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United Community Banks Inc to acquire Reliant Bancorp, Inc.

Announced Jul 14, 2021 · Closed Jan 3, 2022

Deal value$517M
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock$30.58 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
United Community Banks Inc (UCB)
Target
Reliant Bancorp, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$30.58
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Jan 3, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$18.4M · 3.6%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
D.A. Davidson, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler
To the target
Raymond James, Credit Suisse

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
42 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 42.7%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 21.6x
Break fee
3.6% vs. 3.7% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJul 14, 2021
  2. Proxy filedOct 25, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyOct 25, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteDec 8, 2021
  5. ClosedJan 3, 2022
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jul 15, 2021
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Jul 15, 2021
  • 425 · Jul 15, 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.