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First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Davis Polk Advises Campbell Soup on Its Acquisition of Plum Organics

Davis Polk is advising Campbell Soup Company on its acquisition of Plum Organics, Inc. The closing of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, is expected in Campbell’s fiscal fourth quarter of 2013. ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Campbell Soup Company, Acquisition

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Davis Polk Advises China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd on Its $1.1 billion Initial Public Offering

Davis Polk advised China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd (“China Galaxy Securities”) in connection with its initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and an international offering in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S. The gross ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 22 2013]

Entities: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, China, IPOs, Hong Kong

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Pike Electric Corp

Pike Electric Corporation Secondary Offering

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Pike Electric Corporation ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 22 2013]

Entities: Pike Electric Corp, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Common Shares, Stocks, Underwriter

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Cubic Corporation Secondary Offering

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, in connection with the $106 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 2,315,000 shares of Cubic Corporation’s common ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 22 2013]

Entities: Cubic Corporation, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Common Shares, Michael Crowley

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Merck & Co Inc

Merck & Co., Inc. $6.5 Billion Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with the offering of $6.5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 22 2013]

Entities: Merck & Co Inc, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Tranche

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

AES Corporation

Davis Polk Advises The AES Corporation on Its $250 million Senior Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised The AES Corporation in an SEC-registered offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2023, a reopening of an offering of $500 million of such notes in April of this year. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC was ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 22 2013]

Entities: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, AES Corporation, Andrew Rowe, Arlington (Virginia, United States), Paralegal

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Shutterfly Inc

Shutterfly, Inc. $300 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A offering by Shutterfly, Inc. of an aggregate principal amount of $300 million of its 0.25% convertible ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 22 2013]

Entities: Shutterfly Inc, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Jeffrey Hamilton, Morgan Stanley & Co, Rachel D

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Two Davis Polk Deals Named “Deals of the Year” by Airfinance Journal

Airfinance Journal named two Davis Polk deals among its “2012 Deals of the Year” at an awards ceremony on April 22, 2013, in New York.The magazine awarded “M&A Deal of the Year” to Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company’s $1.3 billion acquisition of Jackson ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 21 2013]

Entities: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co Ltd, FedEx Corporation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

CII Asks SEC to Require Broadridge to Provide Vote Tallies to Proponents

The Council of Institutional Investors is urging the SEC to take action in response to news reports that Broadridge will discontinue its practice of providing voting tallies to proponents of shareholder proposals. It is unclear whether many were even ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 21 2013]

Entities: Council of Institutional Investors, Monopoly, Encumbrance

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

U.K. Takeover Panel Response to Consultation – May 2013

, the Code Committee of the U.K. Takeover Panel (the “Panel”) published its response statement 2012/3 following a consultation on proposals to amend the rules for determining the companies that are subject to the U.K. Takeover Code (the “Code”) (read ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 21 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, Takeover Panel, New York Stock Exchange, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Three Social Proposals Win Majority Support at One Company

The events at CF Industries' annual meeting last week set several records for shareholder proposals. All four shareholder proposals on its ballot passed. That alone is fairly unusual, but three of them were focused on social issues.A proposal seeking ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 21 2013]

Entities: Declassification, Glass Lewis & Co, CF Industries Holdings Inc

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Davis Polk Advises Warner Chilcott on Its Acquisition by Actavis

Davis Polk is advising Warner Chilcott plc in connection with its approximately $8.5 billion acquisition by Actavis, Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2013.Warner Chilcott is a specialty pharmaceutical ... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 20 2013]

Entities: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Warner Chilcott plc, Actavis

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According to several news outlets, Chairman White declared during her testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday that "no one is working on a proposed rule in response to questions about whether the SEC will require companies to disclose political contributions. The Chairman indicated that the SEC's review of the rulemaking petition soliciting this disclosure is "not completed.""

Chairman White Speaks on Political Spending and Cybersecurity Disclosure [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 20 2013]

... The case will now be decided in the U S District Court for the District of Columbia, where the petitioners had also filed suit "out of an abundance of caution.”"

Recent Court Decisions on Challenges to Resource Extraction and Shareholder Proposal Rules [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - Apr 30 2013]

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Cubic Corporation Secondary Offering [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 22 2013]
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CII Asks SEC to Require Broadridge to Provide V... [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 21 2013]
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Statoil $3 Billion Notes Offering [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 20 2013]
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Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock Offering [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 15 2013]
Capitol Acquisition Corp. II IPO [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 15 2013]
Considerations for Rule 10b5-1 Plans [Published Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - May 15 2013]