Bombardier $750 million senior notes offering
The investment-grade senior notes are due 2031
Davis Polk advised the representative of the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A / Regulation S offering by Bombardier Inc. of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior notes due 2031.
Bombardier designs, develops, manufactures and markets the Global and Challenger families of business jets and adapts various aircraft platforms for specialized use such as surveillance and reconnaissance, medical evacuations and dignitary transport. Headquartered in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Bombardier is present in more than 14 countries including its production/engineering sites and its customer support network. It supports a worldwide fleet of approximately 5,000 aircraft in service with a wide variety of multinational corporations, charter and fractional ownership providers, governments and private individuals.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Byron B. Rooney, counsel Michael Stromquist and associates Tomisin Ogunsanya and Andrew Masaru Orita. Senior counsel Michael Farber and associates Justin Corvino and Michelle Zhao provided tax advice. The environmental team included counsel David A. Zilberberg and associate Timothy J. Sullivan. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York office.