Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners to Buy CoreLogic
Posted on 02/10/2021
Days ago, CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, revealed that the company’s Board of Directors unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners will acquire all outstanding shares of CoreLogic for $80 per share in cash, representing an equity value of approximately $6.0 billion and a premium of 51% to CoreLogic’s unaffected share price on June 25, 2020.
The transaction will be financed through a combination of committed equity financing provided by funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners, as well as committed debt financing provided by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021 subject to shareholder approval, regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions.
Advisors
Evercore is serving as financial advisor to CoreLogic and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as the Company’s legal advisor. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as financial advisor to Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners. Kirkland & Ellis is serving as legal advisor to Stone Point Capital, and Willkie Farr and Gallagher is serving as legal advisor to Insight Partners.
