M&A
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.85
Nicholas Financial to sell nearly all assets to Westlake for ~$65.6M ($9.00/book share)
OLD MARKET CAPITAL Corp
- Purchase price ~$65.6M for motor vehicle retail installment contracts and unsecured consumer loans; price subject to adjustment.
- Transaction equals approximately $9.00 book value per share; closing requires shareholder approval.
- Company will cease new originations; WPM to continue servicing until closing.
- After closing, company plans to explore strategic alternatives for proceeds and maximize deferred tax assets.
- Closing also contingent on settlement of existing litigation (Nicholas Financial v. Jeremiah Gross) reasonably satisfactory to Westlake.