Canada Goose Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (“Canada Goose” or the “Company”) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 20,000,000 subordinate voting shares, including 13,691,846 subordinate voting shares to be sold by the selling shareholders, at a price to the public of C$17.00 per share. In addition, the underwriters have been granted a 30 day option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 subordinate voting shares from the selling shareholders. The Company will use the net proceeds it receives to repay a portion of outstanding indebtedness and will not receive any proceeds from the subordinate voting shares sold by the selling shareholders.

The Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada has conditionally approved the listing of the subordinate voting shares and the New York Stock Exchange in the United States has approved the listing of the subordinate voting shares. The subordinate voting shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange and on the Toronto Stock Exchange on an “if, as and when issued basis” on March 16, 2017 under the ticker “GOOS”. The initial public offering is expected to close on March 21, 2017, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

CIBC Capital Markets, Credit Suisse, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and RBC Capital Markets are serving as joint book-running managers and as representatives of the underwriters for the proposed offering. BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, TD Securities and Wells Fargo Securities are also acting as joint book-running managers and Baird and Canaccord Genuity are acting as co-managers for the proposed offering.

The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the U.S. prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from any of the following sources:

• CIBC Capital Markets, 22 Front Street West, Mailroom, Toronto, ON, M5J 2W5, by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail]
• Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail]
• Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail]
• RBC Capital Markets, Attention: Simon Yeung, Distribution Centre, RBC Wellington Square, 8th Floor, 180 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5J 0C2, by telephone at [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail]

A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2017. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or 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.

The Company has obtained a receipt for a final base PREP prospectus filed with the securities commissions or similar securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada on March 15, 2017. A copy of the supplemented PREP prospectus containing pricing information and other important information relating to the subordinate voting shares may, when available, be obtained from the underwriters at the addresses set out above and will be available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com under the Company’s profile.

No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this press release.

About Canada Goose

Founded in a small warehouse in Toronto, Canada 60 years ago, Canada Goose has grown into a global outerwear brand. Canada Goose is a designer, manufacturer, distributor and retailer of premium outerwear for men, women and children. The Company’s jackets are sold in 36 countries around the world, including in two owned retail stores and four e-commerce stores.