Young’s to buy City Pubs in £162m deal
Young & Co Brewery has agreed a deal to buy City Pubs for £162m.
Under the deal, Young’s will pay 108.75p in cash for each City Pubs share, as well as a small share swap. The total values City Pubs at 145p per share, or £162m.
The deal will allow Young’s to expand its managed trading estate by 50 pubs to 279, an increase of more than 20%.
Young & Co Brewery has agreed a deal to buy City Pubs for £162m.
Under the deal, Young’s will pay 108.75p in cash for each City Pubs share, as well as a small share swap. The total values City Pubs at 145p per share, or £162m.
The deal will allow Young’s to expand its managed trading estate by 50 pubs to 279, an increase of more than 20%.
It will also increase the number of premium bedrooms in the estate by 25%, adding 240 bedrooms to take the total to 1,065.
City Pubs holds a predominantly freehold portfolio of individual and well-invested pubs and bedrooms.
Young’s said it “presents an attractive opportunity for Young’s to drive future growth”.
City Pubs’ board has unanimously recommended the deal.
Young’s interim results, released today, showed pretax profit up 2.5% to £24.5m, on revenue up 5.4% to £196.5m.
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