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M&A · Industrials · Services-Management Services

Rentokil Initial plc to acquire Terminix Global Holdings Inc

Announced Dec 14, 2021 · Closed Oct 12, 2022

Deal value$6.70BEV $6.70B
Premium47.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA19.4x3.3x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationCash and stock

Transaction

Acquirer
Rentokil Initial plc
Target
Terminix Global Holdings Inc
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
$6.70B
Status
Closed Oct 12, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$200M · 3.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$150M · 2.2%
Go-shop
—
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Lazard
Lazard fee
$45.0M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
49 in the prior 24 months
Premium
47.0% vs. 39.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
19.4x vs. 11.6x sector median
Break fee
3.0% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedDec 14, 2021
  2. Proxy filedSep 7, 2022
  3. Definitive proxySep 7, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteOct 6, 2022
  5. ClosedOct 12, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$36.80$51.20
Precedent transactions$52.60$59.15
Discounted cash flow$42.90$56.35
Trading comparables$35.85$50.00
Discounted cash flow$32.95$43.55

Implied value per Terminix Global Holdings Inc share by analysis, from Lazard.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Dec 14, 2021
  • 8-K · Dec 14, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Oct 6, 2022
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Oct 6, 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.