Simpson Thacher recently represented the underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS Securities LLC and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, in connection with a secondary offering by certain selling stockholders of SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (NYSE: SITE) (“SiteOne”) of 10,350,000 shares of common stock (including 1,350,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares) at a public offering price of $33 per share. The offering raised gross proceeds of approximately $342 million.
SiteOne is the largest and only national wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States and has a growing presence in Canada. Its customers are primarily residential and commercial landscape professionals who specialize in the design, installation and maintenance of lawns, gardens, golf courses and other outdoor spaces.
The Simpson Thacher team included John C. Ericson, Sung Bum Cho, Daniel Areshenko and Steven LoCascio (Capital Markets); Larry Moss and Jennifer Pepin (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Tim Mulvihill and Louise Kruger (Environmental); Jennie Getsin (FINRA/Blue Sky); Genevieve Dorment and Amber Harezlak (Intellectual Property); Joia Lee (Public Company Advisory Practice); and Jonathan Cantor, George Davis and Brian Mendick (Tax).