Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, of $600 million principal amount of its 3.2% senior notes due 2017. The notes were fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the parent, Bunge Limited, a Bermuda company.
Bunge Limited is a leading global agribusiness and food company with approximately 35,000 employees in more than 30 countries. Bunge buys, sells, stores and transports oilseeds and grains to serve customers worldwide; processes oilseeds to make protein meal for animal feed and edible oil products for commercial customers and consumers; produces sugar and ethanol from sugarcane; mills wheat and corn to make ingredients used by food companies and sells fertilizer in North and South America. Founded in 1818, the company is headquartered in White Plains, New York.
The Davis Polk capital markets team included partner Manuel Garciadiaz and associates Yasin Keshvargar and Denise Yablonovich. The Davis Polk tax team included partner Harry Ballan and law clerk Paul McLaughlin. Inés Velasco was the legal assistant on the transaction. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York and São Paulo offices.
