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Fairfax Financial Holdings completed the acquisition of Recipe Unlimited from Cara Holding for $933m.

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Transaction Value£765m
Consideration TypeCash
Capital Owned-
Capital Bid For100%
EV/Sales-
EV/EBITDA-
Share Price Premium53%
One Off Charge-

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restaurants chain

Restaurants and Bars

Friendly

Public

Canada

Majority

Acquisition

Domestic

Single Bidder

Privatisation

Completed

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Fairfax Financial Holdings, a financial holding company based in Toronto, completed the acquisition of Recipe Unlimited, a Canadian company that operates several restaurant chains, from Cara Holdings, a restaurant chain operator, for $933m. Toronto-based Fairfax agreed to pay $16.1 a share in cash for the company, which owns fast-casual and fast-food brands such as East Side Mario’s, Kelseys and Swiss Chalet. The price is a 53% premium to the share price's last close.

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