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Brightline’s Acquisition of XpressWest

September 18, 2018

On September 18, 2018, Brightline, the nation’s only privately owned, operated and maintained express intercity passenger rail system, announced that it has agreed to acquire XpressWest, a high‑speed passenger rail project with rights to develop a federally approved corridor connecting Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. This project would be only the second privately funded express intercity passenger rail in the United States, following Brightline’s Florida rail corridor. Cravath is representing Brightline, a portfolio company of Fortress Investment Group LLC, in connection with the transaction.

The Cravath team includes associates Matthew G. Jones, Matthew L. Ploszek, Robert C. Warshaw and Quinn Wetherall on M&A matters; partners Andrew W. Needham and Christopher K. Fargo, senior attorney Andrew Carlon and associates Damien J. Rose and Andrew L. Mandelbaum on tax matters; partner Matthew Morreale on environmental matters; senior attorney M. C. Tania Balthazaar on executive compensation and benefits matters; and practice area attorney Brian M. Budnick on real estate matters.

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          On May 15, 2025, the boards of Greencore Group plc (“Greencore”), a leading manufacturer of convenience foods in the UK, and Bakkavor Group Plc (“Bakkavor”), a leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, announced that they have agreed the terms of a recommended acquisition of Bakkavor by Greencore at a base consideration which values each Bakkavor share at 200 pence, which implies Bakkavor’s entire issued and to be issued share capital is valued at approximately £1.2 billion. Under the terms of the transaction, Bakkavor shareholders will be entitled to (for each Bakkavor share): 0.604 new Greencore shares, 85 pence in cash and one contingent value right. Cravath is representing Greencore as U.S. counsel in connection with the transaction.

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          TaskUs’s Take‑Private Acquisition by its Co‑Founders and Blackstone

          On May 9, 2025, TaskUs, Inc. (“TaskUs”), a leading provider of outsourced digital services and next‑generation customer experience to companies, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to become a privately held company. Under the terms of the agreement, an affiliate of Blackstone, TaskUs Co‑Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bryce Maddock and TaskUs Co‑Founder and President Jaspar Weir (collectively the “Buyer Group”) will acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock they do not already own for $16.50 per share in an all-cash transaction. Upon completion of the transaction, the Company’s Class A common stock will no longer be listed on any public market. The TaskUs Board of Directors has approved the transaction upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee of independent directors (the “Special Committee”), which was formed on March 20, 2025, in response to interest expressed by the Buyer Group in exploring a possible transaction. Cravath is representing the Special Committee in connection with the transaction.

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