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Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc to acquire American Campus Communities Inc

Announced Apr 19, 2022 · Closed Aug 9, 2022

Deal value$12.80BEV $12.50B
Premium30.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA27.7x13.3x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$65.47 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc
Target
American Campus Communities Inc
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
$65.47
Enterprise value
$12.50B
Status
Closed Aug 9, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$278M · 2.2%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$832M · 6.5%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley

Advisors

To the acquirer
Wells Fargo, JPMorgan
To the target
BofA Securities, KeyBanc Capital Markets
BofA Securities fee
$56.3M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
76 in the prior 24 months
Premium
30.0% vs. 35.7% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
27.7x vs. 21.6x sector median
Break fee
2.2% vs. 3.6% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedApr 19, 2022
  2. Proxy filedMay 10, 2022
  3. Definitive proxyJun 16, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteAug 4, 2022
  5. ClosedAug 9, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$46.25$59.75
Trading comparables$47.25$62.25
Other analysis$44.50$58.00
Discounted cash flow$40.00$60.00
52-week trading range$43.29$58.66
Offer $65.47

Implied value per American Campus Communities Inc share by analysis, from BofA Securities.

Sources
  • 8-K · Apr 19, 2022

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.