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PepsiCo’s $1.95 Billion Acquisition of poppi

March 17, 2025

On March 17, 2025, PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire poppi, a prebiotic soda brand, for $1.95 billion, including $300 million of anticipated cash tax benefits for a net purchase price of $1.65 billion. The transaction also includes an additional potential earnout consideration subject to the achievement of certain performance milestones within a specified period after closing of the transaction. Cravath is representing PepsiCo in connection with the transaction.

The Cravath team is led by partners Claudia J. Ricciardi and Alexander E. Greenberg and includes associates Chris Kim, Cierra Coury, Madison Burson and Debbie Park and foreign associate attorney Alberto Giavaldi on M&A matters; partners Andrew J. Pitts and C. Daniel Haaren and associates Kelsey L. Laabs and Nathaniel C. Pettit on capital markets matters; partner Stephen M. Kessing and associate Benjamin B. Deutsch on banking matters; partner Eric W. Hilfers, practice area attorney David Crampton and associates Oscar Porter and Matthew S. Johnson on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea and associate Matthew L. Ybarra on intellectual property matters; partner Matthew Morreale, senior attorney Annmarie M. Terraciano and associate Star S. Gulant on environmental matters; partners Margaret T. Segall and Jesse M. Weiss and of counsel Michael B. Singer on antitrust matters; partners Michael P. Addis and Justin C. Clarke and associate Jacob Buell Seeley on litigation matters; and senior attorney Joyce Law and practice area attorney Brian M. Budnick on real estate matters. Victoria Fang also worked on litigation matters.

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                                  On December 21, 2025, Clearwater Analytics (“CWAN”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired in a transaction valued at approximately $8.4 billion by a Permira and Warburg Pincus‑led Investor Group (the “Investor Group”), with participation from Temasek. The Investor Group has key support from Francisco Partners. The Special Committee of the CWAN Board of Directors unanimously recommended this transaction and the CWAN Board of Directors subsequently approved this transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, CWAN stockholders will receive $24.55 per share in cash upon completion of the proposed transaction. Cravath is representing the Special Committee of the CWAN Board of Directors in connection with the transaction.

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                                  On November 3, 2025, Kenvue Inc. (“Kenvue”), a global consumer health leader, and Kimberly‑Clark Corporation (“Kimberly‑Clark”), a global personal care leader, announced an agreement under which Kimberly‑Clark will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Kenvue common stock in a cash and stock transaction that values Kenvue at an enterprise value of approximately $48.7 billion, based on the closing price of Kimberly‑Clark common stock on October 31, 2025. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by each company’s Board of Directors, Kenvue shareholders will receive $3.50 per share in cash as well as 0.14625 Kimberly‑Clark shares for each Kenvue share held at closing. Upon closing of the transaction, current Kenvue shareholders are expected to own approximately 46% and current Kimberly‑Clark shareholders are expected to own approximately 54% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis. Cravath is representing Kenvue in connection with the transaction.

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                                  On September 30, 2025, Future Standard, a global alternative asset manager, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Digital Infrastructure platform of Post Road Group, an alternative investment advisory firm. The platform specializes in credit and structured equity investments across digital infrastructure assets, including data centers, fiber networks and cloud connectivity. Cravath is representing Future Standard in connection with the transaction.

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