Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in connection with the offering by Equinix Europe 2 Financing Corporation LLC (the “Issuer”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Equinix, Inc. (the “Company”), of $750 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 5.500% Senior Notes due 2034, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company on an unsecured basis (the “Notes”).
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to fund the acquisition of additional properties or businesses, fund development opportunities, and to provide for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including but not limited to the refinancing of upcoming maturities and for repayment of existing borrowings.
The Company is the world’s digital infrastructure company. Digital leaders harness the Company’s trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. The Company enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.
The Simpson Thacher team included Dan Webb, Andy Roy, Laura Yang and Saakna Batbayar (Capital Markets); Russell Light and Michael Mann (Tax); Leah Malone and Emily Holland (ESG); and Andrew Pagliughi (Blue Sky).