M&A · Energy · Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
Wynnchurch Capital to acquire Luxfer Holdings PLC
Announced Jul 27, 2026 · Pending Aug 26, 2026
Deal value$1.60BEV $1.60B
Premium30.7%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA33.8x4.3x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$17.37 per share
Transaction
- Acquirer
- Wynnchurch Capital
- Target
- Luxfer Holdings PLC (LXFR)
- Buyer type
- Strategic
- Offer price per share
- $17.37
- Enterprise value
- $1.60B
- Status
- Pending Aug 26, 2026
Deal protections
- Break fee (target pays)
- $18.0M · 1.1%
- Reverse fee (buyer pays)
- $32.3M · 2.0%
- Go-shop
- No-shop
- Financing
- Committed · Deutsche Bank
Advisors
- To the acquirer
- Lazard
- To the target
- Deutsche Bank
Sector context · Energy
- Comparable deals
- 30 in the prior 24 months
- Premium
- 30.7% vs. 35.5% sector median
- EV / Adj. EBITDA
- 33.8x vs. 9.4x sector median
- Break fee
- 1.1% vs. 3.0% sector median
Timeline
- AnnouncedJul 27, 2026
- Proxy filedAug 26, 2026
- Definitive proxySep 17, 2026
- Shareholder votePending
- ClosedPending
Valuation · fairness opinions
Future share price$16.05$21.05
Analyst price targets$19.00$22.00
Analyst price targets$17.15$19.70
Offer $17.37
Implied value per Luxfer Holdings PLC share by analysis, from Deutsche Bank · DCF discount rate 12.5%–14.5%.