Vistry Group PLC – Annual report – 31 December 2019
Industry: real estate
5.13 Business combinations
On 3 January 2020, the Group acquired the Linden and Partnerships and Regeneration businesses from Galliford Try plc for consideration of c. £1,400m. This acquisition will position the Group as a top five national housebuilder by volume, expand the Group’s presence across the UK and into Yorkshire and establish the Group as one of the leaders in the highly attractive, high-growth partnerships business.
Linden Homes is a top UK housebuilder, and Vistry Partnerships is a market leading partnerships business. The combination of these businesses with the existing Vistry business will create the capacity to deliver more than 14,000 new units per year over the medium term, deliver an enhanced customer proposition, enhance the Group’s geographical footprint, realise synergies and strengthen the senior management team.
The acquisition was of the entire share capital and control of the holding companies Goldfinch (Jersey) Limited and Galliford Try Partneships Ltd. and all of their trading subsidiaries.
The c.£1,400.0m consideration for the Linden and Partnerships and Regeneration businesses includes cash of c.£400m, the novation of a £100m term loan, and 63,739,385 consideration shares with a fair value of £13.42 per share at the date of acquisition, totalling £855.4m in share consideration. The amount of cash consideration is deferred until April 2020, if any, is not finalised at the date of this report.
At the date of this report it is impracticable to disclose the provisional fair values of the total consideration paid and the acquired assets, liabilities, contingent liabilities and goodwill.
The goodwill that will be recognised is expected to capture synergies that will be achieved as an enlarged business, as well as intangible assets which do not qualify for separate recognition such as workforce. It is impracticable to conclude at the date of this report the total amount of goodwill which is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
As this acquisition took place on 3 January 2020, the statement of comprehensive income does not include any revenue, profit or loss relating to the acquired Linden Homes and Vistry Partnerships businesses for the year ended 31 December 2019.
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