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Issuer:     CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE (CHH)
CIK:        0001046311
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-263184
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Choice Hotels publicly urges Wyndham to negotiate on $90/share acquisition proposal
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- Choice calls on Wyndham board to engage in good faith discussions on $90 per share cash-and-stock offer (14.9x consensus 2023 EBITDA).
- Choices cites $150M synergy opportunity, expects >$2B in shareholder value creation from synergies.
- Pro forma combined company expected to generate ~$1B free cash flow in 2024, enabling rapid deleveraging.
- Choice management notes historical stock performance three times Wyndham's since its 2018 spin-off.
- Transaction deemed pro-competitive; franchisees expected to benefit from lower costs and enhanced rewards program.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000119312523263184/0001193125-23-263184-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000119312523263184/d566904d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-263184

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