Leidos Inc.’s Registered Notes Offering and Concurrent Cash Tender Offer
March 15, 2023
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $750 million registered notes offering of Leidos Inc., guaranteed by Leidos Holdings, Inc., a technology, engineering and science company that provides services and solutions in the defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. Cravath also represented the dealer managers in connection with Leidos, Inc.’s concurrent $500 million cash tender offer. The transactions closed on February 28, 2023.
The Cravath team included partner D. Scott Bennett and associates Courtney T. Seager, Jessica E. Sandor and Patricia L. Menges on capital markets matters; partner Arvind Ravichandran on tax matters; and partner Matthew Morreale on environmental matters. William Tong also worked on capital markets matters, Gregg M. Rader also worked on tax matters, and Star S. Gulant also worked on environmental matters.
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