Taylor Morrison To Acquire AV Homes In Cash & Stock Deal Valued At $963 Mln

(RTTNews) - Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (TMHC) and AV Homes, Inc. (AVHI) announced a definitive agreement pursuant to which Taylor Morrison will acquire all of the outstanding shares of AV Homes common stock at $21.50 per share in a cash and stock transaction valued (including outstanding AV Homes debt) at approximately $963 million.

AV Homes stockholders will have the option to receive, at their election, consideration per share equal to (i) $21.50 in cash, (ii) 0.9793 shares of Taylor Morrison Class A common stock or (iii) the combination of $12.64 in cash and 0.4034 shares of Taylor Morrison Class A common stock, subject to an overall proration of approximately 60% cash and 40% stock. On a pro forma basis, AV Homes stockholders are expected to own up to approximately 10% of the combined company.

TPG Capital, the holder of approximately 40% of AV Homes common stock, has agreed to vote all of its shares of AV Homes common stock in favor of the transaction.