Pactiv Evergreen’s Initial Public Offering and Reynolds Group’s Concurrent $1 Billion High‑Yield Senior Secured Notes Offering
October 16, 2020
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with Pactiv Evergreen’s $574.3 million initial public offering. Cravath also represented the initial purchasers in connection with a concurrent $1 billion 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior secured notes offering of Reynolds Group Issuer Inc. and Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, guaranteed by Pactiv Evergreen Inc. Pactiv Evergreen is the largest manufacturer and distributor by revenue of fresh foodservice and food merchandising products and fresh beverage cartons in North America. The initial public offering closed on September 21, 2020 and the high‑yield senior secured notes offering closed on October 1, 2020.
The Cravath team included partner Joseph D. Zavaglia and associates Douglas C. Dolan, Matthew L. Ploszek, Eugene Kim, Richard E. Schwartz, Samyel Lee and Nastassia Shcherbatsevich on capital markets matters, and partner Christopher K. Fargo, senior attorney Andrew Carlon and Cecily Xi on tax matters.
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