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Equity Commonwealth to acquire Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp

Announced May 4, 2021 · Terminated

Deal value$3.40B
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock$19.58 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Equity Commonwealth (EQC)
Target
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp (MNR)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$19.58
Enterprise value
—
Status
Terminated

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$62.0M · 1.8%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Goldman Sachs
To the target
JPMorgan, CS Capital Advisors

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
27 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 45.7%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 21.6x
Break fee
1.8% vs. 3.7% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMay 4, 2021
  2. Proxy filedJul 23, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyJul 23, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteAug 31, 2021
  5. Terminated—
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · May 5, 2021
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · May 5, 2021
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · May 5, 2021
  • 425 · May 5, 2021
  • DEFA14A · May 6, 2021
  • 425 · Jul 29, 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.