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M&A · Energy · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas

Baytex Energy Corp. to acquire Ranger Oil Corp

Announced Feb 28, 2023 · Closed Jun 20, 2023

Deal value—
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationCash and stock

Transaction

Acquirer
Baytex Energy Corp. (BTE)
Target
Ranger Oil Corp
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Jun 20, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$60.0M
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$95.0M
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · CIBC, RBC Capital Markets

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
BofA Securities, Wells Fargo
BofA Securities fee
$18.0M

Sector context · Energy

Comparable deals
37 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 27.3%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 12.6x
Break fee
Sector median 2.8%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedFeb 28, 2023
  2. Proxy filedMay 18, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyMay 18, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteJun 20, 2023
  5. ClosedJun 20, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$31.54$51.11
Precedent transactions$33.85$53.42
Discounted cash flow$1.93$2.17
Discounted cash flow$30.92$38.25
Discounted cash flow$32.85$40.42

Implied value per Ranger Oil Corp share by analysis, from BofA Securities · DCF discount rate 10.6%–12.9%.

Sources
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Feb 28, 2023
  • 8-K · Feb 28, 2023

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.