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M&A · Industrials · Hotels & Motels

Blackstone and Starwood Capital Group to acquire Extended Stay America, Inc.

Announced Mar 15, 2021 · Closed Jun 16, 2021

Deal value$6.00BEV $5.78B
Premium15.1%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA15.9x5.5x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$19.50 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Blackstone and Starwood Capital Group
Target
Extended Stay America, Inc.
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
$19.50
Enterprise value
$5.78B
Status
Closed Jun 16, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$300M · 5.0%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · JPMorgan, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs

Advisors

To the acquirer
JPMorgan, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank
To the target
Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
16 in the prior 24 months
Premium
15.1% vs. 27.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
15.9x vs. 9.4x sector median
Break fee
Sector median 2.4%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMar 15, 2021
  2. Proxy filedApr 13, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyApr 26, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteJun 11, 2021
  5. ClosedJun 16, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$15.26$22.47
52-week trading range$19.29$21.21
52-week trading range$19.76$25.47
Offer $19.50

Implied value per Extended Stay America, Inc. share by analysis, from Goldman Sachs · DCF discount rate 7%–8%.

Sources
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Mar 16, 2021
  • 8-K · Mar 16, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jun 2, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jun 16, 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.