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M&A · Industrials · Retail-Eating Places

SPB Hospitality LLC to acquire J. Alexander's Holdings, Inc.

Announced Jul 2, 2021 · Closed Sep 30, 2021

Deal value$220MEV $210M
Premium14.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—1.1x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$14.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
SPB Hospitality LLC
Target
J. Alexander's Holdings, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$14.00
Enterprise value
$210M
Status
Closed Sep 30, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$7.8M · 3.5%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$10.0M · 4.5%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
JPMorgan
To the target
Piper Sandler

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
30 in the prior 24 months
Premium
14.0% vs. 33.5% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 10.6x
Break fee
3.5% vs. 2.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJul 2, 2021
  2. Proxy filedAug 9, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyAug 23, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteSep 28, 2021
  5. ClosedSep 30, 2021
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jul 2, 2021
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Jul 2, 2021
  • 8-K · Jul 6, 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.