Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered follow-on offering of 10,925,000 ordinary shares of Fleetmatics Group PLC, of which 1,000,000 ordinary shares were issued and sold by the Company and 9,925,000 ordinary shares were sold by the selling shareholders, for an aggregate price to the public of $313.5 million. The shares include 1,425,000 ordinary shares purchased by the underwriters pursuant to an option provided by one selling shareholder.
Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, FleetMatics is a leading global provider of fleet management solutions delivered as software-as-a-service, or SaaS. As of March 31, 2013, FleetMatics had more than 19,000 customers who collectively deployed its solutions in over 356,000 vehicles worldwide.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Alan F. Denenberg and associates Zhimin Lin and Siyu Jiang. Partner Rachel D. Kleinberg and associate Catherine Paskoff Chang provided tax advice. Counsel Marcie A. Goldstein provided FINRA advice. Cassandra Aguirre was the legal assistant for the transaction. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Menlo Park and New York offices.
FleetMatics was advised by Goodwin Procter LLP as to U.S. law and Maples and Calder as to Irish law. The selling shareholders were advised by Goodwin Proctor LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as to U.S. law and Paget-Brown as to Cayman Islands law.
