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Highgate and Cerberus Capital Management to acquire CorePoint Lodging Inc.

Announced Nov 8, 2021 · Closed Mar 3, 2022

Deal value$1.50BEV $1.28B
Premium42.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA21.3x2.8x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$15.65 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Highgate and Cerberus Capital Management
Target
CorePoint Lodging Inc. (CPLG)
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
$15.65
Enterprise value
$1.28B
Status
Closed Mar 3, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$29.0M · 1.9%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$58.0M · 3.9%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · Deutsche Bank

Advisors

To the acquirer
Deutsche Bank
To the target
JPMorgan
JPMorgan fee
$23.6M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
61 in the prior 24 months
Premium
42.0% vs. 32.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
21.3x vs. 21.6x sector median
Break fee
1.9% vs. 3.6% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedNov 8, 2021
  2. Proxy filedDec 17, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyJan 14, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteMar 1, 2022
  5. ClosedMar 3, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$6.75$10.00
Offer $15.65

Implied value per CorePoint Lodging Inc. share by analysis, from JPMorgan · DCF discount rate 9.5%–10.5%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Nov 8, 2021
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Nov 8, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Mar 1, 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.