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M&A · Energy · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp to acquire Denbury Inc

Announced Jul 14, 2023 · Closed Nov 2, 2023

Deal value$4.90BEV $5.04B
Premium14.4%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA5.9x3.1x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll stock$100.35 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp (XOM)
Target
Denbury Inc
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$100.35
Enterprise value
$5.04B
Status
Closed Nov 2, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$144M · 2.9%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$144M · 2.9%
Go-shop
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Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
JPMorgan, PJT Partners
PJT Partners fee
$3.0M

Sector context · Energy

Comparable deals
34 in the prior 24 months
Premium
14.4% vs. 24.6% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
5.9x vs. 10.2x sector median
Break fee
2.9% vs. 2.9% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJul 14, 2023
  2. Proxy filedSep 29, 2023
  3. Definitive proxySep 29, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteOct 31, 2023
  5. ClosedNov 2, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Other analysisJPMorgan$46.50$66.25
Sum of the partsJPMorgan$56.75$93.25
Sum of the partsJPMorgan$62.25$101.00
Analyst price targetsJPMorgan$64.75$124.00
Trading comparables$40.90$62.41
Discounted cash flow$59.41$88.62
Discounted cash flow$63.26$93.66
Analyst price targets$64.87$124.40
Offer $100.35

Implied value per Denbury Inc share by analysis, from JPMorgan · DCF discount rate 8.75%–10.75%.

Sources
  • 8-K · Jul 14, 2023
  • 8-K/A · Jul 31, 2023
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Nov 1, 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.