Equinix bond offering, including $1.35 billion in inaugural green bonds
Davis Polk advised Equinix, Inc. on an SEC-registered offering of $1.85 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes. The offering consisted of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 1.000% senior green notes due 2025, $650 million aggregate principal amount of 1.550% senior green notes due 2028 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.950% senior notes due 2051. Equinix intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the green notes to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, new or existing eligible green projects.
Equinix connects enterprises and service providers directly to their customers and partners across the world’s most interconnected data center and interconnection platform in 55 strategic markets across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partners Alan F. Denenberg and Emily Roberts and associates Bryan M. Quinn, Ali DeGolia and Travis B. Mitchell. Partner Mario J. Verdolini and associate Tomislava Dragicevic provided tax advice. J. Taylor Arabian provided 1940 Act advice. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Northern California and New York offices.