Palo Alto Networks Announces Partial Release of Lock-up Agreements with Certain Officers and Directors

Palo Alto Networks PANW announced Monday that Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., who were lead joint book-running managers for Palo Alto Networks' initial public offering in July 2012, are releasing a lock-up restriction with respect to certain shares of Palo Alto Networks' common stock held by certain officers and directors of Palo Alto Networks. The release will take effect concurrently with Palo Alto Networks' recently announced proposed secondary offering, and the shares may be sold only in connection with such offering. On October 5, 2012, the company filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for a proposed public offering of shares of its common stock. All of the shares to be sold in the offering will be sold by existing stockholders of the company. Palo Alto Networks will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares. The primary purposes of the offering are to facilitate an orderly distribution of shares and to increase the company's public float. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. will act as lead joint book-running managers for See full press release