June 26, 2014

The Michaels Companies, Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

IRVING, Texas, June 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michaels Companies, Inc. (the "Company") today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 27,777,778 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $17.00 per share. The shares will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and will trade under the ticker symbol "MIK" beginning on June 27, 2014. The Company is offering all 27,777,778 shares of common stock. In addition, certain selling shareholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 4,166,667 shares of common stock.

J.P. Morgan and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as joint book-running managers and as representatives of the underwriters in the offering. Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities are also acting as joint book-running managers of the offering, and Guggenheim Securities, Macquarie Capital, Nomura, Piper Jaffray, Raymond James, Stephens Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Ramirez & Co., Inc., Telsey Advisory Group and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. are acting as co-managers.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering will be made only by means of the written prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. Copies of the final prospectus, when available, may be obtained from:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions

1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717

Telephone: 1-866-803-9204

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038

Attn: Prospectus Department

Email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com



Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Attn: Prospectus Department

200 West Street, New York, NY 10282

Telephone: 866-471-2526

Email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Credit Suisse Prospectus Department

One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010

Telephone: 1-800-221-1037



Barclays Capital Inc.

c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions

1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717

Email: barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com

Telephone: (888) 603-5847

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

180 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014

Attention: Prospectus Department

Telephone: (866) 718-1649



Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Prospectus Group

60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005

Telephone: 800-503-4611

Email: prospectus.cpdg@db.com

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152

Attn: Equity Syndication Department

Telephone: 800-326-5897

Email: cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About The Michaels Companies, Inc.

The Michaels Companies, Inc. is North America's largest specialty retailer of arts and crafts. As of May 31, 2014, the Company owns and operates 1,145 Michaels stores in 49 states and Canada and 118 Aaron Brothers stores, and produces 11 exclusive private brands including Recollections®, Studio Decor®, Bead Landing®, Creatology®, Ashland®, Celebrate It®, Art Minds®, Artist's Loft®, Craft Smart®, Loops & Threads® and Imagin8®.

Investor:
ICR, Inc.
Farah Soi/Anne Rakunas
203.682.8200
Farah.Soi@icrinc.com/Anne.Rakunas@icrinc.com

or

Media:
ICR, Inc.
Michael Fox/Jessica Liddell
203.682.8200
Jessica.Liddell@icrinc.com

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