OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. (“OneConnect” or the “Company”) (NYSE: OCFT), a leading technology-as-a-service platform for financial institutions in China, today announced that it filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to a follow-on public offering (the “Offering”) of 16,500,000 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each represents three ordinary shares of the Company. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,475,000 additional ADSs from the Company.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Offering for enhancement of its platform and technology capabilities, international expansion and strategic investments and general corporate purposes.
Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are acting as joint bookrunners for the Offering.
The Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
The Offering will be made only by means of a prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. A copy of the preliminary prospectus relating to the Offering may be obtained, when available, by contacting: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, via telephone: 866-471-2526, or via facsimile: 212-902-9316, or via email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014, via telephone: 1-917-606-8487, or via email: prospectus@morganstanley.com.
This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the securities of the Company described herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or 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.
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