Builders FirstSource, Inc. Announces Secondary Offering

DALLAS, May 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Builders FirstSource, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq:BLDR) today announced the commencement of a public offering of 13,263,266 shares of its common stock to be sold by Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P.  After completion of the offering, Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. will no longer own any shares of the Company’s common stock.

The Company is not offering any shares of common stock in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering. In addition, none of the Company’s officers or directors are selling any shares of common stock in the offering.

The underwriters propose to offer the shares of common stock from time to time to purchasers directly or through agents, or through brokers in brokerage transactions on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, or to dealers in negotiated transactions or in a combination of such methods of sale, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices, subject to their right to reject any order in whole or in part.

Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank Securities are the underwriters for the offering. The offering will be made pursuant to an existing effective registration statement, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement may also be obtained from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10010, telephone: (800) 221-1037 or email [email protected] or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, telephone: (800) 503-4611 or email [email protected].