Tech Data $1 Billion Senior Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Tech Data Corporation of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.700% senior notes due 2022 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.950% senior notes due 2027. Tech Data intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to partially finance its acquisition of the technology solutions business of Avnet, Inc.
Tech Data is one of the world’s largest wholesale distributors of technology products. Tech Data serves as a link in the technology supply chain by bringing products from the world’s leading technology vendors to market, as well as providing Tech Data’s customers with advanced logistics capabilities and value-added services.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partners Deanna L. Kirkpatrick and Derek Dostal and associates Ferrell Maguire Keel and Evan Leitner. Partner Michael Mollerus and associate Andrew Imber provided tax advice. The environmental team included counsel Loyti Cheng and associate Michael Comstock. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York office.