AmTrust is Going Private in a $2.7B Deal

NYC-based insurer AmTrust announced that it has entered into an agreement with Evergreen Parent, L.P., an entity formed by private equity funds managed by Stone Point Capital, together with Barry D. Zyskind, Chairman and CEO of AmTrust, George Karfunkel and Leah Karfunkel, in which Evergreen Parent will acquire 45% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares that the Karfunkel-Zyskind Family and certain of its affiliates and related parties do not presently own or control.  The transaction values the fully diluted equity of the Company at approximately $2.7 billion, excluding the Company’s outstanding preferred stock.

Under the terms of the proposed merger, AmTrust common shareholders who are not affiliated with the Karfunkel-Zyskind Family (the “Public Shareholders”) will receive $13.50 in cash for each share of AmTrust common stock they hold.  This represents a premium of 33% to the Company’s unaffected closing common stock price on January 9, 2018, the last trading day before Stone Point and the Karfunkel-Zyskind Family announced their proposal to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of AmTrust that the Karfunkel-Zyskind Family did not already own or control.

The proposed merger is anticipated to close in the second half of 2018.