Post-Deal Integration & Synergy Capture As multiples include synergy potential, cracking the code to successful integration & synergy capture becomes even more important
Thomas Fossum
Partner Head of M&A Integrations and Carve-outs
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Post-Deal Integration & Synergy Capture As multiples include synergy potential, cracking the code to successful integration & synergy capture becomes even more important Thomas Fossum Partner Head of M&A Integrations and Carve-outs
Post-Deal Integration & Synergy Capture As multiples include synergy potential, cracking the code to successful integration & synergy capture becomes even more important
Thomas Fossum
Partner Head of M&A Integrations and Carve-outs
PwC
Buyers and Sellers meet at high multiples. Fuelled by low interest rates, willingness to take risk, access to capital, and high expectations on IPOs
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD 2015 0x 2x 4x 6x 8x 10x 12x 14x 16x 18x 20x Number of transactions EV/EBITDA EV/ EBITDA transactions (Sweden, 2001-2015) Number of transactions Median EV/EBITDA Average: 10.44x Source: MergerMarket, 2015-11-09 * Above data represents transactions with publicly disclosed information.EV / EBITDA increasing
5% 50 100 150 200 250 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% LTM to Sep-07 Dec-07 Mar-08 Jun-08 Sep-08 Dec-08 Mar-09 Jun-09 Sep-09 Dec-09 Mar-10 Jun-10 Sep-10 Dec-10 Mar-11 Jun-11 Sep-11 Dec-11 Mar-12 Jun-12 Sep-12 Dec-12 Mar-13 Jun-13 Sep-13 Dec-13 Mar-14 Jun-14 Sep-14 Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15 Number of deals Analysis of mechanism types - 12 month rolling averages Total Locked Box Completion Accounts Other‘Locked-box’ on the rise
4.5% 3.0% 3.5% 1.7% 2.1% 1.2% 1.9% 1.4% 1.3% 1.6% 0.4% 0.9%Inflation and real interest rate low
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4 3 3 11 7 14 11 6 10 21 20 25 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%No of IPOs on OMX increases
PwC
What’s new is how often and how much above and beyond stand-alone value the Deal Value is pushed
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EV/EBITDA ~14X
(Transactions, SWE Ytd’15, nov’15)
Purchase price Target’s stand-alone value Strategic premium Integration synergies
PwC
synergies constitute a key deal success factor
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8% 29% 33% 4% 25% 4-6% 7-9% 10-12% 13-15% >15%
More than half of the respondents expect synergies between 7 and 12% of the targets revenue What were calculated synergies of target's revenue in per cent?
76% 24%
Synergies as a success factor Yes No
Source: PwC M&A Integration Survey, 2015
PwC
…but, when shifting focus from synergy calculations to synergy realisation, only reach their targets
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46% 54%
Synergies achieved Yes No
Source: PwC M&A Integration Survey
Reasons for failing
PwC 6
Synergy potential varies a lot across functional areas, both in amounts, effort and time required
Effort required Degree of integration short long Total integration Selective collaboration Other corp. functions Finance and treasury Procurement HR Sales R&D Production IT After Sales Marketing
WHAT WHEN WHO HOW
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Postponing ‘difficult’ discussions during the transaction period, results in significant delays in integration & synergy capture
Deal makers are too optimistic regarding the timing when synergies become effective What was your planned timeline to realize the synergies and how long did it actually take?
Source: PwC M&A Integration Survey
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 1-6 months 7-12 months 13-18 months 19-24 months 25-30 months Achieved time Planned time
WHAT WHEN WHO HOW
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A significant part of the gaps between “planned” and “did”, are found in roles & responsibilities
26% 44% 41% 47% 44% 76% 71% 53% 59% 62% 65% 65% 91% 100% Speed in decision making Speed in executing Selection of the right internal resources No disruption of daily business Set Future Org structure and Operating Model Project structure, responsibilities Mgmt commitment/sponsorship Activities planned Activities actually approached
Many activities are initiated pre-deal but not approached during the integration Which activities should be of primary focus in an ideal integration and which activities did you actually approach?
Source: PwC M&A Integration Survey
WHAT WHEN WHO HOW
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Passive, selective Active, targeted
Retention
Selectively integrate Take
Best of both Transform
Degree of integration
Get 100% answers and agreement Faster is better (80/20)
Integration pace
Revenue Cost reduction IT/Ops transform
Source of value
Keep separate Hybrid by BU/geo Choose one Create new
Org structure
Monitor progress “Integration leader” Process manager
Integration leadership
Bottom up, decentralised Top down, centralised Regional/BU led
Decision making
Example Integration Fundamentals
The bottom line: Shorter time-to-synergies starts with clarifying the Integration Fundamentals
WHAT WHEN WHO HOW