Michael J. Solecki (Mike)

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For more than 20 years, Mike Solecki has successfully advised clients on day-to-day disclosure obligations and corporate governance matters as well as multimillion dollar financings, earning him numerous BTI Client Service All-Star recognitions. He advises a diverse range of companies and financial institutions on corporate finance and corporate governance matters. His corporate finance practice includes public and private equity and debt offerings and restructurings, including Rule 144A offerings, tender offers, and exchange offers. He also regularly advises public companies on corporate governance, securities laws, stock exchange rules and regulations, and periodic reporting responsibilities.

Some of the companies Mike has recently worked with include ABM Industries, Avient, Cleveland-Cliffs, Conagra Brands, Diebold, GrafTech, Hertz, Lincoln Electric, Macy's, Marathon Petroleum, MPLX, Olympic Steel, Owens Corning, Park-Ohio, Root, Sherwin-Williams, SITE Centers, The Timken Company, TimkenSteel, TopBuild, TransDigm, TriMas, and Wesco. He also has represented financial institutions, including KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Mike serves on the board of directors of the Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity.

Experience

  • Olympic Steel amends its $625 million credit facilityJones Day represented Olympic Steel, Inc., a steel manufacturer focused on growth, geographic and customer diversity, and the value-added processing of flat-rolled metals and pipe and tube, in connection with an amendment and extension of its $625 million asset-based loan credit facility with Bank of America, N.A.
  • Gentex acquires VOXX InternationalJones Day advised Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX), a leading supplier of digital vision, connected car, dimmable glass and fire protection technologies, in its acquisition of VOXX International Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX), a worldwide leader in the automotive electronics and consumer electronics industries, in an all-cash transaction.
  • TriMas amends its $250 million credit facilityJones Day represented TriMas Corporation, a diversified manufacturer of engineering products that serve a variety of industrial, commercial, and consumer end markets worldwide, in connection with an amendment and extension of its $250 million revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  • Avient reprices its $721 million term loanJones Day represented Avient Corporation, a leading provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions, in connection with the $721 million term loan repricing under its term loan credit agreement with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent.
  • MPLX completes $2 billion public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented MPLX LP in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of Notes, including $1 billion of 5.400% Senior Notes due 2035 and $1 billion of 5.950% Senior Notes due 2055.
  • WESCO Distribution completes $800 million Senior Notes offeringJones Day represented WESCO International, Inc., a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, in connection with its $800 million Rule 144 A and Regulation S offering of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2033 by direct subsidiary WESCO Distribution, Inc.
  • Global producer of residential and commercial building materials establishes $1.5 billion commercial paper facility and $1.5 billion revolving credit facilityJones Day represented a global producer of residential and commercial building materials in connection with the establishment of a $1.5 billion commercial paper facility and a new $1.5 billion multicurrency revolving credit facility.
  • Sherwin-Williams acquires BASF’s Brazilian architectural paints businessJones Day is advising The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) in its acquisition of BASF’s Brazilian architectural paints business (“Suvinil”) for $1.15 billion in an all-cash transaction.
  • Marathon Petroleum completes $2 billion Senior Notes offeringJones Day represented Marathon Petroleum Corporation in connection with a SEC-registered offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of Notes, consisting of $1.1 billion of 5.150% Senior Notes due 2030 and $900 million of 5.700% Senior Notes due 2035.
  • Cleveland-Cliffs completes $850 million Senior Unsecured Notes offeringJones Day represented Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., the largest flat-rolled steel producer and manufacturer of iron ore pellets in North America, in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $850 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500% Senior Unsecured Guaranteed Notes due 2031.
  • Diebold Nixdorf completes $950 million Senior Secured Notes offering and obtains $310 million revolving credit facilityJones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (“Diebold”), a global market leader in providing mission-critical hardware, software, and services to global blue-chip banking and retail clients, in connection with various financing transactions, including (i) a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by Diebold of $950 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030, (ii) obtaining a new $310 million revolving credit facility, and (iii) a Dutch auction to repurchase all of the outstanding term loans under its existing term loan credit facility.
  • Polaris amends and extends its $1.9 billion credit facilityJones Day represented Polaris Inc., a leading global designer, engineer, manufacturer, and marketer of powersports vehicles, in connection with an amendment and extension to its senior credit facilities, which included a $400 million increase to its revolving credit facility, bringing the total size of the credit facilities to $1.9 billion.
  • U.S. Acute Care Solutions, LLC completes $200 million Senior Secured Notes offeringJones Day represented U.S. Acute Care Solutions, LLC (the "Company"), the nation's largest physician-owned and physician led provider of integrated acute care services, in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by the Company of an additional $200 million aggregate principal amount of 9.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the "Notes").
  • SITE Centers completes spin-off of Curbline Properties Corp.Jones Day advised SITE Centers (NYSE: SITC) in the spin-off of Curbline Properties Corp. (“Curbline”) as a separate publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CURB”.
  • Avient completes $650 million Senior Notes offeringJones Day represented Avient Corporation in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $650 million aggregate principal amount of 6.250% Senior Notes due 2031.
  • TransDigm completes $1.5 billion Senior Secured Notes offering and incurs $1.5 billion of new term loans under its term credit facilityJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”).
  • Lincoln Electric issues $550 million Senior Unsecured NotesJones Day represented Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. in connection with its private placement of $400 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Unsecured Notes with an additional $150 million issued on August 22, 2024.
  • KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.-led group of sales agents, forward sellers and forward purchasers establish at-the-market equity program for sale of up to $200 million of Common Stock by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.Jones Day represented a KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.-led group of sales agents and/or forward sellers and forward purchasers in connection with the establishment of an at-the-market equity program.
  • Sherwin-Williams completes $850 million public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented The Sherwin-Williams Company in connection with its underwritten public offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028 and $450 million aggregate principal amount of 4.800% Senior Notes due 2031.
  • Nordson Corporation increases revolving credit facility by $72.5 millionJones Day represented Nordson Corporation in connection with an amendment to increase the commitments of its revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as agent, by $72.5 million, bringing the total amount available under the facility to $922.5 million.
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    2024 Public Company Speaker Series

    January 17 - December 12, 2023 Firm Hosted

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    May 2023 White Paper

    SEC Adopts Final Rules Regarding Share Repurchases and Related Disclosures

    December 2022 Commentary

    SEC Adopts Final Rules Regarding Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Related Disclosures

    December 2022 Commentary

    SEC Updates Guidance on Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    November 2022 Alert

    SEC Adopts Final Dodd-Frank Act Clawback Rules

    November 2022 White Paper

    SEC Adopts Final Dodd-Frank Act Clawback Rules: An A-to-Z Explanation

    September 2022 White Paper

    SEC Adopts Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rules

    August 2022 Commentary

    SEC Adopts Mandatory Electronic Filing for Form 144

    March 2022 Commentary

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    January 17 - December 12, 2023 Firm Hosted

    Public Company Speaker Series

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      Public Company Speaker Series: 2023 SEC Rulemaking and Implications for Public Companies
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      Hot Topics In Executive Compensation and Related SEC (And Other) Developments: October Updates
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      Speaker Series: Recent SEC Rulemaking: Preparing for Significant New Climate, Cybersecurity, and Other Mandated Disclosures
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