Boston, MA 09/12/2014 (wallstreetpr) – TriNet Group Inc (NYSE:TNET) announced the pricing of its 12,000,000 shares of common stock under its underwritten registered public offering. The offering is finalized at a price of $25.50 per share. The underwriters will have an additional period of 30 days to acquire an additional 1,800,000 shares of common stock from the stockholders who intends to sell it. The shares in offering belong to entities associated with General Atlantic LLC.
The details
TriNet Group Inc (NYSE:TNET) will not be eligible to receive any net proceeds from the public offering. The proceeds will be retained by participating shareholders. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, leading Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, the three firms will be the joint book-running managers and will also be the representatives of the underwriters. Stifel Financial Corporation, as well as William Blair & Company, L.L.C., be the co-managers in the offering. As expected, after the announcement from TriNet Group Inc (NYSE:TNET), the stock price closed in red. It is a normal trend of stocks to react negatively on secondary offering news.
The flashback
TriNet announced results for the second quarter 2014 earlier last month. It reported the sales revenue at $525 million, up 44% from a year earlier. The net service revenues came at $124.8 million, up 32% from the comparable period. The net income came at $6.2 million as compared to $4.3 million in 2Q2013. It accounts for earnings of $0.09 per diluted share as compared to $0.08 per diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA came at $39.4 million, up 38% year-over-year. Adjusted net earnings came higher at $0.24 per diluted share exceeding the street’s expectations by $0.02.
The future ahead
After posting strong second quarter results, TriNet Group Inc (NYSE:TNET) has posted gains of more than 8%. Also, it has posted gains of more than 40% since its March public offering. Hence, the timing of bringing the secondary offering at this time is justified. The correction in the stock price will create opportunities for investors who missed the rally after March offering.
