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Premier Foods’s High‑Yield Senior Secured Debt Offering

March 17, 2014

Cravath represented Premier Foods Finance plc in connection with its 144A/Reg. S high‑yield offering of £325 million senior secured notes and £175 million senior secured floating rate notes, to be guaranteed by Premier Foods plc and certain of its subsidiaries. Premier Foods is one of the United Kingdom’s largest food producers. The notes were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on March 17, 2014.

The Cravath team included partner David Mercado, associate Margaret R. Markman and foreign associate attorney Christopher M. Hodges on corporate matters and partner Michael L. Schler and associate Jason A. Sacks on tax matters.

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David Mercado
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Corporate
Title
Retired Partner
Email
dmercado@cravath.com
Phone
+1-212-474-1756
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    Education

    • M.A., 2021, King's College London
    • J.D., 1984, Yale Law School
    • A.B., 1981, Columbia College
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    Michael L. Schler
    Title
    Tax
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    Retired Partner
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    mschler@cravath.com
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    +1-212-474-1999
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      Education

      • LL.M., 1979, New York University
      • J.D., 1973, Yale Law School
      • B.A., 1970, Harvard University
        magna cum laude

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