Melco PBL Announces Initial Public Offering on NASDAQ
DECEMBER 19, 2006. Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited ("Melco PBL Entertainment"), a developer, owner and operator of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused exclusively on the rapidly expanding Macau market, today announced that it has priced its initial public offering at US$19 per ADS. The ADSs are evidenced by American depository receipts, or ADRs. The ADSs will begin trading Tuesday, December 19, 2006 on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "MPEL".
The offering initially comprised an initial public offering of 53,000,000 ADSs representing 159,000,000 ordinary shares with each ADS representing three ordinary shares of Melco PBL Entertainment, par value US$0.01 per ordinary share, at an initial price range of $16 to $18 per ADS. Due to strong demand, the initial public offering was increased to 60,250,000 ADSs representing 180,750,000 ordinary shares at an initial public offering price of US$19 per ADS. The underwriters have an option to purchase up to an additional 9,037,500 ADSs from Melco PBL Entertainment at the initial public offering price of US$19 per ADS less the underwriting commission to cover over-allotments of the ADSs.
Credit Suisse, Citigroup and UBS Investment Bank acted as joint bookrunners for this offering, and CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, JPMorgan, CIBC World Markets and Deutsche Bank acted as co-managers for the offering. A copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC , New York Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, United States, Tel +1-212-325-2580, or Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220, United States, Tel +718-765-6732, or UBS Securities LLC, Prospectus Department, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171, United States, Tel +1-212-821-3000.
Melco PBL Entertainment's registration statement relating to the securities offered in the offering was declared effective as of December 18, 2006 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited
Melco PBL Entertainment is a developer, owner and operator of casino gaming and entertainment casino resort facilities focused exclusively on the rapidly expanding Macau market. A subsidiary of Melco PBL Entertainment is the holder of one of only six gaming concessions and subconcessions to own and operate casinos in Macau. Melco PBL Entertainment's development projects include the Crown Macau, which is targeted to open in the second quarter of 2007, and the City of Dreams, the first phase of which is targeted to open in late 2008. Its existing projects include the Mocha Clubs, which feature a total of approximately 1,000 gaming machines in six locations and comprise the largest non-casino based operations of electronic gaming machines in Macau. Melco PBL Entertainment has also entered into an agreement, subject to certain conditions, to acquire a third development site on the Macau peninsula. For more information about Melco PBL Entertainment, please visit http://www.melco-pbl.com.
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