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JWCA advises domino's pizza on its $600 million accelerated share repurchase

October 2015 | read press release

Transaction Background

J. Wood Capital Advisors acted as financial advisor to Domino's Pizza, and led the execution of the Company's accelerated share repurchase.

  • Evaluated various share repurchase strategies with Domino's team upfront (including ASRs) in an unbiased and manner

  • Assisted the Domino's team with design, documentation, and accounting review

  • Created a process to achieve the best terms for Domino's:

- Led an auction process to drive the best ASR terms for Domino's

- Created the documents with the company upfront to ensure company-friendly provisions

  • Provided advice, support and analysis during the execution

Results

  • The auction process resulted in savings for the company (in the form of a higher discount to the share repurchase)

  • Domino's shares outstanding were immediately reduced by ~4.9mm shares, nearly 9% of their shares outstanding