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Digging Deep in the RMR Valuation Landscape
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Agenda
• Market Overview
• Components of Value
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Focus on RMR
• Buyers and Sellers
• The Future
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Q&A
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Market Overview
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Market Characteristics
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Stable and Liquid
! Across all sizes and geography
! Residential and commercial oriented companies
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Discriminating ! Larger valuation spreads
! Risk aversion…on both sides
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Predominant Market Tension
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Tension
BUY SIDE
ADT Spin-Out valuation
Economy … double dip
Preference for internalgrowth
Integration concerns
Attrition fears
SELL SIDE
Fewer post-sale options
What to do with the $’s
Cost of pursuing atransaction
Fear of a failed process
Post recession optimism
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Predominant Market Tension
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Tension
BUY SIDE
ADT Spin-Out valuation
Economy … double dip
Preference for internalgrowth
Integration concerns
Attrition fears
SELL SIDE
Fewer post-sale options
What to do with the $’s
Cost of pursuing atransaction
Fear of a failed process
Post recession optimism
Tax RatesNew PlayersProbability
of Change
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$100k - $10m RMR Transactions
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As Many Dealers Below 30x…as Above 50x
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Recession Periods
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$1m - $10m RMR Transactions
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Total Volume of Last 3 Years
• 300+/- M&A deals per year
• 2010 an extraordinary year (Broadview, P1, Monitronics)
• 2011…no large deals
• Strong, deep Dealer Program
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RMR Value Multiple RMR Value Multiple RMR Value Multiple
M&A 11$ 385$ 34x 108$ 4,726$ 44x 4$ 163$ 37x
Dealer Program 25 834 34x 28 948 34x 28 962 34x
Total 36$ 1,219$ 34x 136$ 5,674$ 42x 33$ 1,125$ 34x
2009 2010 2011
Acquisition Activity in $ millions
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Components of Value
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Two Basic Components of Value
• Customer Base
• Sales & Installation capability
“Uncoupled Indicators”
! Dealer Program market…34x RMR
! Bulk account sale transactions…rarely at or above 40x
! Recession/slow-growth periods…lower valuations
! Sale of pure Originator operations [ NEW ]
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Growth Engine
Customer Base
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Favorable Growth Engine Characteristics
• Year on year increase in originations
• High quality accounts generated
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Low Creation Multiple…with low volatility
• Documented and “articulated”
! Processes
! Revenue and cost components
! Accounting impact
• FOCUSED…and scalable
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Example:
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Square Number Cost
Miles Population Accounts RMR Multiple
57 163,410 2,524 $100,783 25x
Size of Market Originated
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Focus on RMR
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The Best Account
Customer: General ElectricAs Manager for Joint DOE/NIH/
MIT Facility
Address: MIT Campus Warehouse
Boston, MA
System: Intrusion and Fire (Leased)
RMR: $2,200 (Service on T&M basis)
Quarterly Billing
Contract: 10 Year – Automatic 10 YearRenewals
Status: Considering Managed AccessControl and Video System
" Good Geography
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Excellent Installation
" Leased System
" Accepts Rate Increases
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Upgrades/Enhancements
Experimental Long Term Storage Warehouse forLow Level Medical Related Nuclear Waste
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The Worst Account
Customer: Mr. & Mrs. & Mrs. & Mrs. Smith
Address: 666 Jihadist LaneAbbottabad, PK
System: Intrusion and Fire
RMR: $49.99 (4,724 Rupee)Including Maintenance
Annual Billing
Contract: 3 Year – Automatic Renewal
Still in first term
History: Account acquired from
summer sales company
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Bad Geography
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Poor Installation
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False Alarm Problem
! Behind on Payment
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Status Unknown
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RMR Valuation Related Variables
• Documentation
• Quality of customer
• Quality of installation
• “Coherence” (location, fit, etc.)
• Services provided and margin potential
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Maintenance profile (probable costs and revenue)• Attrition profile
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Spectrum of Potential Margin
HigherLower
Maintenance Test & Inspect
Non-POTSCommunication
Interactive/ManagedServices
System Lease/Subsidization
Monitoring
NOTE: high degree of variances in above
“It’s the entirety of the account that matters…”
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AccountPool Attrition…Moneyball in the Alarm Industry
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The Cost of Bad Credit Customers
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The First Term Renewal Spike
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Industry Composite by Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Cumulative Percentage Cancelled 3% 10% 21% 41% 52% 60% 66% 71% 75% 78% 81% 83% 85% 87% 88%
Example Unit/RMR Roll Forward
Beginning of Year 1,000 970 900 790 590 483 403 340 289 249 217 190 169 150 133
Cancelled (30) (70) (110) (200) (107) (80) (63) (50) (40) (33) (26) (22) (19) (17) (15)
End of Year 970 900 790 590 483 403 340 289 249 217 190 169 150 133 118
Attrition Rate (Based on BOY) 3% 7% 12% 25% 18% 17% 16% 15% 14% 13% 12% 11% 11% 11% 11%
Attrition Rate (Based on Average) 3% 7% 13% 29% 20% 18% 17% 16% 15% 14% 13% 12% 12% 12% 12%
A 15 Year View – Residential Accts [A big thank you to Monitronics]
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Buyers & Sellers
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The Buy-Side is Solid…But Cautious
• 2 of the 3 types of buyers are active
! Existing industry players
! Financial buyers
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The 3rd…Strategic New Entrants just looking (for the time being)
• Debt markets highly supportive
• Industry “in favor”
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The Sell-Side…High Expectations/Requirements
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SURVEY: What multiple would convince you to sell?
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The Future
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Bellwether Issues/Indicators
• ADT Spin-Out Valuation
• Success of Telco/MSO’s
• Economy
• Continued support of the debt markets
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