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Published on 3/13/2012 in the Prospect News PIPE Daily.

OCZ greenshoe partially exercised in $109 million public stock sale

Credit Suisse, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, Piper Jaffray, Needham assist

By Devika Patel

Knoxville, Tenn., March 13 - OCZ Technology Group, Inc. said it settled a public offering of its common stock for about $109 million, which includes a partial exercise of the greenshoe option for about $8.5 million. The deal was announced on Feb. 1.

The company sold 13,013,991 common shares. Of the shares, 1,013,991 were part of the partially exercised greenshoe.

Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and Stifel Nicolaus Weisel were the joint bookrunning managers. Piper Jaffray & Co. and Needham & Co., LLC were the co-managers.

Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including debt repayment.

OCZ is a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based producer of computer memory and components.

Issuer:OCZ Technology Group, Inc.
Issue:Common shares
Amount:$109 million (approximate, including about $8.5 million greenshoe)
Shares:13,013,991
Warrants:No
Bookrunners:Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and Stifel Nicolaus Weisel
Announcement date:Feb. 1
Settlement date:March 13
Stock symbol:Nasdaq: OCZ
Stock price:$8.60 at close March 12
Market capitalization:$452.76 million

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