November 6, 2015
Proceeds from the offering will be used to finance FIS’s pending acquisition of SunGard.
On October 20, Willkie client Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) completed a public offering of $4.5 billion of debt securities, consisting of $750 million of three-year notes, $1.75 billion of five-year notes, $500 million of seven-year notes and $1.5 billion of ten-year notes. Proceeds from the offering will be used to finance FIS’s pending acquisition of SunGard, a Delaware corporation based in Wayne, PA, that provides software and services to financial institutions. The underwriters for the offering were led by Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo and Credit Agricole.
The deal was handled by partner Robert Rachofsky and associates Howard Block, Samantha Palmer and Tristan Freeman.
