UL Solutions Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering

NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UL Solutions Inc. (“UL Solutions”) today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 33,800,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $28.00 per share. The offering consists entirely of secondary shares to be sold by UL Standards & Engagement, a nonprofit organization that is currently the sole stockholder of UL Solutions. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 5,070,000 shares of Class A common stock from UL Standards & Engagement. UL Solutions is not offering any shares of its Class A common stock in the proposed offering and will not receive any proceeds from the proposed sale of the shares.

The shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on April 12, 2024 under the ticker symbol “ULS.” The offering is expected to close on April 16, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan (in alphabetical order) are acting as lead managing bookrunners with BofA Securities acting as a managing bookrunner. Citigroup, Jefferies and UBS Investment Bank are acting as additional bookrunners for the proposed offering. Baird, Raymond James, Stifel, Wells Fargo Securities, William Blair, AmeriVet Securities, Bancroft Capital, Cabrera Capital Markets LLC, Loop Capital Markets and R. Seelaus & Co., LLC are acting as co-managers for the proposed offering.

The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, via telephone: [phone], via fax: [phone], or via email: [e-mail] and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail].

A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the offering of these securities was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2024. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy 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 these securities, 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.

About UL Solutions

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future.