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M&A · Healthcare · Pharmaceutical Preparations

Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to acquire OptiNose, Inc.

Announced Mar 19, 2025 · Closed May 21, 2025

Deal value$330MEV $330M
Premium50.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—4.4x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$9.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Target
OptiNose, Inc. (OPTN)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$9.00
Enterprise value
$330M
Status
Closed May 21, 2025

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$4.5M · 1.4%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$7.8M · 2.3%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Lazard
To the target
Evercore
Evercore fee
$5.0M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
93 in the prior 24 months
Premium
50.0% vs. 66.5% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 13.8x
Break fee
1.4% vs. 3.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMar 19, 2025
  2. Proxy filedApr 3, 2025
  3. Definitive proxyApr 15, 2025
  4. Shareholder voteMay 16, 2025
  5. ClosedMay 21, 2025

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$6.96$9.14
Trading comparables$8.19$18.99
Trading comparables$8.20$22.59
Precedent transactions$10.01$15.98
Premiums paid$8.82$11.76
Offer $9.00

Implied value per OptiNose, Inc. share by analysis, from Evercore · DCF discount rate 16%–20%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Mar 20, 2025
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Mar 20, 2025
  • 8-K · Mar 20, 2025
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · May 21, 2025

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.