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Issuer:     CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE (CHH)
CIK:        0001046311
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-257245
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Choice Hotels proposes to acquire Wyndham for $90/share, ~$7.8B equity value
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- Total equity value ~$7.8B (enterprise value ~$9.8B); consideration 55% cash / 45% stock.
- 26% premium to 30-day VWAP, 11% premium to 52-week high, 30% premium to latest close.
- Annual run-rate synergies of ~$150M; two Wyndham board seats planned.
- Previous offers increased from $80 to $85 to $90; Wyndham disengaged after six months of dialogue.
- Financing highly confident from two bulge bracket banks; no financing contingency.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000119312523257245/0001193125-23-257245-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000119312523257245/d512528d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-257245

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