Dresser-Rand Prices IPO
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. has priced its initial public offering of 27,000,000 shares of common stock at $21.00 per share. All of the shares are being offered by Dresser-Rand Group Inc. The common stock will begin trading tomorrow on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "DRC."Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are serving as joint book-running managers of the offering. UBS Securities LLC is co-lead manager of the offering, and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc., Natexis Bleichroeder Inc., Simmons & Company International and Howard Weil Incorporated are co-managers of the offering. Dresser-Rand Group Inc. has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 4,050,000 shares at the public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any.
The public offering is being made by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from Morgan Stanley, Prospectus Department, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036 (tel. 212-761-6775) or Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11220 (tel. 718-765-6732).