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CAPITAL MARKETS Providing First-Class Advice on Capital Markets Transactions ROPES & GRAY CAPITAL MARKETS FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, organizations seeking jor investment banks throughout the world. Our capital markets financing have turned to Ropes & long history of advising on the full range of initial Gray. Today, we handle some of the largest and and follow-on offerings and private placements en- most complex capital markets financings for cor- ables us to manage the financing process efficient- porate issuers, leading private equity firms and ma- ly and effectively for our clients. WHAT WE DO We regularly advise on a number of WHO WE SERVE different types of capital markets Many of the largest and most well-known public and private companies, transactions, including: private equity funds and the world’s leading investment banks have come to rely on our counsel. Representative clients include: n First-time listings and initial public offerings n Acceleron Pharma Inc. n Iasis Healthcare Corporation n I nvestment-grade debt offerings n Affiliated Managers Group n IMS Health n H igh yield debt offerings and acquisition financing n Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. n Ironwood Pharmaceuticals n Private placements and Rule 144A/ n Bombardier Recreational n Liberty Global Regulation S offerings Products Inc. n LPL Financial Holdings n O ther exempt offerings, such as n Bright Horizons Family Solutions n MicroVision, Inc. bank securities and commercial n Cambrex paper financings n NetEase.com, Inc. n n S pin-off, split-off and carve-out Carter’s n Novavax, Inc. transactions n Domino’s Pizza n Planet Fitness n L iability management transactions, n Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. debt exchanges and debt restruc- n Samsonite International S.A. turings n Emcor Group, Inc. n Symmetry Medical Inc. n S tructured finance transactions n Eversource Energy n The Michael Companies such as asset-backed instruments, credit-linked instruments and CLOs n Keurig Green Mountain n The TJX Companies, Inc. n P rivatizations n Genocea Biosciences n TPG Capital n Trading, stabilization and other n GT Advanced Technologies n TransAct Technologies market activity n Hanover Insurance Group n Wright Medical “Their team is excellent. They know us and the markets, they understand sponsor concerns in particularly insightful ways, and they deliver excellent results.” —Client, Chambers USA CROSS-PRACTICE COLLABORATION Ropes & Gray attorneys focus on the most critical business needs of our clients, across a range of leading legal practices. Our collaborative approach means that our clients have ready access to the knowledge and experience of attorneys in all relevant practice areas. Intellectual Financing & Environmental FCPA Property Restructuring Labor & Employment/ Life Sciences M&A Executive Compensation Health Care Real Estate Private Equity Tax OUR TRACK RECORD EQUITY TRANSACTIONS DEBT TRANSACTIONS n IMS HEALTH n DUNKIN’ BRANDS Represented IMS Health, a provider of information, Represented Dunkin’ Brands, which operates a chain services and technology to the health care industry world- of coffee and baked goods restaurants, and ice cream wide, in its $1.5 billion IPO that was the fourth-largest specialty stores, in its $625 million and $2.3 billion high IPO for a U.S. company to price in 2014. yield 144A offerings. n MYOB GROUP n WILLIAM CARTER CO. Represented MYOB Group Limited, a provider of desk- Represented William Carter Co., an operator of chil- top and cloud business management software solutions to dren’s clothing stores, in its multiple $400 million senior businesses and accounting practices in Australia and New notes offerings. Zealand, in its A$883 million IPO listed on the Australia n MICHAELS STORES Stock Exchange, the largest Australian IPO of 2015. Represented Michaels Stores, Inc., owner and operator n PARTY CITY of the largest arts and crafts specialty store in the U.S., in Represented Party City, a party supply retailer, in its its $212 million, $200 million and $250 million senior $372 million IPO, valuing the largest U.S. party goods notes offerings, and its $800 million high yield offering. retailer at about $1.97 billion. n VIRGIN MEDIA n WAYFAIR LLC. Represented Liberty Global in the financing of its $24 Represented the lead underwriters in the $319 million IPO billion acquisition of Virgin Media. for Wayfair LLC, an online retailer of home furnishings. n J. CREW GROUP n SABRE CORPORATION Represented J. Crew Group, a specialty retailer and Represented the lead underwriters in the $627 million clothing distributor in the U.S., in its $400 million bond IPO for Sabre Corporation, a leading technology solu- offering and its $500 million Holdco senior PIK toggle tions provider to the global travel and tourism industry. notes offering. n HD SUPPLY HOLDINGS n TJX COMPANIES Represented the lead underwriters in the $957 million Represented TJX Companies in its $500 million and IPO for home products distributor HD Supply Holdings. $750 million senior unsecured notes offerings. ROPES & GRAY CAPITAL MARKETS GLOBAL REACH Ropes & Gray serves clients through a global network of offices in the world’s major centers of business, finance, technology and government. Across 17 time zones, more than 1,100 attorneys based in the United States, Europe and Asia collaborate seamlessly to provide clients with the high-quality representation and uncompromising, round-the-clock service that have made Ropes & Gray one of the world’s premier law firms. GLOBAL CONTACTS MARKET PERCEPTION n Chambers Paul Kinsella Ranked nationally in the U.S. for debt and Practice Group Leader equity, and in London for high yield products. Boston Two partners ranked in China. [email protected] +1 617 951 7921 n The Legal 500 Ranked nationally in the U.S., with five attorneys recommended, and in Hong Kong, with two attorneys recommended. Patrick O’Brien Practice Group Leader Boston n IFLR [email protected] Ranked nationally in the U.S. for debt and +1 617 951 7527 equity and recognized as a notable firm for high yield; ranked in the U.K. for high yield and in Hong Kong for equity. Paul Boltz n Bloomberg Global Capital Markets Legal Partner Advisory Rankings Hong Kong Ranked among the top 10 firms as U.S. equity [email protected] offering manager/issuer advisors, and among the +852 3664 6519 top 15 as global equity IPO issuer advisors. NEW YORK | WASHINGTON, D.C. | BOSTON | LONDON CHICAGO | SAN FRANCISCO | SILICON VALLEY HONG KONG | SEOUL | SHANGHAI | TOKYO ropesgray.com © 2015 Ropes & Gray LLP. All rights reserved. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Communicating with Ropes & Gray LLP or a Ropes & Gray lawyer does not create a client-lawyer relationship. 15-0473.