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Viasystems Group, Inc.
101 South Hanley Road, Suite 400, St. Louis, MO 63105 * (314) 727-2087
Business Description The company is a leading worldwide independent provider of electronics manufacturing services, or EMS.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  VG (NYSE) Industry  High-Tech (SIC 3672)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  1/10/00
Domestic Shares Offered  44,000,000 Offer Date  3/23/00
Foreign Shares Offered  0 Filing Range  $16.00 - $19.00
Company Shares  44,000,000 Offer Price  $21.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $1.155
Gross Proceeds  $924,000,000 Selling  $0.750
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  - - Employees  - -
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Lead Manager (212) 761-5900
Banc of America Securities LLC Co-manager (415) 627-2100
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Co-manager (212) 272-4850
Chase H&Q; Co-manager (415) 439-3626
CS First Boston Co-manager (212) 325-2000
Deutsch Banc Alex. Brown Co-manager (410) 727-1700
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Co-manager (212) 902-5959
Salomon Smith Barney Co-manager (212) 723-7300
Wit SoundView Co-manager  
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 9 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data       12/31/97 12/31/98 9/30/98 9/30/99
Revenues   - - - 0.795 1.032 0.767 0.790
Income from Oper.   - - - -0.239 0.015 0.004 -0.017
Net Income   - - - -0.327 -0.085 -0.061 -0.093
E.P.S   - - - - - - -
Revenue Growth (%)      - - - 29.755   3.02
Net Income Growth (%)      - - - -   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - 1.43 - 0.53
Net Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Cash Flow - Oper.     -0.04 -0.03 0.00
Cash Flow - Inv.     -0.28 -0.23 -0.39
Cash Flow - Fin.     0.30 0.24 0.40
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 9/30/99 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    1.79 Current Assets    0.45 Current Ratio    1.32
Total Liab.    1.77 Current Liab.    0.34 Debt Ratio    98.67%
Total Equity    0.02 Working Cap.    0.11 Debt to Equity Ratio    74.24
Cash    0.02    Return on Assets   -
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to fund the acquisition of the wire harness business and to repay a portion of our outstanding indebtedness.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Bank's Law Firm  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Auditor  Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLC
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Principal
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated 100.00  
Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.

Last updated: 5/29/00 12:57:26 AM
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