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M&A · Industrials · Special Industry Machinery, NEC

Tadano Ltd. to acquire Manitex International, Inc.

Announced Sep 12, 2024 · Closed Jan 2, 2025

Deal value$122MEV $203M
Premium52.2%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA6.2x0.7x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$5.80 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Tadano Ltd.
Target
Manitex International, Inc. (MNTX)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$5.80
Enterprise value
$203M
Status
Closed Jan 2, 2025

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$4.9M · 4.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
—
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Perella Weinberg
To the target
Brown Gibbons Lang
Brown Gibbons Lang fee
$3.1M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
86 in the prior 24 months
Premium
52.2% vs. 34.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
6.2x vs. 9.9x sector median
Break fee
4.0% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedSep 12, 2024
  2. Proxy filedOct 1, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyNov 20, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteDec 20, 2024
  5. ClosedJan 2, 2025

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$3.70$4.05
Trading comparables$4.64$5.03
Precedent transactions$4.92$5.32
Precedent transactions$4.54$5.13
Premiums paid$4.89$5.07
Offer $5.80

Implied value per Manitex International, Inc. share by analysis, from Brown Gibbons Lang · DCF discount rate 15.7%–16.1%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Sep 12, 2024
  • 8-K · Sep 12, 2024

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.