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Kite Realty Group Trust to acquire Retail Properties of America, Inc.

Announced Jul 19, 2021 · Closed Oct 22, 2021

Deal value$2.79BEV $3.94B
Premium13.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock$12.98 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG)
Target
Retail Properties of America, Inc. (RPAI)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$12.98
Enterprise value
$3.94B
Status
Closed Oct 22, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$107M · 3.8%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$70.0M · 2.5%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · Citigroup, KeyBanc Capital Markets, BofA Securities

Advisors

To the acquirer
BofA Securities
To the target
Citigroup
BofA Securities fee
$16.0M
Citigroup fee
$3.0M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
43 in the prior 24 months
Premium
13.0% vs. 42.7% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 21.6x
Break fee
3.8% vs. 3.7% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJul 19, 2021
  2. Proxy filedSep 14, 2021
  3. Definitive proxySep 14, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteOct 19, 2021
  5. ClosedOct 22, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparablesBofA Securities$15.00$17.75
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$15.00$16.75
Discounted cash flowBofA Securities$12.00$18.25
Discounted cash flowBofA Securities$14.25$21.00
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$20.25$24.25
Discounted cash flowCitigroup$12.95$16.76
Discounted cash flowCitigroup$19.06$24.82
Trading comparablesCitigroup$12.81$22.96
Trading comparablesCitigroup$12.34$22.06
Trading comparablesCitigroup$9.61$17.20
Offer $12.98

Implied value per Retail Properties of America, Inc. share by analysis, from BofA Securities and Citigroup · DCF discount rate 6.5%–8%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jul 19, 2021
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Jul 19, 2021
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Jul 19, 2021

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.