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Alliance Boots GmbH to Walgreen Company

General RetailDrug & Health/Jun 2012
EV / LTM EBITDA
12.1x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$30.8B
Primary Source
Morgan Stanley

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to June 2012. 9 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
May 2012Cost Plus Inc.Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.$700M-12.7xStrategic
May 2012Charming Shoppes, Inc.Ascena Retail Group$800M-9.9xStrategic
Feb 2012Pep BoysThe Gores Group$1.0B-6.1xStrategic
Oct 201199 Cents Only StoresAres Management, Ares Management LLC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board--9.0xFinancial
Dec 2010Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.Leonard Green, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.$1.5B-7.3xFinancial
Nov 2010J.Crew Group, Inc.Leonard Green, TPG$2.7B-8.6xFinancial
Feb 2010Duane Reade, Inc.Walgreen Company$1.1B-11.4xStrategic
Aug 2009Barnes & Noble College BooksellersBarnes & Noble, Inc.--5.2xStrategic
Apr 2008CSK AutoO'Reilly Automotive$1.0B-8.8xStrategic
Mean-8.8x
Median-8.8x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionWBA FOMorgan Stanley2025$30.8B-12.1x-DrugstoresOpen
-fairness opinionWBA FOMorgan Stanley2025$30.8B-12.1x--Open
-fairness opinionFDO FOMorgan Stanley2014--6.7x-DrugstoresOpen