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M&A · Industrials · Operative Builders

Sekisui House, Ltd. to acquire M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.

Announced Jan 18, 2024 · Closed Apr 19, 2024

Deal value$4.90BEV $4.82B
Premium19.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA9.1x0.8x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$63.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Sekisui House, Ltd.
Target
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (MDC)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$63.00
Enterprise value
$4.82B
Status
Closed Apr 19, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$147M · 3.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Moelis, MUFG, Morgan Stanley
To the target
Vestra Advisors
Vestra Advisors fee
$21.0M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
81 in the prior 24 months
Premium
19.0% vs. 47.1% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
9.1x vs. 10.8x sector median
Break fee
3.0% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJan 18, 2024
  2. Proxy filedFeb 23, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyMar 4, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteApr 2, 2024
  5. ClosedApr 19, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$50.35$59.05
Trading comparables$42.90$55.10
Precedent transactions$49.35$57.90
Discounted cash flow$55.10$66.55
Analyst price targets$49.00$57.00
Offer $63.00

Implied value per M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. share by analysis, from Vestra Advisors · DCF discount rate 11.7%–13.2%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jan 18, 2024
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Jan 18, 2024
  • 8-K · Jan 18, 2024
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Apr 19, 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.