Ann M. Bomberger

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Ann Bomberger advises public and private companies on all aspects of their strategic transactions, with particular depth in cross-border deals, carve-out divestitures, joint ventures, and distressed M&A and corporate restructurings. Ann frequently counsels clients on sophisticated supply, distribution, licensing, and other commercial arrangements arising in connection with complex M&A transactions.

Ann represents clients across a diverse range of industries, including consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, health care, food and beverage, industrial products and services, electrical distribution, and financial services.

Ann's representative experience includes: Guess? co-founders' strategic partnership with Authentic Brands in a transaction valuing Guess? at $1.4 billion; numerous transactions for Procter & Gamble, including the $12.5 billion divestiture of 43 beauty brands to Coty (a reverse Morris Trust transaction), the $2.9 billion sale of its Duracell business to Berkshire Hathaway, the sale of P&G Argentina and related exclusive licensing and distribution agreement, the acquisition of VOOST Vitamins, the acquisition of This is L., and the formation (and later termination) of PGT Healthcare (a joint venture with Teva Pharmaceuticals); Sonepar's sale of its Vallen Distribution business to Nautic Partners and Sonepar's acquisitions of Echo Electric, Billows Electric, and NEDCO Supply; ABM's $1.25 billion acquisition of GCA Services Group and $830 million acquisition of Able Services; the combination of Cardinal Health's Outcomes™ business with Transaction Data Systems; and Block Communications' divestiture of television stations to Gray Media.

Ann is actively involved in recruiting, training, and mentoring initiatives and is a member of the Firm's training committee.

