Rehovot, Israel
September 24, 2013
Evogene Ltd. (TASE: EVGN) today announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of its ordinary shares in the United States. The size of the offering has not yet been finalized. Evogene has applied to have its ordinary shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “EVGN.”
Credit Suisse Securities and Deutsche Bank Securities are the joint book-running managers for the proposed offering, and Oppenheimer & Co. and Piper Jaffray & Co. are the co-managers. A copy of the preliminary prospectus related to the offering may be obtained when available from either:
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Attention: Prospectus Department,
One Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10010;
or by phone at (800) 221-1037;
or by e-mail at: newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com
Deutsche Bank Securities,
Attention: Prospectus Group,
60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005-2836;
or by phone at 1-800-503-4611;
or by email at: prospectus.CPDG@db.com
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) but has not yet become effective. Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. 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 an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Evogene
Evogene is a plant genomics company, utilizing a proprietary integrated technology infrastructure to enhance seed traits underlying crop productivity. Evogene offers a complete solution for crop productivity improvement through biotechnology and advanced breeding using a unique technology infrastructure that is based on deep scientific understandings of plant genomics and proprietary computational capabilities. The Company has strategic collaborations with world-leading agricultural companies to develop improved seed traits in relation to yield and a-biotic stress (such as tolerance to drought), and biotic stress (such as resistance to disease), in key crops as corn, soybean, wheat and rice. In addition, Evogene has earlier stage operations in agriculture chemicals and seeds for second generation feedstock for biodiesel. Evogene’s headquarters are located in Rehovot, Israel and the Company is listed for trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: EVGN).
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