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CSP Management Limited to acquire Startek, Inc.

Announced Oct 10, 2023 · Closed Jan 5, 2024

Deal value$217MEV $217M
Premium32.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA7.6x0.9x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$4.30 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
CSP Management Limited
Target
Startek, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$4.30
Enterprise value
$217M
Status
Closed Jan 5, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$1.9M · 0.9%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Houlihan Lokey

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
75 in the prior 24 months
Premium
32.0% vs. 50.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
7.6x vs. 10.9x sector median
Break fee
0.9% vs. 2.9% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedOct 10, 2023
  2. Proxy filedNov 3, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyDec 13, 2023
  4. Shareholder vote—
  5. ClosedJan 5, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$2.66$4.52
Trading comparables$2.57$4.38
Trading comparables$2.77$4.68
Precedent transactions$3.59$6.35
Discounted cash flow$3.19$4.85
Offer $4.30

Implied value per Startek, Inc. share by analysis · DCF discount rate 11%–13%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Oct 10, 2023
  • 8-K · Oct 10, 2023

Adj. EBITDA is operating income + D&A + impairment, restructuring, deal costs and stock compensation, less any large gain on a sale, last twelve months, from the target's filings. Calculated by Castle, so it can differ from a bank's adjusted figure.

Prepared with Castle from public SEC EDGAR filings. Figures are extracted automatically; verify against the source documents. Not investment advice.