On September 28, 2009, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) issued US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75 per cent notes due September 30, 2015 and US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875 per cent notes due March 30, 2020.
BofA Merrill Lynch, HSBC and RBC Capital Markets acted as joint book-running managers of the offering, while Scotia Capital, BMO Capital Markets, CIBC, Rabo Securities USA, Inc., TD Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Société Générale, Comerica Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley acted as co-managers.
PotashCorp was advised by Edward (Ward) Winslow, Andrew Farwig and David Shafer (capital markets) of Jones Day in Chicago; William J. Braithwaite, Adam J. Kline and Mike Devereux (corporate) of Stikeman Elliott LLP in Toronto; Nathan Boidman and Marie-Emmanuelle Vaillancourt (tax) of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP in Montréal; and Gary J. Gartner, Willys H. Schneider and David A. Sausen (tax) of Kaye Scholer LLP in New York.
The underwriters were represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP with a team including Christopher W. Morgan, Ryan J. Dzierniejko, Michael Acedo, Julie Breau and Sarah Ward (corporate); Eric Sensenbrenner and Aaron Feinberg (tax) and Henry Eisenberg (environmental).
BofA Merrill Lynch, HSBC and RBC Capital Markets acted as joint book-running managers of the offering, while Scotia Capital, BMO Capital Markets, CIBC, Rabo Securities USA, Inc., TD Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Société Générale, Comerica Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley acted as co-managers.
PotashCorp was advised by Edward (Ward) Winslow, Andrew Farwig and David Shafer (capital markets) of Jones Day in Chicago; William J. Braithwaite, Adam J. Kline and Mike Devereux (corporate) of Stikeman Elliott LLP in Toronto; Nathan Boidman and Marie-Emmanuelle Vaillancourt (tax) of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP in Montréal; and Gary J. Gartner, Willys H. Schneider and David A. Sausen (tax) of Kaye Scholer LLP in New York.
The underwriters were represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP with a team including Christopher W. Morgan, Ryan J. Dzierniejko, Michael Acedo, Julie Breau and Sarah Ward (corporate); Eric Sensenbrenner and Aaron Feinberg (tax) and Henry Eisenberg (environmental).
Lawyer(s)
Christopher W. Morgan
Adam J. Kline
William J. Braithwaite
Gary J. Gartner
Eric Sensenbrenner
Nathan Boidman
Firm(s)
Jones Day
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Kaye Scholer LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP