Foundation Building Materials Announces Pricing Of Initial Public Offering At $14.00 Per Share

TUSTIN, Calif., Feb. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Foundation Building Materials, Inc. (the "Company") announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 12,800,000 shares of its common stock, all of which are being offered by the Company, at a price of $14.00 per share (before underwriting discounts and commissions). The Company's sole stockholder, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds, has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,920,000 shares of common stock at the initial public offering price. The shares will begin trading tomorrow on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FBM" and the offering is expected to close on February 15, 2017. 

Deutsche Bank Securities, Barclays and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering and representatives of the underwriters, and Citigroup is acting as a book-running manager for the offering. Baird is acting as lead manager for the offering and Raymond James, Stephens Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and William Blair are acting as co-managers. The offering of these securities is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering can be obtained from:

A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2017. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any 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 Foundation Building Materials

Foundation Building Materials is a specialty distributor of wallboard and suspended ceiling systems throughout the U.S. and Canada. Based in Tustin, California, the Company employs more than 3,400 people and operates more than 200 branches across the U.S. and Canada.

About Lone Star

Lone Star is a private equity firm that invests globally in real estate, equity, credit and other financial assets. Since the establishment of its first fund in 1995, Lone Star has organized seventeen private equity funds (the "Funds") with aggregate capital commitments totaling over $70 billion.  The limited partners of the Funds include corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments, foundations, fund of funds and high net worth individuals.

Forward‐Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "estimate", "plan", "outlook", and "project" and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on historical information available at the time the statements are made and are based on management's reasonable belief or expectations with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from the belief or expectations expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect future events, developments or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law. Investors are referred to the Company's registration statement for additional information regarding the risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.

Contact Information:

Investor Relations:
Foundation Building Materials, Inc.
657-900-3200
[email protected]

Media Relations: 
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher 
Jed Repko or Ed Trissel 
212-355-4449

SOURCE Foundation Building Materials, Inc.