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M&A · Industrials · Footwear, (No Rubber)

3G Capital to acquire Skechers USA Inc

Announced May 5, 2025 · Closed Sep 12, 2025

Deal value—
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationCash and stock$63.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
3G Capital
Target
Skechers USA Inc (SKX)
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
$63.00
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Sep 12, 2025

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$340M
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$534M
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · JPMorgan

Advisors

To the acquirer
JPMorgan
To the target
Greenhill
Greenhill fee
$19.5M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
85 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 38.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 9.1x
Break fee
Sector median 2.8%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMay 5, 2025
  2. Proxy filedAug 5, 2025
  3. Definitive proxyAug 5, 2025
  4. Shareholder vote—
  5. ClosedSep 12, 2025

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$42.42$53.42
Trading comparables$48.53$61.12
Discounted cash flow$51.60$68.20
Discounted cash flow$56.22$77.43
Discounted cash flow$48.81$67.24
Offer $63.00

Implied value per Skechers USA Inc share by analysis, from Greenhill · DCF discount rate 11%–12%.

Sources
  • 425 · May 5, 2025
  • 8-K · May 5, 2025
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Sep 12, 2025

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.