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

Boston Scientific Corp to acquire Silk Road Medical Inc

Announced Jun 18, 2024 · Closed Sep 17, 2024

Deal value$1.26BEV $1.31B
Premium27.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—7.1x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$27.50 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Boston Scientific Corp (BSX)
Target
Silk Road Medical Inc (SILK)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$27.50
Enterprise value
$1.31B
Status
Closed Sep 17, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$37.9M · 3.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$69.5M · 5.5%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
BofA Securities
BofA Securities fee
$25.0M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
108 in the prior 24 months
Premium
27.0% vs. 63.5% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 17.2x
Break fee
3.0% vs. 3.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJun 18, 2024
  2. Proxy filedJul 19, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyJul 29, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteSep 5, 2024
  5. ClosedSep 17, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$13.80$25.20
Precedent transactions$19.80$29.70
Discounted cash flow$15.45$25.15
52-week trading range$6.29$33.79
Analyst price targets$17.24$24.76
Offer $27.50

Implied value per Silk Road Medical Inc share by analysis, from BofA Securities · DCF discount rate 11.7%–14.5%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jun 18, 2024
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Jun 18, 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.