NEW YORK,
July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelport Limited, the parent company
of the Travelport group of companies, today announced the pricing of the
initial public offering of approximately 40% of the outstanding common stock
(34,000,000 shares) of its wholly owned subsidiary, Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
The offering was priced at
$15.00 per share. The underwriters have been
granted an option to purchase up to 5,100,000 additional shares of common
stock. The completion of the initial public offering is scheduled for
Wednesday, July 25, 2007, subject to customary closing conditions.
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The net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $474.8 million.
Orbitz Worldwide will use all of the net proceeds from the offering plus
approximately $530 million of borrowings under its new senior secured credit
agreement to repay indebtedness it owes to Travelport and, immediately prior
to the offering, to pay a dividend to Travelport. The proceeds and the
dividend will be used by Travelport to repay indebtedness outstanding under
its credit facilities.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers
Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are the global coordinators with Credit
Suisse and UBS Investment Bank acting as joint lead managers. Thomas Weisel
Partners LLC, Pacific Crest Securities, Piper Jaffray, and Stifel Nicolaus are
co-managers of the offering.
A copy of the prospectus relating to the shares of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
common stock may be obtained, when available, from Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York,
NY 10014, telephone: 1-866-718-1649 or via email at
prospectus@morganstanley.com; Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York,
New York 10004, fax at 212-902-9316 or via e-mail at
prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; Lehman Brothers Inc., c/o ADP Financial
Services, Prospectus Fulfillment, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717,
e-mail: jennifer_maldonado@adp.com or fax: (631) 254-7268; or J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Prospectus Department, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, CS Level,
Brooklyn, New York 11245, Attention: Distribution & Support Service,
telephone: 1-866-430-0686.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the shares of
Orbitz Worldwide common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state.
About Travelport
Travelport is one of the world's largest travel conglomerates. It operates
20 leading brands including Galileo, a global distribution system (GDS);
Orbitz, an on-line travel agent; and Gulliver's Travel Associates, a
wholesaler of travel content. With 2006 revenues of $2.6 billion, the Company
has 8,000 employees and operates in 130 countries. Travelport is a private
company owned by The Blackstone Group of New York, Technology Crossover
Ventures of Palo Alto, California and One Equity Partners of New York.
About Orbitz Worldwide
Orbitz Worldwide is a leading global online travel company that uses
innovative technology to enable leisure and business travelers to research,
plan and book a broad range of travel products. Orbitz Worldwide owns and
operates a strong portfolio of consumer brands that includes Orbitz,
CheapTickets, ebookers, HotelClub, RatesToGo and the Away Network and
corporate travel brands Orbitz for Business and Travelport for Business.