Petco Holdings’s High-Yield Senior Debt Offering
October 10, 2012
Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities, Credit Suisse, Goldman, Sachs & Co., BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the US$550 million 144A/Reg. S high-yield senior debt offering of Petco Holdings, Inc. Petco is a leading specialty retailer of premium pet food, supplies, services and companion animals in the United States. The transaction closed on October 10, 2012.
The Cravath team included partner Stephen L. Burns and associates R. Kirkie Maswoswe and Casey L. McDonald on corporate matters and partner Michael L. Schler and associate Jennifer L. Sabin on tax matters.
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