American International Group acquired 21st Century Insurance Group (publicly held minority) for approximately $813 million in cash for the publicly held minority; $22.00 per share (AIG already owned approximately 60.8%), a transaction completed in September 2007, structured as all-cash ($22.00 per share). The deal was a Minority buy-in / squeeze-out merger (take to 100%).
21st Century Insurance Group (publicly held minority) operates in Personal-lines property-casualty (private-passenger auto insurance), is based in Woodland Hills, California, USA. 21st Century Insurance Group (NYSE: TW), a California-based direct writer of private-passenger auto insurance in which AIG and its subsidiaries already owned about 60.8-61.9 percent, was taken fully private by AIG. AIG first proposed acquiring the roughly 38 percent publicly held shares on January 24, 2007 at $19.75 per share (about $690 million); it then signed a definitive merger agreement on May 15, 2007 at a raised price of $22.00 per share, or about $813 million, approved by a special committee of independent 21st Century directors. AIG completed the merger on September 27, 2007, acquiring the shares it did not already own so that 21st Century became a wholly owned subsidiary.
By buying in the public minority, AIG consolidated full ownership of a personal-auto insurer it already controlled, at a price the company said represented a substantial premium (about 32.6% over the pre-announcement closing price).
Full control of a personal-auto insurer AIG already majority-owned and consolidated, bought at a premium to market. Became a wholly owned AIG subsidiary (personal lines) AIG later sold the 21st Century personal-auto business to Farmers Group (Zurich) in 2009.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.