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Windstream Holdings/EarthLink Holdings $1.1 billion merger

7/11/2016
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$ 1.1 billion

Announced

7/11/2016

Overview:

  • Windstream Holdings has undertaken a $1.1 billion all-stock merger with fellow telecommunications provider EarthLink Holdings.
  • The transaction value includes debt.
  • Barclays capital acted as financial adviser for Windstream.
  • Goldman Sachs advised Earthlink's board of directors.
  • The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2017.

Kurt Stumpo - Journalist

Jurisdiction:

United States

Deal type:

Merger

Practice area:

M&A

Governing law:

United States

Industry sector:

Technology and telecommunications

Firms:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Party: Goldman Sachs (Financial adviser)

Lawyer: James Langston

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

Party: EarthLink Holdings (Merger party)

Lawyers: Jeffrey Marell, Ross Fieldston

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Party: Windstream Holdings (Merger party)

Lawyers: Michael Zeidel, Steven Messina

Sullivan & Cromwell

Party: Barclays Capital (Financial adviser)

Lawyer: Stephen Kotran

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

Party: EarthLink Holdings (Merger party)

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