The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, as joint book-running managers, in connection with a public offering by Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated of 10,235,000 shares of its class A common stock (including shares of class A common that were sold pursuant to the underwriters' over-allotment option), which are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
The offering was made in conjunction with the decision by the Standard & Poor's Corporation to include RGA in the S&P MidCap 400 Index.
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated is one of the largest reinsurers in the world based on premiums and life reinsurance in force.
The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included, among others, Gary Horowitz, Grenfel Calheiros, Ishan Banerjee and Juan Naveira (Corporate), Steven DeLott (Insurance), Jonathan Cantor (Tax), Paula Han (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits) and Mark Lab (Blue Sky).