Davis Polk advised Aetna Inc. on its registered offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 1.75% senior notes due 2017 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% senior notes due 2042. Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.1 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. 

The Davis Polk team, located in New York, consisted of Richard J. Sandler, Harry Ballan, Christopher R. Bornhorst, Kavita Paw, William A. Curran and Rosemarie Melendez.