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Thoma Bravo to acquire Anaplan, Inc.

Announced Mar 20, 2022 · Closed Jun 22, 2022

Deal value$10.70BEV $9.43B
Premium30.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—17.1x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$66.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Thoma Bravo
Target
Anaplan, Inc.
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
$66.00
Enterprise value
$9.43B
Status
Closed Jun 22, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$293M · 2.7%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$586M · 5.5%
Go-shop
—
Financing
Committed · Goldman Sachs

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Goldman Sachs, Qatalyst

Sector context · Tech

Comparable deals
60 in the prior 24 months
Premium
30.0% vs. 31.1% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 17.8x
Break fee
2.7% vs. 3.0% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMar 20, 2022
  2. Proxy filedApr 21, 2022
  3. Definitive proxyMay 2, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteJun 21, 2022
  5. ClosedJun 22, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flowGoldman Sachs$52.00$80.71
Trading comparablesGoldman Sachs$46.14$87.94
Precedent transactionsGoldman Sachs$42.00$62.00
Premiums paidGoldman Sachs$60.00$73.00
Discounted cash flowQatalyst$40.62$78.98
Trading comparablesQatalyst$35.40$64.00
Trading comparablesQatalyst$34.22$61.81
Precedent transactionsQatalyst$34.90$75.05
Precedent transactionsQatalyst$38.83$71.00
Offer $66.00

Implied value per Anaplan, Inc. share by analysis, from Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst · DCF discount rate 11%–13%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Mar 21, 2022
  • 8-K · Mar 21, 2022
  • DEFA14A · Mar 21, 2022
  • 8-K · Jun 6, 2022
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jun 22, 2022

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.