** Ultra Clean Holdings UCTT.O shares down 4.8% at $54.10
premarket after semiconductor equipment and testing co prices
follow-on
** Stock on course to fall for 4th straight session
** Co sells ~3.18 mln shares at $55, raises $175 mln
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** Offering prices at 3.2% discount to stock's Thurs close
** Co plans to use net offering proceeds for general corp
purposes, including for marketing, product development, capex
and potential acquisitions
** Needham sole bookrunner
** UCTT has ~40.6 mln shares outstanding for ~$2.3 bln
market cap, per Refinitiv data, and ~39.6 mln of free float
** Stock, up 82% YTD, notched record high close of $65.01 on
Mon
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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