The Firm is representing the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) in connection with the Special Committee’s review of strategic alternatives available to the Company, including proposals from Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) to acquire the remaining shares of Clearwire that Sprint does not already own, which has resulted in an increased merger agreement from Sprint at $3.40 per share, or approximately $2.5 billion for such stake. The Firm is also representing the Special Committee in connection with the recent unsolicited tender offer by DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) to acquire all outstanding common shares of Clearwire at $4.40 per share, subject to certain conditions. The Firm is working with the Special Committee to evaluate the revised merger agreement from Sprint and the tender offer from DISH in order to determine the course of action that the Special Committee believes is in the best interests of Clearwire’s non-Sprint Class A stockholders.

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Simpson Thacher represented Builders FirstSource, Inc. (“Builders FirstSource”), a portfolio company of JLL Partners, Inc. and Warburg Pincus LLC, in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2021. Builders FirstSource used proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to (i) redeem its outstanding second priority senior secured floating rate notes due 2016, (ii) repay in full and terminate its existing credit facility and (iii) pay the related fees and expenses.

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Day Pitney is pleased to announced that James P. Carlon has rejoined the firm, as partner in the Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental department.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arranger, in connection with $105 million in senior secured credit facilities in favor of PGT, Inc., the nation’s leading manufacturer and supplier of residential impact-resistant windows and doors.

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