Lululemon 要上市了。

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这对喜爱Lululemon的朋友来说，也许是个不错的投资机会。
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$ r. u+ Y' K4 ULululemon IPO expected to be priced at $10 to $12 a share
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( k1 c; c; M* F1 FJune 19, 2007 at 9:50 AM EDT

NEW YORK — Canadian yoga and fitness apparel company Lululemon Athletica Inc. expects an initial public offering of 18.2 million shares by the company and its stockholders to raise about $200.2-million (U.S.), according to a regulatory filing Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A group of stockholders, including private equity investors Advent International Corp. and Highland Capital Partners, are offering 15.9 million shares in the offering. The remaining 2.3 million shares will be sold by the company.

0 X7 n  e/ L7 S0 r2 r7 AVancouver-based Lululemon, which is concurrently offering its common stock in Canada, expects the offering to price between $10 and $12 per share.

+ j" D5 C5 i5 O+ ]( c2 \, QThe company plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol "LULU" and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "LLL."
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. z, x8 u' D6 C" yThe company expects to receive about $18.2-million in net proceeds from its portion of the offering. The anticipated proceeds exclude underwriting discounts and offering expenses and assume an offering price of $11, the midpoint of the anticipated range.
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Lululemon plans to use the net proceeds, together with cash flow from operations, to fund new store openings and working capital. The company said it budgeted a total of $28-million to $34-million for new store openings in fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008, although the actual amounts may differ.

Lululemon expects to have 75.3 million shares outstanding after the offering.

The company principally sells its branded apparel, which is designed for yoga, dance, running and general fitness, through its 57 stores in Canada and the U.S.

. W; T0 @4 T% q8 {; wFor the first quarter of 2007, Lululemon reported earnings of $3.5-million on sales of $44.8-million.

Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse Securities, UBS Securities, William Blair, CIBC World Markets, Wachovia Capital Markets and Thomas Weisel Partners are listed as underwriters for the offering.
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5 [/ g; s6 F3 E1 n3 \1 mThe underwriters have been given the option to buy up to 2.7 million additional shares from the selling stockholders to cover over-allotments.

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專門出售瑜伽衣服的Lululemon Corp宣布﹐將發行約值2億美元股票﹐作為首次公開上市。過去幾個月內﹐市場上一直流傳該公司將上市集資。

. c3 |; X0 q+ X6 d總部在溫哥華的Lululemon，在向美國證監會及加國證券監管機關的初步招股書指出﹐計劃把籌集的資金﹐連同現有的營運現金﹐用作融資新店開設和營運資金﹐以及作一般企業用途﹐當中可能包括收購。
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Lululemon自稱是北美洲其中1間增長最快的運動衣服設計與零售公司。在2006財政年度內﹐收入跳升至1.489億美元﹐顯著高過2004年度的4,070萬美元。上個財政年度內﹐錄得盈利770萬美元。目前﹐Lululemon的商品主要透過加拿大與美國52個商店發售。

該公司於1998年由Chip Wilson創立﹐兩年前﹐Wilson把48％股權售予兩間美國私人股本公司﹐套取1.08億加元。