PPD Goes Public

PPD, Inc. (PPD) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 60 million shares of its common stock at $27.00 per share. Shares of PPD’s common stock are expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on Feb. 6, 2020, under the symbol “PPD,” and the offering is expected to close on Feb. 10, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. PPD has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 9 million shares of its common stock at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.

PPD intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem in full its 7.625%/8.375% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 and 7.75%/8.50% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022, in each case, plus redemption premium and accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

The offering is being made through an underwriting group led by Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, who are acting as lead bookrunning managers, BofA Securities, Credit Suisse, Jefferies, UBS Investment Bank, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Evercore ISI, HSBC and Mizuho Securities, who are acting as joint bookrunning managers, and Baird, William Blair and Drexel Hamilton, who are acting as co-managers.