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Arrangement of Financing for Beacon Roofing Supply’s Proposed Acquisition of Allied Building Products

August 24, 2017

On August 24, 2017, Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing and complementary building products in North America, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Allied Building Products Corp., one of the country’s largest exterior and interior building products distributors, from global diversified building products group CRH plc for $2.625 billion in cash. Cravath is representing Citi and Wells Fargo, as joint lead arrangers, in connection with the arrangement of $970 million of committed senior secured debt financing and $1.3 billion of committed unsecured debt financing, which will be used to fund the transaction and refinance certain existing indebtedness.

The Cravath team includes partners Stephen L. Burns and Joseph D. Zavaglia and associates Nicholas A. Dorsey, Ryan M. Farha and Eliza S. Marshall.

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Joseph D. Zavaglia
Title
Corporate
Title
Partner
Email
jzavaglia@cravath.com
Phone
+1-212-474-1724
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    Education

    • J.D., 2004, Brooklyn Law School
      Valedictorian, summa cum laude
    • B.B.A., 2001, College of Insurance
      cum laude

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    • New York
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    Nicholas A. Dorsey
    Title
    Corporate
    Title
    Partner
    Email
    ndorsey@cravath.com
    Phone
    +1-212-474-1764
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      Education

      • J.D., 2009, Cornell Law School
        Order of the Coif, summa cum laude
      • M.Acc., 2006, Case Western Reserve University
        summa cum laude
      • B.S., 2006, Case Western Reserve University
        summa cum laude

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      • New York
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      Stephen L. Burns
      Title
      Corporate
      Title
      Retired Partner
      Email
      sburns@cravath.com
      Phone
      +1-212-474-1146
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        Education

        • J.D., 1990, The University of Texas School of Law
          with Honors
        • B.B.A., 1987, University of Oklahoma
          with Distinction

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