SEC-Registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S Bond Offerings

• PJSC LUKOIL on its issuance of $2.3 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S notes in two tranches: (i) $1.15 billion 2.80% 5-year notes due 2027 and (ii) $1.15 billion 3.60% 10-year notes due 2031 issued by LUKOIL Capital DAC (a wholly owned subsidiary of PJSC LUKOIL) and guaranteed by PJSC LUKOIL.
• The global coordinators and joint bookrunners in connection with a $2.6 billion offering of three tranches of USD, Euro and GBP 144A/Regulation S notes by Rolls-Royce plc (LON: RR).
• Reckitt Benckiser plc in connection with a £2.3 billion offering of Euro and GBP 144A/Regulation S notes (LON: RB).
• The managers in connection with an offering by Société Générale of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of undated deeply subordinated additional Tier 1 fixed-rate resettable callable notes.
• The joint bookrunners in connection with an offering by AEGON N.V. of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 5.50% fixed-to-floating subordinated notes due 2048, the first SEC-registered offering of subordinated notes structured to qualify as Tier 2 capital instruments under Solvency II (NYSE: AEG).
• The joint bookrunners in connection with the Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.15% notes due 2027 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.95% notes due 2047 by Airbus Group SE.
• The joint bookrunners and the co-managers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.500% notes due 2026 and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 4.750% notes due 2046 by LafargeHolcim Finance US LLC, each guaranteed by LafargeHolcim Ltd.
• The lead bookrunning managers and joint global coordinators in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $1 billion principal amount of notes by Yara International ASA.
• The joint book-running managers in connection with a debut Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.800% senior notes due 2047 by New England Power Company.
• The joint book-running managers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.150% senior notes due 2027 by Boston Gas Company.

Equity Offerings and Rights Offerings

• The dealers in connection with a placing of ordinary shares of ADNOC Distribution.
• TP ICAP plc in connection with a £315 million rights offering to finance the acquisition of Liquidnet (LON: TCAP).
• The dealers in connection with a $2.6 billion rights offering by Rolls-Royce plc (LON: RR).
• The joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners in connection with a placing of 59,541,498 ordinary shares of easyJet plc (LON: EZJ).
• Sirius Minerals on its $3.8 billion financing, which included a $825 million placing of ordinary shares (LON: SXX).
• The underwriters in an SEC-registered offering of 59.8 million shares of common stock of AK Steel Holding Corporation for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $263 million (NYSE: AKS).
• The representative of the underwriters in connection with the $181 million public offering of 4,025,000 shares of common stock of Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCE).
• The underwriter in connection with a $691 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 13,375,592 shares of Vantiv, Inc.’s Class A common stock by Fifth Third Bank (NYSE: VNTV).
• The joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners in connection with two capital increases (€50 million and €150 million) of Árima Real Estate SOCIMI S.A.

Liability Management

• VEON in relation to a scheme of arrangement to extend the maturity of its 5.95% notes due February 2023 and 7.25% notes due April 2023.
• The dealers in connection with various SEC-registered tender and exchange offers by Santander UK Group Holdings plc.
• Lloyds Bank in connection with various SEC-registered tender and exchange offers.
• The dealer managers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S exchange offer by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. of approximately $218 million of new 8.0% 1.5 lien senior secured notes due 2020 for certain of its outstanding 3.95% senior notes due 2018, 5.90% senior notes due March 2020, 4.80% senior notes due October 2020, 7.75% second-lien senior secured notes due 2020, 4.875% senior notes due 2021 and 6.25% senior notes due 2040.

Restructuring and M&A

• VEON on its proposed redomiciliation from Bermuda to the United Kingdom by way of a scheme of arrangement and $2.8 billion dual listing on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ.
• The ad hoc group of creditors on the financial and corporate restructuring of the Noble Group Limited.
• VEON in connection with certain aspects of its $2.2 billion disposal of its Russian subsidiary, PJSC VimpelCom.
• The Fortnenova Group on issues arising from the existence of sanctioned Russian debt and equity holders in its capital structure.

List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.