Suntory Holdings to acquire Beam

摘要

Osaka, Japan-based Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Deerfield, Ill.-based Beam Inc. jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Suntory will acquire all outstanding shares of Beam for $83.50 a share. This translates to a total consideration of approximately $16 billion, including assumption of Beam's outstanding net debt. The transaction consideration represents a 25 percent premium to Beam's closing price of $66.97 on Jan. 10,2014; a 24 percent premium to the volume-weighted average share price during the last three months; and a multiple of more than 20 times Beam's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, 2013.