Experience

  • Guess? co-founders Maurice and Paul Marciano and CEO Carlos Alberini Partner with Authentic Brands Group to take Guess? privateJones Day advised the co-founders and Chief Executive Officer of Guess?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) in their strategic partnership with Authentic Brands Group LLC pursuant to which Authentic acquired 51% of substantially all Guess? intellectual property and all of the outstanding common stock of Guess? not owned by the rolling stockholders at $16.75 per share in an all-cash transaction that values Guess? at approximately $1.4 billion, including debt.
  • Sonepar acquires Echo Electric SupplyJones Day advised Sonepar in the acquisition of Echo Electric Supply, a wholesale electrical distributor ranked in the top 30 of Electrical Wholesaling’s 2024 North America distributors list and headquartered in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  • P&G signs exclusive agreement with NewsanJones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company in the exclusive licensing and distribution agreement with Newsan S.A. for the commercialization in Argentina of P&G’s Gillette, Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Downy, Vick, and Cebión brands (among others), as well as for the manufacturing and commercialization of Pampers diapers and Always pads.
  • Sonepar Group acquires Billows Electric SupplyJones Day represented Sonepar in the acquisition by its U.S. subsidiary, Cooper Electric, of Billows Electric Supply, an electrical distribution business operating 19 branch locations in the Philadelphia, South New Jersey, and Wilmington, Delaware, markets.
  • Cardinal Health merges its Outcomes™ business into Transaction Data SystemsJones Day advised Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) in connection with the combination of its Outcomes™ business to Transaction Data Systems, a portfolio company of BlackRock Long Term Private Capital and GTCR, in exchange for a minority stake in the combined entity.
  • Sonepar acquires NEDCO SupplyJones Day represented Sonepar, a global market leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical products, in its acquisition of NEDCO Supply, a full-line distributor of electrical products and services operating throughout southern Nevada.
  • Ansys acquires automotive simulation channel partner DYNAmoreJones Day represented Ansys, Inc. in the acquisition of the DYNAmore business ("DYNAmore"), a Stuttgart, Germany-headquartered company who has historically distributed Ansys' LS-DYNA crash test simulation software to virtually all major European car manufacturers.
  • Procter & Gamble sells its beauty brands to Coty for $12.5 billionThe Procter & Gamble Company ("P&G") has merged its 43 beauty brands ("RMT Brands") of global salon professional hair care and color, retail hair color, cosmetics, and fine fragrance businesses, along with select hair styling brands with Coty Inc. in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction for $12.5 billion.
  • LTL Management, a Johnson & Johnson affiliate, files for chapter 11 to equitably and permanently resolve all current and future talc-related claims against itJones Day represents LTL Management LLC in its chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed October 14, 2021 in the Western District of North Carolina.
  • NioCorp combines with GX Acquisition Corp. IIJones Day advised NioCorp Developments Ltd. (TSX: NB; OTCQX: NIOBF) in its business combination with GX Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: GXII), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition corporation.
  • Sonepar sells Vallen Distribution to Nautic PartnersJones Day represented the Sonepar Group – a Paris-headquartered global leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical products, solutions and related services – in the sale of Sonepar's subsidiary business, Vallen Distribution, to Nautic Partners, a middle-market private equity firm based in Rhode Island.
  • ABM acquires Able Services for $830 millionJones Day advised ABM Industries Incorporated in the acquisition of Able Services, a leading facilities services company headquartered in San Francisco, in a cash transaction valued at $830 million.
  • Procter & Gamble sells Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway for $2.9 billionJones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company ("P&G") in the sale of its Duracell personal power business to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for $2.9 billion.
  • EssilorLuxottica and CooperCompanies form joint ventureJones Day advised EssilorLuxottica in the formation of its joint venture, SightGlass Vision, with CooperCompanies for the commercialization of novel spectacle lens technologies to expand the myopia management category.
  • Procter & Gamble acquires VOOSTJones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company in its acquisition of VOOST Vitamins, Australia's leading effervescent supplements brand.
  • ABB acquires controlling interest in InCharge EnergyJones Day advised ABB Ltd. in the acquisition of a controlling interest in InCharge Energy from existing shareholders.
  • M&G debtors confirm chapter 11 plan of liquidation and close sale of Corpus Christi plant for $1 billionOn December 17, 2018, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware entered an order confirming the Third Amended Plan of Liquidation (the "Plan") of Jones Day client M&G USA Corporation and eight of its affiliates (the "M&G Debtors"), which prior to the chapter 11 filing, were, along with their affiliates in Mexico, Brazil and Europe, one of the largest producers of polyethylene terephthalate resin – used for packaging applications – in the world. On December 28, 2018, after receiving antitrust approval, the M&G Debtors closed the sale of their partially constructed manufacturing facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, (the "Corpus Christi Plant") with a deal value in excess of $1 billion.
  • Procter & Gamble acquires This is L.Jones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company in its acquisition of This is L., one of the fastest growing natural feminine care brands in the U.S.
  • Rex Energy successfully closes $600.5 million 363 asset sale and confirms plan of liquidation with releases and exculpation provisionsA multi-disciplinary Jones Day team represented Rex Energy Corporation in the negotiation of a Restructuring Support Agreement ("RSA") with its first and second lien creditors that formed the foundation for a successful chapter 11 process.
  • Parker-Hannifin acquires CLARCOR for $4.3 billionJones Day advised Parker-Hannifin Corporation in its $4.3 billion acquisition of filtration company CLARCOR Inc.
  • ABM acquires GCA Services Group for $1.25 billionJones Day advised ABM Industries, Inc. (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility solutions, in its acquisition of GCA Services Group, a leading provider of facility services in the education and commercial industries, from affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division for approximately $1.25 billion in cash and stock.
  • Owens Corning acquires Pittsburgh Corning for approximately $560 millionJones Day advised Owens Corning in its approximately $560 million acquisition of Pittsburgh Corning, the world’s leading producer of cellular glass insulation systems for commercial and industrial markets.
  • Nordson acquires Advanced Technologies business of Vention Medical for $705 millionJones Day advised Nordson Corporation in its $705 million acquisition of Vention Medical’s Advanced Technologies (Vention AT) business, a leading designer, developer, and manufacturer of minimally invasive interventional delivery devices, catheters, and advanced components for the global medical technology market.
  • Procter & Gamble sells bleach businessesJones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company ("P&G") in the sale of its central European, eastern European, and middle eastern bleach businesses.
  • Procter & Gamble and Teva Pharmaceutical form consumer health care partnershipJones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company in its agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to create a partnership in consumer health care by bringing together both companies' existing over the counter medicines and complementary capabilities to accelerate growth.
  • General Plastic Industrial acquires Katun Corporation from Monomoy Capital PartnersJones Day represented General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of Katun Corporation, a Minneapolis-based global provider of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, photoreceptors, and parts for copiers, printers, MFPs and other imaging equipment, from Monomoy Capital Partners.
  • Goodrich merges with industrial conglomerate United Technologies for $18.4 billionJones Day advised Goodrich Corporation in its $18.4 billion merger with United Technologies Corp., marking a major milestone for the company and strengthening its position in the commercial aerospace industry.
  • GE Healthcare and Roche enter partnership to develop integrated digital diagnostics platformJones Day advised GE Healthcare in its strategic partnership with Roche to develop an integrated digital diagnostics platform relating to oncology and critical care treatment.
  • Cardinal Health acquires rights to Lymphoseek® from Navidea BiopharmaceuticalsJones Day advised Cardinal Health in its acquisition of Navidea Biopharmaceuticals' rights to Lymphoseek® in North America for lymphatic mapping, lymph node biopsy, and the diagnosis of metastatic spread to lymph nodes for the staging of cancer.
  • Hyster-Yale sold PowerTap® hydrogen generator assets to OneH2Jones Day advised Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. in the sale by subsidiary, Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, of substantially all of its PowerTap® hydrogen generator assets, excluding related intellectual property, to OneH2, a hydrogen fuel company.
  • Monster acquires JobrJones Day advised Monster Worldwide, Inc. in its acquisition of Jobr, a mobile job discovery app.
  • DENKA buys Neoprene polychloroprene business of DuPont™Jones Day advised Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (DENKA) in the purchase of the Neoprene polychloroprene business of DuPont™ by Denka Performance Elastomer LLC, a joint venture company owned 70 percent by DENKA and 30 percent by Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
  • Hyster-Yale acquires Nuvera Fuel CellsJones Day advised Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. in the acquisition of Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc. by its operating company, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.
  • Market Basket Class A shareholders sell their majority interests to Class B shareholdersJones Day, together with Thomas Fitzpatrick of Davis Malm and Curtis Mallet, represented the majority owners of Demoulas Supermarkets Inc. in connection with the sale of their 50.5 percent ownership interests to the minority owners.
  • Gatemore Partners LP acquires Legacy Agency and TLA Worldwide Americas from TLA WorldwideJones Day represented Gatemore Partners LP in connection with the acquisition of the U.S. business of TLA Worldwide PLC, a sports marketing and athlete representation company, by a company owned and managed by Gatemore Partners LP.
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