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Hartree Partners to acquire Sprague Resources LP

Announced Jun 2, 2022 · Closed Nov 1, 2022

Deal value—
Premium27.3%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll cash

Transaction

Acquirer
Hartree Partners
Target
Sprague Resources LP (SRLP)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Nov 1, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$5.0M
Go-shop
—
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Jefferies
Jefferies fee
$1.5M

Sector context · Energy

Comparable deals
33 in the prior 24 months
Premium
27.3% vs. 27.5% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 12.2x
Break fee
Sector median 2.8%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJun 2, 2022
  2. Proxy filedJul 7, 2022
  3. Definitive proxyAug 4, 2022
  4. Shareholder vote—
  5. ClosedNov 1, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$13.42$19.81
Trading comparables$17.73$24.80

Implied value per Sprague Resources LP share by analysis, from Jefferies.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jun 2, 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.