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M&A · Industrials · Household Appliances

Amazon.com Inc to acquire iRobot Corp

Announced Aug 5, 2022 · Terminated Jan 29, 2024

Deal value$1.70BEV $1.54B
Premium22.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—1.0x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$61.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN)
Target
iRobot Corp (IRBT)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$61.00
Enterprise value
$1.54B
Status
Terminated Jan 29, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$56.0M · 3.3%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Qatalyst

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
75 in the prior 24 months
Premium
22.0% vs. 47.1% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 10.9x
Break fee
3.3% vs. 2.7% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedAug 5, 2022
  2. Proxy filedAug 25, 2022
  3. Definitive proxySep 7, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteOct 17, 2022
  5. TerminatedJan 29, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$23.25$45.66
Trading comparables$14.27$28.18
Offer $61.00

Implied value per iRobot Corp share by analysis, from Qatalyst.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Aug 5, 2022
  • 8-K · Aug 5, 2022
  • DEFA14A · Aug 5, 2022
  • 8-K · Jul 25, 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.