Stacie Aarestad focuses her practice on corporate and securities law matters, public company representation and merger and acquisition transactions. She represents issuers in a broad range of capital market transactions, including public and private offerings of debt and equity securities. She also advises companies with respect to tender offers, exchange offers, debt repurchases and stock buybacks. A significant portion of Stacie's practice includes counseling public company clients on their ongoing reporting obligations, corporate governance and related regulatory matters, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. She also regularly counsels clients with respect to Section 16 matters, insider trading regulations, executive compensation matters and various other matters affecting public companies and their officers and directors. Notable Experience Representation of: Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR) Offerings · $400,000,000 144A offing of 7 ?% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 in April 2010; · $350,000,000 144A offering of 9 3/4% Senior Notes due 2014 in March 2009 with follow-on exchange offer in September 2009; · $275 000,000 144A offering of 6 ?% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015-Series C in October 2007 with follow-on exchange offer in January 2008; · $216,000,000 144A offering of 6 ?% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015-Series B in August 2006 with follow-on exchange offer in December 2006; and · $400,000,000 144A offering of 6 ?% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 in August 2005 with follow-on exchange offer in December 2005. Tender Offers · Cash Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for all of Lamar's then outstanding 7 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 commenced in April 2010; · Tender Offer to eligible employees and directors to exchange certain outstanding options to purchase the Company's Class A common stock for a lesser number of new options commenced in June 2009; · Cash Tender Offers for all of Lamar's then outstanding 2 ?% Convertible Notes due 2010-Series B commenced in March and June 2009; and · Exchange Offer of a new series of 2 ?% Convertible Notes due 2010-Series B for all outstanding 2 ?% Convertible Notes due 2010 in July 2007. Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ: DYAX) Offerings · $63,537,500 underwritten public offering of common stock in March 2010; · $21,000,000 underwritten public offering of common stock in October 2009; · $17,250,000 underwritten public offering of common stock in June 2009; · $50,000,000 Committed Equity Financing Facility with Azimuth Opportunity Ltd. in October 2008 under which it may sell up to $50,000,000 of its common stock to Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd. over an 18-month period; and · $44,300,000 underwritten public offering of common stock in July 2007. Secured Loans · $65,000,000 loan agreement with Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners, L.P., consisting of a $50,000,000 Tranche A loan in August 2008 and a $15,000,000 Tranche B loan in March 2009, secured by Dyax's phage display Licensing and Funded Research Program; and · $30,000,000 royalty interest assignment agreement with Paul Capital Partners in August 2006. NewStar Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEWS) PIPE · $125,000,000 private placement with institutional investors including, Corsair Capital, Union Square Partners and Och-Ziff Capital Management, Swiss Re and SAB Capital that closed in two tranches in November 2007 and January 2008. Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications · Moderator, "From Surviving to Thriving: Navigating the Obstacles to a Successful Career," event sponsored by the New Lawyers Committee of the Women's Bar Association, Boston, Massachusetts, September 22, 2011. · "The Dodd-Frank Act - Executive Compensation & Corporate Governance Provisions," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, July 2010. · "Say on Pay - Not Just for TARP Recipients Anymore," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, September 2009. · Moderator, "Building Your Brand: The Art of Self Marketing," event sponsored by the Women's Bar Association's New Lawyers Committee, Boston, Massachusetts, September 26, 2007. News & Publications July 2010, Client Advisory - The Dodd-Frank Act - Executive Compensation & Corporate Governance Provisions September 2009, Client Advisory - Say on Pay - Not Just for TARP Recipients Anymore October 5, 2006, Client Advisory - Changes in Executive Compensation Reports on Form 8-K
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP December 31, 2005, Form 10-K and Proxy Statement Update
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP Events September 26, 2007, Boston, MA, Building Your Brand: The Art of Self Marketing Industries · Life Sciences · Healthcare Memberships · American Bar Association · Massachusetts Bar Association · Boston Bar Association |