Aligned Data Centers, LLC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Odata S.A. from a group of shareholders on December 12, 2022. Aligned also entered into a definitive agreement to receive a structured minority investment in ODATA from funds managed by SDC Capital Partners. The transaction is being funded by Aligned alongside a preferred equity investment from funds managed by SDC. In addition, SMBC, MUFG (as co-structuring coordinators), Deutsche Bank, and Nomura acted as joint lead arrangers for the newly committed debt financing for this transaction. Ricardo Alário, Chief Executive Officer of ODATA and the team will join Aligned Data Centers. The transaction is expected to close in early 2023.The acquisition is subject to clearance from regulatory bodies in Brazil and abroad. Guggenheim Securities and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as financial advisors to Aligned. Gabriel Silva, Eamon Nolan, Robert Hughes, Francisco Morales Barron, Jason McIntosh, Natan Leyva Christopher Mangin, Patricia Adams, Hill Wellford and Evan Miller of Vinson & Elkins LLP is acting as legal advisor to Aligned. Thomas Greenberg, B. Chase Wink, Nazmiye Gokcebay and David Nagler of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is acting as legal advisor to SDC Capital Partners and Paul Hastings LLP is acting as legal advisor to the joint lead arrangers. Evercore and DH Capital are acting as financial advisors to Patria Investments and ODATA. Proskauer Rose LLP and Pinheiro Neto Advogados are acting as legal advisor to Patria Investments and ODATA. Cuatrecasas New York acted as legal advisor to Aligned Data Centers, LLC. Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, S.L.P. acted as legal advisor to Patria Investimentos Ltda. Thomas W. Greenberg, Nazmiye A. Gokcebay, David L. Nagler and B. Chase Wink of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as a legal advisor in the deal.

Aligned Data Centers, LLC completed the acquisition of Odata S.A. from a group of shareholders on May 22, 2023.