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M&A · Industrials · Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. to acquire McGrath Rentcorp

Announced Jan 29, 2024 · Terminated Sep 18, 2024

Deal value$3.80BEV $3.80B
Premium10.1%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA12.3x4.6x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationCash and stock$123.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (WSC)
Target
McGrath Rentcorp (MGRC)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$123.00
Enterprise value
$3.80B
Status
Terminated Sep 18, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$120M · 3.2%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$180M · 4.7%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
BofA Securities
To the target
Goldman Sachs

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
82 in the prior 24 months
Premium
10.1% vs. 45.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
12.3x vs. 10.8x sector median
Break fee
3.2% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJan 29, 2024
  2. Proxy filedJun 10, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyJun 10, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteJul 11, 2024
  5. TerminatedSep 18, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$100.00$127.00
Discounted cash flow$125.00$142.00
Future share price$107.00$128.00
Future share price$128.00$140.00
Precedent transactions$84.00$117.00
Offer $123.00

Implied value per McGrath Rentcorp share by analysis, from Goldman Sachs · DCF discount rate 8%–9%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jan 29, 2024
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Jan 29, 2024
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Jan 29, 2024
  • 8-K · Jan 29, 2024

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.