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South State Corporation to acquire Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.

Announced Jul 22, 2021 · Closed Feb 28, 2022

Deal value$542M
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock$26.43 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
South State Corporation
Target
Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$26.43
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Feb 28, 2022

Deal protections

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

Advisors

To the acquirer
Raymond James
To the target
JPMorgan
JPMorgan fee
$7.0M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
44 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 42.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 21.6x
Break fee
Sector median 3.7%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJul 22, 2021
  2. Proxy filedOct 18, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyOct 18, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteNov 16, 2021
  5. ClosedFeb 28, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$22.75$28.50
Trading comparables$22.50$26.25
Discounted cash flow$23.25$28.50
Offer $26.43

Implied value per Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. share by analysis, from JPMorgan.

Sources
  • 8-K · Jul 26, 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.