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M&A · Industrials · Retail-Eating Places

Jack in the Box Inc to acquire Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.

Announced Dec 6, 2021 · Closed Mar 8, 2022

Deal value$575MEV $557M
Premium66.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA9.2x1.1x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$12.51 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Jack in the Box Inc (JACK)
Target
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. (TACO)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$12.51
Enterprise value
$557M
Status
Closed Mar 8, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$14.2M · 2.5%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$28.4M · 4.9%
Go-shop
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Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Piper Sandler

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
46 in the prior 24 months
Premium
66.0% vs. 38.4% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
9.2x vs. 11.9x sector median
Break fee
2.5% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedDec 6, 2021
  2. Proxy filedJan 4, 2022
  3. Definitive proxyJan 28, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteMar 7, 2022
  5. ClosedMar 8, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$6.22$14.00
Trading comparables$5.47$12.04
Precedent transactions$4.73$25.97
Discounted cash flow$9.08$14.74
Premiums paid$7.76$17.04
Offer $12.51

Implied value per Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. share by analysis · DCF discount rate 9.3%–14.3%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Dec 6, 2021
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Dec 6, 2021
  • 8-K/A (EX-99.1) · Dec 7, 2021
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Dec 7, 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.