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ACLARA BioSciences, Inc.
1288 Pear Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043 * (650) 210-1200
Business Description The company believes that it is the only microfluidics, or lab-on-a-chip, company with access to the wide range of technology and intellectual property required to broadly address the genomics and pharmaceutical drug screening markets.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  ACLA (NASNTL) Industry  Manufacturing (SIC 3826)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  1/20/00
Domestic Shares Offered  9,000,000 Offer Date  3/20/00
Foreign Shares Offered  0 Filing Range  $16.00 - $18.00
Company Shares  9,000,000 Offer Price  $21.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $1.470
Gross Proceeds  $189,000,000 Selling  $0.880
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  31,100,000 Employees  - -
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Deutsch Banc Alex. Brown Lead Manager (410) 727-1700
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Co-manager (612) 342-6220
Warburg Dillon Read LLC Co-manager (203) 719-3000
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   12/31/95 12/31/96 12/31/97 12/31/98 9/30/98 9/30/99
Revenues   - 0.193 1.324 2.649 1.353 0.882 2.080
Income from Oper.   - -0.486 -0.978 -2.000 -5.392 -4.023 -5.114
Net Income   - -0.455 -0.956 -1.998 -5.522 -4.069 -4.930
E.P.S   - - - - - - -
Revenue Growth (%)      - 586.01 100.08 -48.924   135.83
Net Income Growth (%)      - - - -   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Cash Flow - Oper.     -4.84 -3.84 -3.53
Cash Flow - Inv.     -0.04 0.01 -7.70
Cash Flow - Fin.     6.39 6.44 17.35
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 9/30/99 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    17.27 Current Assets    11.64 Current Ratio    5.19
Total Liab.    35.93 Current Liab.    2.24 Debt Ratio    207.99%
Total Equity    -18.65 Working Cap.    9.40 Debt to Equity Ratio    -
Cash    7.86    Return on Assets   -
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for research and development activities, for process development, for financing possible acquisitions and investments in technology as well as for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Latham & Watkins
Bank's Law Firm  Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Registrar/Transfer Agent  ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.
Auditor  Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLC
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Principal
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Entities affiliated with Ampersand Ventures 19.50  
PE Corporation 11.30  
Entities affiliated with Alta Partners 10.00  
Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation 9.80  
Entities affiliated with CMEA Ventures 8.20  
Burrill & Company 7.50  
Asea Brown Boveri, Inc. 5.60  
Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.

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