Ply Gem Holdings’s IPO
May 29, 2013
Cravath represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities, Credit Suisse, Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS Investment Bank and Deutsche Bank Securities, in connection with the US$332 million initial public offering of common stock of Ply Gem Holdings, Inc., a leading manufacturer of exterior building products in North America. Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. is a portfolio company of private equity sponsor CI Capital Partners LLC. The shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on May 29, 2013.
The Cravath team included partners Stephen L. Burns and William J. Whelan and associates R. Kirkie Maswoswe and Heather A. Benjamin on corporate matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II and associate Stephen R. Severo on tax matters; associate Amy C. Benford on executive compensation and benefits matters; and senior attorney Annmarie M. Terraciano on environmental matters.
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