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Julie Cohen
Director of Marketing and Communications
212.701.3614
jcohen@cahill.com

Cahill Represents Financing Sources in Acquisition Financing for Merger of Lawson and Infor

Date: 04/05/12

Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, RBC Capital Markets and KKR as joint book-running managers in the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $1,015,000,000 9.375% Senior Notes due 2010, and €250,000,000 10% Senior Notes due 2019 by Lawson Software, Inc., a manufacturer of enterprise resource planning software. The proceeds from the offering will be used to partially fund the pending merger of Infor and its affiliate Lawson Software, which was acquired by Golden Gate Capital in July, 2011.

Cahill also represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, RBC Capital Markets and KKR as lead arrangers in connection with the $3,320,000,000 credit facility, comprised of a $2,770,000,000 Tranche B Term loan, a $400,000,000 Tranche B-1 Term loan and a $150,000,000 revolving credit facility and a €250,000,000 Euro Term loan, also in connection with the pending merger of Lawson and Infor.

Julie Cohen
Director of Marketing and Communications
212.701.3614
jcohen@cahill.com