The Middleby Corporation Completes Secondary Offering.ELGIN, Ill. -- The Middleby Corporation (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 :MIDD MIDD Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vermont) MIDD Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness ) announced today the successful completion of the offering of 1,395,381 shares of common stock (including 182,006 shares that had been subject to the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares) by certain stockholders controlled by either William F. Whitman, the former chairman of the board, or members of his family. The company did not sell any shares or receive any proceeds from the sale of stock by the selling stockholders in the offering. Lehman Brothers Inc. acted as the sole bookrunning manager for the offering. Robert W. Baird Robert Wilson Baird (born April 1, 1883) helped found the financial services firm that bears his name and led it for more than 40 years. Baird’s father was a professor of Greek literature at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where Baird grew up. & Co. and Roth Capital Partners Roth Capital Partners, LLC, is a full service Investment Banking firm, specializing in the small and micro cap markets. Roth’s focus, according to its official website, "has been, is, and will continue to be providing the full spectrum of investment banking services, acted as co-managers. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. The Middleby Corporation is a global leader in the foodservice equipment industry. The company develops, manufactures, markets, distributes and services a broad line of equipment used for cooking and food preparation in commercial and institutional kitchens and restaurants throughout the world. For further information about The Middleby Corporation, visit www.middleby.com. Certain matters discussed in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and the Federal securities laws. Although The Middleby Corporation believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Many of these factors are beyond The Middleby Corporation's ability to control or predict. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and could impact The Middleby Corporation and the statements contained in this news release include market conditions that may affect the offering and other factors described in The Middleby Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , current reports on Form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. and annual reports on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. . For forward-looking statements in this news release, The Middleby Corporation claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Middleby Corporation assumes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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