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EDEN Bioscience Corporation
11816 North Creek Parkway North, Bothell, WA 98011 * (425) 806-7300
Business Description The Company is a plant technology company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing innovative natural products for agriculture.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  EDEN (NASNTL) Industry  Manufacturing (SIC 2879)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  7/7/00
Domestic Shares Offered  5,800,000 Offer Date  9/26/00
Foreign Shares Offered  0 Filing Range  $12.00 - $14.00
Company Shares  5,800,000 Offer Price  $15.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $1.050
Gross Proceeds  $87,000,000 Selling  $0.630
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  22,732,707 Employees  - -
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Merrill Lynch & Co. Lead Manager (212) 449-4600
George K. Baum & Company Co-manager (816) 283-5332
Ragen MacKenzie Incorporated Co-manager (206) 343-5000
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 3 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data 12/31/95 12/31/96 12/31/97 12/31/98 12/31/99 3/31/99 3/31/00
Revenues   0.242 0.220 0.183 0.121 0.115 0.015 0.000
Income from Oper.   -1.017 -1.819 -3.255 -6.909 -9.649 -2.113 -3.180
Net Income   -1.000 -1.747 -3.203 -6.936 -9.395 -2.017 -3.058
E.P.S   -0.570 -1.040 -1.900 -3.930 -5.230 -1.110 -1.110
Revenue Growth (%)      -9.09 -16.82 -33.88 -4.959   -100.00
Net Income Growth (%)      - - - -   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Cash Flow - Oper.     -7.84 -1.74 -3.18
Cash Flow - Inv.     -2.21 -0.63 -0.40
Cash Flow - Fin.     11.43 1.59 0.04
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 3/31/00 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    13.20 Current Assets    9.68 Current Ratio    4.71
Total Liab.    2.51 Current Liab.    2.06 Debt Ratio    19.03%
Total Equity    10.69 Working Cap.    7.63 Debt to Equity Ratio    0.23
Cash    9.56    Return on Assets   -
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to expand and enhance our manufacturing and research and development facilities, and the remainder for working capital and general corporate purposes, including expansion of sales and marketing capabilities for the commercialization of Messenger and for research and development activities.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Perkins Coie
Bank's Law Firm  Brown & Wood
Registrar/Transfer Agent  ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.
Auditor  Arthur Andersen
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Industry
Competition
The crop protection and treatment industry is highly competitive and is dominated by multinational chemical and pharmaceutical companies, including Novartis AG and AstraZeneca PLC (which plan to combine their agribusinesses as a new company, to be called Syngenta), Aventis S.A., Monsanto Company, BASF AG, Bayer AG, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company and The Dow Chemical Company. Many of these companies have substantially greater financial, technical, distribution and marketing resources than the Company does. Competition is based primarily on price and efficacy, which is generally measured by crop yield and overall cost of use to the grower. In addition, attracting and retaining qualified personnel, developing production and marketing expertise, developing proprietary products or processes and obtaining regulatory approvals on a timely basis are essential to establishing a competitive market position.
Business
Plan
The Company is focusing on the following key initiatives: (i) commercialize Messenger and future products based on our proprietary technology; (ii) promote the benefits of Messenger and our harpin and harpin-related technologies; (iii) continue to develop Messenger product extensions and new products that utilize natural plant defense and growth systems; (iv) control and protect our technology; and maintain control over product manufacturing.
Principal
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Britannia Holdings Limited 14.70  
Stephens Group, Inc. 14.40  
Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.

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