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Central Valley Community Bancorp to acquire Community West Bancshares

Announced Oct 10, 2023 · Closed Mar 28, 2024

Deal value—
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock

Transaction

Acquirer
Central Valley Community Bancorp
Target
Community West Bancshares
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Mar 28, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$4.0M
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Janney Montgomery Scott
To the target
Piper Sandler

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
65 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 35.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 22.5x
Break fee
Sector median 3.0%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedOct 10, 2023
  2. Proxy filedJan 2, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyJan 2, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteFeb 8, 2024
  5. ClosedMar 28, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Precedent transactionsPiper Sandler$5.89$10.66
Precedent transactionsPiper Sandler$6.70$16.68
Precedent transactionsPiper Sandler$9.75$19.37
Precedent transactionsPiper Sandler$10.15$19.38
Discounted cash flowJanney Montgomery Scott$12.94$17.94
Discounted cash flowJanney Montgomery Scott$9.59$13.73

Implied value per Community West Bancshares share by analysis, from Piper Sandler and Janney Montgomery Scott · DCF discount rate 10%–14%.

Sources
  • 8-K · Oct 11, 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.