within the mobile device security market, IDC estimated the mobile secure content and threat management submarket, which includes encryption for mobile devices, will grow from $120 million in 2006 to $632 million in 2011, representing a CAGR of approximately 39%. This strong market growth is expected to be fueled by heightened government regulation and compliance requirements, significant growth in mobile devices and PCs and the increased frequency and complexity of external and internal threats.
Additional information:
www.safeboot.com Robert R.H. Siccama
Phone: +31 30 634 8880
E mail:
IR@safeboot.com Smink, van der Ploeg & Jongsma
Kees Jongsma, Léon Melens
Phone: +31 20 647 8181
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This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, securities to any person in Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or another exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada or Japan. The proposed Offering and sale of the securities referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States.
This announcement is for marketing purposes and is not a prospectus and investors should not purchase or subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus to be published by SafeBoot in due course in connection with the admission of the shares in the capital of SafeBoot to listing on Euronext Amsterdam N.V.’s Eurolist by Euronext and to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Amsterdam N.V. (the “Prospectus”). Copies of the Prospectus will, following publication, be available at no cost from ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Gustav Mahlerlaan 10, 1082 PP Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Facsimile: +31 20 628 0004, E-mail: prospectus@nl.abnamro.com; and from SafeBoot’s registered office (Address: Edisonbaan 15, 3439MN Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, Tel: +31 30 6348800).
In the United Kingdom, this announcement, insofar as it constitutes an invitation or inducement to participate in the offering, is only being distributed to and only directed at (1) persons who have professional experience in matters related to investments falling within Article 19(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or high net worth entities falling within Article 49(1) of the Order or (2) persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). The securities are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be available only to or will be engaged in only with, relevant persons.
In any EEA Member State, other than the Netherlands, that has implemented the Prospectus Directive, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.