Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as initial purchaser in connection with a Rule 144A offering by NVIDIA Corporation of an aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion of its 1% convertible senior notes due 2018, which included $200 million aggregate principal amount of notes from the full exercise of the initial purchaser’s over-allotment option. In addition, Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as counterparty to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions in connection with the convertible notes offering.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, NVIDIA Corporation is a visual computing company, connecting people through the powerful medium of computer graphics.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Alan F. Denenberg, counsel Jeffrey Gould and associates Danielle Moore Burton and Sarah Ahmad. The Davis Polk equity derivatives team included partner John M. Brandow and associate Jonathan Armstrong. The tax team included partner Rachel D. Kleinberg and associate Joseph Pahl. Partner Frank J. Azzopardi and associate Dan Karmel provided intellectual property advice. Cassandra Aguirre was the legal assistant on the transaction. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Menlo Park and New York offices.
