Silvaco announces IPO pricing

SANTA CLARA, California, May 8, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Silvaco Group, Inc. (“Silvaco”), a provider of TCAD, EDA and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation, has today announced the pricing of its IPO. of 6,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $19.00 per share. All ordinary shares are offered by Silvaco. The aggregate gross proceeds from the offering to Silvaco are expected to be $114.0 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Silvaco. Silvaco’s common stock is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 9, 2024 under the symbol “SVCO.” The offering is expected to close on May 13, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. In addition, Silvaco has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 900,000 additional shares of Silvaco common stock from Silvaco at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

Silvaco currently intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital, sales and marketing activities, product research and development, general matters and administrative costs, repayment of unpaid debt and capital expenditures. Silvaco may elect to use a portion of the net proceeds to satisfy anticipated tax withholding and remittance obligations in connection with the settlement of certain equity compensation awards of Silvaco employees.

Jefferies and TD Cowen are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Needham & Company is acting as lead manager and Craig-Hallum Capital Group and Rosenblatt are acting as co-managers for the offering.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and was declared effective on May 8, 2024. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus, when available, may be obtained from: Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877) 821- 7388, or by email to [email protected]; or TD Securities (USA) LLC, 1 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017, by telephone at (855) 495-9846, or by email at [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, nor the solicitation of an offer to buy, 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.

About Silvaco

Silvaco is a provider of TCAD, EDA and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. Silvaco’s solutions are used for process and device development in the display, electrical appliance, automotive, memory, high-performance computing, photonics, Internet of Things markets. objects and 5G/6G mobile telephony for the design of complex SoCs. Silvaco is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has a global presence with offices located in North America, Europe, Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

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