Funko, Inc. Announces Filing of Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

EVERETT, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Funko, Inc. ("Funko”), a leading pop culture consumer products company, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. Funko has applied to list its Class A common stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “FNKO.”

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch are serving as joint lead book-running managers and as representatives of the underwriters for the proposed offering. Piper Jaffray and Jefferies are also acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering. Stifel, BMO Capital Markets, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey are acting as co-managers for the proposed offering.

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

• Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, via telephone: [phone], or via email: [e-mail]; or
• J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or via telephone: [phone]; or
• BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, or via email: [e-mail].

A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy these securities be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. 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.