Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by co-issuers AmeriGas Finance LLC and AmeriGas Finance Corp. of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% senior notes due 2020 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 7% senior notes due 2022. The notes were fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (AmeriGas). The proceeds of the offering will be used to finance AmeriGas’ acquisition of the retail propane business of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

The Firm represented the underwriters in two offerings by Target Corporation:  $1 billion principal amount of 2.900% Notes due 2022 in a public offering underwritten by an underwriting syndicate led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan; and $1.5 billion principal amount of Floating Rate Notes due 2013 in a public offering underwritten by Citigroup, Goldman, Sachs & Co., BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan.

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP advised BlueStar Energy Holdings Inc. in its acquisition by Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power. Based in Chicago, BlueStar Energy Holdings Inc. supplies electric power to more than 20,000 customers across six states and the District of Columbia via its independent supplier, BlueStar Energy Solutions.