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M&A · Industrials · Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick

Quikrete Holdings, Inc. to acquire Forterra, Inc.

Announced Feb 22, 2021 · Closed Mar 21, 2022

Deal value$2.74BEV $2.50B
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA10.5x1.6x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$24.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Quikrete Holdings, Inc.
Target
Forterra, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$24.00
Enterprise value
$2.50B
Status
Closed Mar 21, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$50.0M · 1.8%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$85.0M · 3.1%
Go-shop
—
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Goldman Sachs
To the target
Citigroup

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
13 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 22.5%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
10.5x vs. 9.7x sector median
Break fee
1.8% vs. 2.4% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedFeb 22, 2021
  2. ClosedMar 18, 2022
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Feb 22, 2021
  • 8-K · Feb 22, 2021
  • 8-K · Dec 1, 2021
  • 8-K · Dec 16, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Mar 21, 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.