Rock Hill, South Carolina - June 12, 2012 - 3D Systems Corporation
(NYSE: DDD) announced today that it is offering to sell
shares of its common stock in an underwritten public
offering of approximately $100 million. Needham &
Company, LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager of
the offering and Canaccord Genuity is acting as co-lead
manager.
3D Systems intends to use the net proceeds from the
offering to finance future acquisitions of other entities
or their assets and for working capital and general
corporate purposes.
The shares described above are being offered by 3D Systems
pursuant to an effective registration statement previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the
offering has also been filed with the SEC and is available
on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities
described herein, 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
any such state or jurisdiction. Copies of the preliminary
prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus
relating to this offering, when available, may be obtained
from Needham & Company, LLC, 445 Park Avenue, New York, NY
10022, (800) 903-3268.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this release that are not
statements of historical or current facts are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company
to be materially different from historical results or from
any future results or projections expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. In addition to
statements that explicitly describe such risks and
uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements in
the conditional or future tenses or that include terms such
as "believes," "belief," "expects," "estimates," "intends,"
"anticipates" or "plans" to be uncertain and
forward-looking. Forward-looking statements may
include comments as to the company's beliefs and
expectations as to future events and trends affecting its
business and are necessarily subject to uncertainties, many
of which are outside the control of the company. The
factors described under the headings "Forward-Looking
Statements," "Cautionary Statements and Risk Factors," and
"Risk Factors" in the company's periodic filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other
factors, could cause actual results to differ materially
from those reflected or predicted in forward-looking
statements.
About 3D Systems Corporation
3D Systems is a leading provider of 3D content-to-print
solutions including 3D printers, print materials and
on-demand custom parts services for professionals and
consumers alike. The company also provides creative content
development, design productivity tools and curation
services and downloads. Its expertly integrated solutions
replace, displace and complement traditional methods and
reduce the time and cost of designing new products by
printing real parts directly from digital input.
These solutions are used to rapidly design, communicate,
prototype and produce functional parts, empowering its
customers to create with confidence.