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frontdoor, inc.’s Secondary Offering of Common Stock

April 01, 2019

Cravath represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the $502 million secondary offering of common stock of frontdoor, inc., the largest provider of home service plans in the United States. In connection with this offering, ServiceMaster completed a debt‑for‑equity exchange in which ServiceMaster exchanged all of the shares to be sold in the offering for indebtedness of ServiceMaster held by Chase Lincoln First Commercial Corporation, the selling stockholder. The shares were listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The transaction closed on March 27, 2019.

The Cravath team included partners Andrew J. Pitts and William V. Fogg and associates Karice D. Rhule, Nicolas R. Yamagata and Charles A. Dobb. Christopher M. Tierney also worked on this matter.

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Name
Andrew J. Pitts
Title
Corporate
Title
Partner
Email
apitts@cravath.com
Phone
+1-212-474-1620
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    Education

    • M.B.A., 1995, Boston University
      with High Honors
    • J.D., 1994, Boston University School of Law
      summa cum laude
    • B.A., 1988, Trinity College

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    • New York
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    William V. Fogg
    Title
    Corporate
    Title
    Retired Partner
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    wfogg@cravath.com
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    +1-212-474-1131
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      Education

      • J.D., 1991, Columbia Law School
        Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
      • A.B., 1988, Brown University
        magna cum laude

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