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M&A · Financials · Real Estate Investment Trusts

Realty Income Corp to acquire VEREIT, Inc.

Announced Apr 29, 2021 · Closed Nov 1, 2021

Deal value$15.00BEV $16.47B
Premium17.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA21.7x14.2x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll stock$48.36 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Realty Income Corp (O)
Target
VEREIT, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$48.36
Enterprise value
$16.47B
Status
Closed Nov 1, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$365M · 2.4%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$838M · 5.6%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Moelis, Wells Fargo
To the target
JPMorgan
Moelis fee
$19.0M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
26 in the prior 24 months
Premium
17.0% vs. 48.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
21.7x vs. 21.5x sector median
Break fee
2.4% vs. 3.7% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedApr 29, 2021
  2. Proxy filedJun 29, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyJun 29, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteAug 12, 2021
  5. ClosedNov 1, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$40.37$52.31
Discounted cash flow$59.57$78.28
Trading comparables$62.81$71.49
Trading comparables$57.53$69.59
Trading comparables$39.50$56.95
Offer $48.36

Implied value per VEREIT, Inc. share by analysis, from Moelis.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Apr 29, 2021
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Apr 29, 2021
  • 425 · Apr 29, 2021
  • 425 · Apr 29, 2021
  • 425 · Apr 29, 2021
  • 425 · Apr 29, 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.