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Short Hills Company Bollinger, Inc. Acquired By Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Bollinger, Inc.ITASCA, Ill., Aug. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) today announced the acquisition of Bollinger, Inc., headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey.Bollinger is the nation's 21st largest insurance broker, placing over $1 billion in insurance premiums into the marketplace annually. The firm's business spans retail property and casualty insurance placement; wholesale brokerage and program management; and employee benefits brokerage and consultancy. Bollinger has over 500 employees operating out of eight offices in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Together Gallagher and Bollinger will continue their common strategies of growing organically and through mergers and acquisitions, improving productivity and enhancing service quality, and maintaining a unique sales culture. Benefits of the acquisition are expected to include:
The Combined Operations
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Financial Terms
The transaction, structured as a tax-free reorganization, is expected to generate over $100 million in annualized revenue across the three operating units and to generate approximately $40 million of annualized EBITDAC before integration costs, which are expected to range between $2 million to $3 million per quarter through 2014. Total net consideration is approximately $276.5 million (approximately $172 million in net cash plus the issuance of approximately 3.2 million Gallagher shares valued at approximately $140 million less the value of tax assets acquired).Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, has operations in 20 countries and offers client-service capabilities in more than 140 countries around the world through a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipates," "believes," "contemplates," "see," "should," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans" and variations thereof and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements regarding the Bollinger acquisition include, but are not limited to, statements regarding integration activities, our expected accounting treatment of the purchase price and its impact on our financial results, future revenue and earnings impact, the impact on our ability to attract and retain producers, cross-selling and cost savings opportunities, the ability of the acquired business to continue to execute and integrate future bolt-on acquisitions, expected levels of growth within the acquired business, drivers of organic growth and anticipated future results or performance of any segment or the Company as a whole.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include changes in worldwide and national economic conditions (including an economic downturn and uncertainty regarding the Eurozone), changes in premium rates and in insurance markets generally, changes in the insurance brokerage industry's competitive landscape, unexpected regulatory changes, and the difficulties inherent in combining the cultures and systems of different companies.
Information Regarding Non-GAAP Measures
This press release refers to EBITDAC (defined as earnings from continuing operations before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and the change in estimated acquisition earnout payables), which is a measure not in accordance with, or an alternative to, the GAAP information provided herein. Gallagher believes EBITDAC provides a meaningful representation of its operating performance and improves the comparability of results between periods by eliminating the impact of certain items that have a high degree of variability. The most directly comparable GAAP measure is earnings from continuing operations. For our two operating segments (Brokerage and Risk Management) on a combined basis, earnings from continuing operations were $198 million in 2012.Contact: Marsha AkinDirector – Investor Relations
630-285-3501 – marsha_akin@ajg.com
SOURCE Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.