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M&A · Healthcare · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus

Globus Medical Inc to acquire Nuvasive Inc

Announced Feb 9, 2023 · Closed Sep 1, 2023

Deal value$3.10BEV $3.75B
Premium24.5%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA21.1x3.1x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll stock

Transaction

Acquirer
Globus Medical Inc (GMED)
Target
Nuvasive Inc (NUVA)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
$3.75B
Status
Closed Sep 1, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$120M · 3.9%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$120M · 3.9%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Goldman Sachs
To the target
BofA Securities
Goldman Sachs fee
$6.0M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
76 in the prior 24 months
Premium
24.5% vs. 47.3% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
21.1x vs. 21.5x sector median
Break fee
3.9% vs. 3.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedFeb 9, 2023
  2. Proxy filedMar 28, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyMar 28, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteApr 27, 2023
  5. ClosedSep 1, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flowGoldman Sachs$39.61$48.76
Future share priceGoldman Sachs$42.32$49.49
Precedent transactionsGoldman Sachs$45.56$72.21
Premiums paidGoldman Sachs$53.89$61.03
Discounted cash flowGoldman Sachs$73.27$84.74
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$40.00$63.25
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$43.25$52.50
Discounted cash flowBofA Securities$43.00$59.50
Precedent transactionsBofA Securities$44.00$59.25
Precedent transactionsBofA Securities$52.25$56.75

Implied value per Nuvasive Inc share by analysis, from Goldman Sachs and BofA Securities · DCF discount rate 7.5%–9.5%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Feb 9, 2023
  • 425 · Feb 9, 2023
  • 8-K · Feb 9, 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.