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M&A · Industrials · Air Transportation, Scheduled

Alaska Air Group, Inc. to acquire Hawaiian Holdings Inc

Announced Dec 3, 2023 · Closed Sep 18, 2024

Deal value$1.90BEV $1.90B
Premium270.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—0.7x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$18.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK)
Target
Hawaiian Holdings Inc (HA)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$18.00
Enterprise value
$1.90B
Status
Closed Sep 18, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$39.5M · 2.1%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$100M · 5.3%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
BofA Securities, PJT Partners
To the target
Barclays
Barclays fee
$3.0M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
80 in the prior 24 months
Premium
270.0% vs. 47.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 10.8x
Break fee
2.1% vs. 2.9% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedDec 3, 2023
  2. Proxy filedDec 28, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyJan 9, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteFeb 16, 2024
  5. ClosedSep 18, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$5.00$12.00
Discounted cash flow$3.00$14.00
Analyst price targets$3.00$5.00
Offer $18.00

Implied value per Hawaiian Holdings Inc share by analysis, from Barclays.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Dec 4, 2023
  • DEFA14A · Dec 4, 2023

Adj. EBITDA is operating income + D&A + impairment, restructuring, deal costs and stock compensation, less any large gain on a sale, last twelve months, from the target's filings. Calculated by Castle, so it can differ from a bank's adjusted figure.

Prepared with Castle from public SEC EDGAR filings. Figures are extracted automatically; verify against the source documents. Not investment advice.