3D Systems Surprise, A Secondary Stock Offering

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3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) is likely to see its shares come under pressure on news that, concurrent with an effective shelf registration statement, it will offer 5,950,000 shares of its common stock in public secondary offering. On the surface, this secondary looks small enough that the market will easily absorb. The reality is that it is coming at a time after shares have only just started to recover, after losing half of their value.

This offering is close to $335 million prior to discounts, price adjustments, and the like. 3D Systems has a $5.86 billion market cap, and the 5.95 million shares compares to an average daily volume of 4.857 million shares.

3D Systems said that it intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to finance future acquisitions, and for working capital, and general corporate purposes.

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Canaccord Genuity is acting as the underwriter for the offering. 3D Systems has also granted these underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to 892,500 additional shares of common stock.

3D Systems’ shares closed at $56.64 on Tuesday against a 52-week trading range of $41.05 to $97.28. The consensus analyst price target prior to the effect of this offering was $70.63.

 

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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