Blue Coat, Inc. announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as lead joint book-running managers and as representatives of the underwriters for the offering. In addition, Jefferies, UBS Investment Bank, RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Cowen and Company, Pacific Crest Securities, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray and William Blair are acting as co-managers for the offering.

About Blue Coat, Inc.

Blue Coat, Inc. is a leading provider of advanced web security solutions for global enterprises and governments, protecting 15,000 organizations including over 70 percent of the Fortune Global 500. Through the Blue Coat Security Platform, Blue Coat unites network, security and cloud, protecting enterprises and their users from cyber threats – whether they are on the network, on the web, in the cloud or mobile. Blue Coat was acquired by Bain Capital in May 2015.