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M&A · Industrials · Retail-Eating Places

Restaurant Brands International Inc. to acquire Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.

Announced Jan 16, 2024 · Closed May 16, 2024

Deal value$1.00BEV $1.00B
Premium13.4%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA6.9x
ConsiderationAll cash$9.55 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (QSR)
Target
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$9.55
Enterprise value
$1.00B
Status
Closed May 16, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$19.0M · 1.9%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · JPMorgan

Advisors

To the acquirer
JPMorgan
To the target
Jefferies
Jefferies fee
$1.0M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
79 in the prior 24 months
Premium
13.4% vs. 47.1% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
6.9x vs. 10.8x sector median
Break fee
1.9% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJan 16, 2024
  2. Proxy filedMar 4, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyApr 12, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteMay 15, 2024
  5. ClosedMay 16, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$7.80$10.00
Trading comparables$8.35$10.70
Discounted cash flow$6.10$10.35
Trading comparables$7.90$10.10
Trading comparables$8.45$10.80
Offer $9.55

Implied value per Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. share by analysis, from Jefferies.

Sources
  • 8-K · Jan 16, 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.