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M&A · Industrials · Commercial Printing

Atlas Holdings LLC to acquire RR Donnelley & Sons Co

Announced Nov 3, 2021 · Terminated Dec 14, 2021

Deal value$2.10BEV $2.10B
Premium29.1%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA5.4x0.4x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$8.52 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Atlas Holdings LLC
Target
RR Donnelley & Sons Co (RRD)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$8.52
Enterprise value
$2.10B
Status
Terminated Dec 14, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
Go-shop
Financing
Committed · Wells Fargo, Jefferies

Advisors

To the acquirer
Macquarie
To the target
Centerview

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
43 in the prior 24 months
Premium
29.1% vs. 37.4% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
5.4x vs. 12.1x sector median
Break fee
Sector median 2.8%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedNov 3, 2021
  2. Proxy filedDec 3, 2021
  3. Definitive proxy—
  4. Shareholder vote—
  5. TerminatedDec 14, 2021
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Nov 3, 2021
  • DEFA14A · Nov 3, 2021
  • 8-K · Nov 4, 2021
  • DEFA14A · Nov 16, 2021
  • 8-K · Dec 10, 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.