Davis Polk advised IHS Inc., as issuer, and Conscientia Investment Limited, as selling stockholder, on the SEC-registered secondary offering by the selling stockholder of 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, for an aggregate price to public of $1 billion. Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as underwriter.
IHS, based in Englewood, Colorado, is the leading source of critical information, analytics and workflow tools in areas that shape today’s business landscape. IHS provides solutions that support customer workflows in strategy and analysis, energy technical, product engineering, supply chain, and EHS & Sustainability, and in customer industry sectors, including energy and natural resources, chemicals, technology, media and telecom, manufacturing, transportation, and government, defense and security.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Joseph A. Hall, associates Marcel Fausten, E. Ashley Harris and Connor Kuratek and law clerk Benjamin Milder. The tax team included partner Harry Ballan and counsel Gregory T. Hannibal. Counsel Catherine L. Martin provided 1940 Act advice. Rosemarie Melendez was the legal assistant on the transaction. All members of the Davis Polk team work in New York.
