Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers, led by bookrunning manager Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2027 by Darling Ingredients Inc. (“Darling Ingredients”).
Darling Ingredients intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to refinance its outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Senior Notes”).
Simpson Thacher also represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as the dealer manager in connection with Darling Ingredients’ offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 2022 Senior Notes. Darling Ingredients received tenders of and accepted for purchase $374 million of the total outstanding principal amount of the 2022 Senior Notes. The tender offer expired on April 2, 2019.
Darling Ingredients is a global developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, creating a wide range of ingredients and specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, technical, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer industries.
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