Latham & Watkins Advises Amphenol on US$7.5 Billion Senior Notes Offerings

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Amphenol Corporation in connection with the pricing and offering of senior notes totaling US$7.5 billion. Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) announced the pricing of the following offerings: US$500 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2027; US$750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2027; US$750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2028; US$1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2030; US$1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2033; US$1.6 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2036; and US$1.65 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2055. The floating rate notes will bear interest at a floating rate, reset quarterly, equal to Compounded SOFR plus 0.53% per annum. The fixed-rate notes bear interest as follows: the 2027 notes at 3.800% per annum, the 2028 notes at 3.900% per annum, the 2030 notes at 4.125% per annum, the 2033 notes at 4.400% per annum, the 2036 notes at 4.625% per annum and the 2055 notes at 5.300% per annum. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on November 10, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, borrowings under its three-year unsecured delayed draw term loan credit agreement and its 364-day unsecured delayed draw term loan credit agreement and/or borrowings under its US commercial paper program, to pay the cash consideration for its pending acquisition of CommScope Holding Company, Inc.’s Connectivity and Cable Solutions businesses — specifically the Data Center Connectivity Solutions business, the Broadband Communications business and the Building Connectivity Solutions business (the CCS Acquisition) — and to pay fees and expenses related to the CCS Acquisition. Latham & Watkins LLP represented Amphenol Corporation with a team composed by: partners Wes Holmes and Chuck Cassidy (Capital Markets), associates Concepcion Olivera and Wyatt Wisnosky, and with assistance from Lerato Cummings. Tax advice was provided by partner Rene de Vera with associate Sam Yang.

Latham & Watkins Advises Amphenol on US$7.5 Billion Senior Notes Offerings

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