Marriott International announced today that it has acquired Starwood for $12.2 billion, creating the world’s largest hotel chain, bringing together such famous institutions as Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, W, Westin and Sheraton.
The boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the merger, under which the companies will operate or franchise more than 5, 500 hotels with 1.1 million rooms worldwide. The combined company’s pro forma fee revenue for the 12 months ended September 30, 2015 totals over $2.7 billion.
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“This is an opportunity to create value by combining the distribution and strengths of Marriott and Starwood, enhancing our competitiveness in a quickly evolving marketplace, ” said Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson.
Bruce Duncan, the Starwood Hotels & Resorts chairman of the board of directors, said that his board “concluded that a combination with Marriott provides the greatest long-term value for our shareholders and the strongest and most certain path forward for our company.”
Starwood shareholders will receive 0.92 shares of Marriott International, Class A common stock and $2.00 in cash for each share of Starwood common stock, a joint statement from the companies read.
The merger “has a current value of $72.08 per Starwood share, including the $2 cash per share consideration.”
Starwood shareholders will also receive about $7.80 per share from a transaction set to close prior to the Marriott-Starwood merger closing — the spin-off of the Starwood timeshare business and its merger with Interval Leisure Group, which has an estimated value of approximately $1.3 billion.
One-time transaction costs for the merger, to be incurred over the next two years, are expected to total between $100 and $150 million.
The U.S based Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the world’s largest hotel companies, it owns properties under its ten owned brands. The company was founded by Barry Sternlicht, Starwood Capital.
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