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Citizens Financial Group Inc to acquire JMP Group LLC

Announced Sep 8, 2021 · Closed Nov 15, 2021

Deal value—
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll cash

Transaction

Acquirer
Citizens Financial Group Inc (CFG)
Target
JMP Group LLC
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Nov 15, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Stifel, Citizens

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
53 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 35.9%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 21.6x
Break fee
Sector median 3.7%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedSep 8, 2021
  2. Proxy filedOct 5, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyOct 15, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteNov 12, 2021
  5. ClosedNov 15, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$3.21$9.24
Trading comparables$1.57$1.94
Precedent transactions$3.85$9.94
Precedent transactions$6.89$14.25
Discounted cash flow$4.90$6.55

Implied value per JMP Group LLC share by analysis, from Stifel · DCF discount rate 11%–15%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Sep 8, 2021

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.