Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the underwriters, in connection with Edwards Group Limited’s $100 million initial public offering of 12,500,000 American depositary shares (ADSs), representing 12,500,000 ordinary shares of Edwards Group Limited. The ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “EVAC.”

Based in the United Kingdom, Edwards is a leading manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products and abatement systems and a leading provider of related value-added services for the manufacture of semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells and a leader in vacuum technology for industrial, pharmaceutical, chemical, scientific, process, glass coating and food packaging industries as well as a wide range of R&D applications.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Alan F. Denenberg and associates Peter E. Devlin, Xuelin (Steve) Wang and Livingston A. Miller. The tax team included partner Harry Ballan and associate Una Au. The environmental team included counsel Hayden S. Baker and associate Ona Oshen. Associate Randy Samson provided intellectual property advice. Counsel Marcie A. Goldstein provided FINRA advice. Joshua Sills and Sorina D. Lazar were the legal assistants on the transaction. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Menlo Park and New York offices.

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