Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 12 million shares of its common stock by certain of its stockholders. The Selling Stockholders also intend to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1.8 million common shares. Duckhorn will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the Selling Stockholders.
J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and Jefferies are acting as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. The proposed offering will be made only by means of a prospectus.
A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the proposed offering has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
In New York Stock Exchange trading, Duckhorn closed at $22.40, up 33 cents. Announcement of the secondary offering was made after trading closed at 4 p.m.