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The Fresh Market IPO

November 08, 2010

The Fresh Market announced the pricing of an initial public offering of its common stock at $22.00 per share. Cravath represented The Fresh Market in this transaction. The offering will consist of 13,175,000 shares to be sold by stockholders of The Fresh Market. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,976,250 shares of common stock from the selling stockholders at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount. The Fresh Market common stock began trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on November 5, 2010, under the symbol “TFM.” The transaction closed on November 10, 2010.

The Cravath team included partner Craig F. Arcella and associates Eugene Y. Yoon and Bryan C. Friedman on corporate matters; partner Eric W. Hilfers and associates Lori Diamond Goodman and Michael J. Schobel on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner Andrew W. Needham and associate Annie Kim on tax matters; and partner Jeffrey A. Smith on environmental matters.

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Craig F. Arcella
Title
Corporate
Title
Partner
Email
carcella@cravath.com
Phone
+1-212-474-1024
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    Education

    • J.D., 1998, Columbia Law School
      Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
    • B.A., 1995, Duke University

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    • New York
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    Eric W. Hilfers
    Title
    Executive Compensation and Benefits
    Title
    Partner
    Email
    ehilfers@cravath.com
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    +1-212-474-1352
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      Education

      • J.D., 1998, University of Chicago Law School
        with Honors
      • A.B., 1995, Princeton University

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      • New York
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      Andrew W. Needham
      Title
      Tax
      Title
      Retired Partner
      Email
      aneedham@cravath.com
      Phone
      +1-212-474-9999
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        Education

        • M.B.A., 1992, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
        • LL.M., 1990, Georgetown University Law Center
        • J.D., 1986, Georgetown University Law Center
        • B.A., 1982, University of Arizona College of Law

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