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Extra Space Storage Inc. to acquire Life Storage, Inc.

Announced Apr 3, 2023 · Closed Jul 20, 2023

Deal value$12.40BEV $15.79B
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA23.7x15.2x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll stock$145.82 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Extra Space Storage Inc. (EXR)
Target
Life Storage, Inc. (LSI)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$145.82
Enterprise value
$15.79B
Status
Closed Jul 20, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$761M · 6.1%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Citigroup, JPMorgan
To the target
Wells Fargo, BofA Securities
Citigroup fee
$18.0M
Wells Fargo fee
$59.0M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
85 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 29.4%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
23.7x vs. 21.7x sector median
Break fee
Sector median 3.6%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedApr 3, 2023
  2. Proxy filedJun 6, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyJun 6, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteJul 14, 2023
  5. ClosedJul 20, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flowCitigroup$115.56$151.73
Discounted cash flowCitigroup$136.67$178.20
Trading comparablesCitigroup$102.30$126.71
Trading comparablesCitigroup$101.72$132.32
Trading comparablesCitigroup$111.70$141.53
Discounted cash flowWells Fargo$131.54$147.09
Discounted cash flowWells Fargo$154.70$176.03
Discounted cash flowWells Fargo$165.72$188.79
Discounted cash flowWells Fargo$148.32$168.97
Offer $145.82

Implied value per Life Storage, Inc. share by analysis, from Citigroup and Wells Fargo.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Apr 3, 2023
  • 425 · Apr 3, 2023
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Apr 4, 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.