Autonomy Announces Public Offering of 2,200,000 Ordinary Shares.Business Editors CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000 Autonomy Corporation Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU.) is an enterprise software company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom and San Francisco, USA. It develops a variety of enterprise search and knowledge management applications using adaptive pattern recognition techniques centered on Bayesian plc (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AUTN AUTN Autonomy (stock symbol) AUTN Authentication Token (3GPP) AUTN Authentication Token for Network ; EASDAQ See European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. :AUTN) today announced the public offering of 2,200,000 of its ordinary shares (in the form of shares or American Depository Shares) at a price of $124 per share or ADS. Of these shares, 880,000 were offered by Autonomy and 1,320,000 were offered on behalf of selling shareholders. Autonomy's ordinary shares are traded on EASDAQ, and its American Depository Shares will be traded on The Nasdaq National Market, under the symbol AUTN. In connection with the offering, Autonomy and one of the selling shareholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 330,000 additional shares, in the form of shares or ADSs, on the same terms and conditions as those shares and ADSs sold in the offering. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the offered shares, nor shall there be any sale of the offered shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. The shares sold by Autonomy and the selling shareholders are offered by an underwriting group managed by Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown and Banc of America Securities, as well as Wit SoundView in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada and Dresdner Kleinwort Dresdner Kleinwort (DKIB) is the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG, part of Allianz since July 2001. Headquartered in London and Frankfurt and with an international network including offices in the financial centres of New York and Tokyo, Dresdner Kleinwort provides a wide range Benson outside the United States and Canada. A copy of the final prospectus Final Prospectus A legal document stating the price of a newly issued security, the delivery date, and other facts that are important for investors. Notes: The final prospectus must be given to every investor who purchases a new issue of registered securities. relating to the U.S. offering may be obtained from Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, Prospectus Room, One South Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, and a copy of the final prospectus relating to the offering outside the United States may be obtained from Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street, London EC2N 2DB. An electronic copy of the U.S. prospectus may also be obtained from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's home page at www.sec.gov. |
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