Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint bookrunners of a registered public offering by Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. of 48,300,000 shares of Kodiak’s common stock (which included the full exercise of the over-allotment option). The net proceeds from the offering totaled approximately $356 million. Kodiak intends to use the net proceeds from its common stock offering, together with other sources of liquidity, to finance a previously announced acquisition of oil and gas properties, to repay all of the outstanding debt under its existing credit facilities, to fund capital expenditures for drilling, development and infrastructure and for general corporate purposes, including financing the potential acquisition of other oil and gas properties.

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.5% senior notes due 2022 by Windstream Corporation.