Davis Polk – Rally Software Follow-On Offering

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with a $132.2 million offering of common stock of Rally Software Development Corp. at $24.75 per share, consisting of 250,000 shares of common stock offered by the company and 5,089,455 shares of common stock offered by the selling stockholders (including 729,058 shares in respect of the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares). The offering resulted in gross proceeds of $6.2 million to the company and $126.0 million to the selling stockholders. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Piper Jaffray & Co. acted as lead book-running managers and Needham & Company, LLC, JMP Securities LLC, William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Wunderlich Securities, Inc. acted as co-managers. Rally Software’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RALY.”

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McDermott Advises Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp. in $325 Million IPO

Thursday, August 1, 2013

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: EAGLU), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its initial public offering of 32,500,000 units, which closed on July 30, 2013. The units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of approximately $325 million. This is the largest amount raised in an IPO by a U.S. SPAC in over seven years. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as the sole book running manager and representative of the underwriters of the offering.

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Weil Advises Health Management Associates in $7.6B Sale to Community Health Systems

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

A Weil team led by Corporate Chairman Michael Aiello is advising Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA), which owns 71 hospitals in 15 states, in its $7.6 billion sale (including assumption of debt) to Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS), one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies in the US. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2014 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval and HMA stockholder approval.

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Allen & Overy Advises H.C. Starck on Tungsten Chemicals Joint Venture in Vietnam

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Allen & Overy is advising H.C. Starck, one of the largest companies in the global tungsten industry, on its joint venture (JV) with Nui Phao Mining Company (Nui Phao), a subsidiary of one of Vietnam’s largest private sector business groups, Masan Group Corporation (Masan Group), and developer of the largest known tungsten deposits outside of China.

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