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M&A · Financials · Savings Institution, Federally Chartered

First Bank to acquire Malvern Bancorp, Inc.

Announced Dec 14, 2022 · Closed Jul 17, 2023

Deal value$150M
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationCash and stock

Transaction

Acquirer
First Bank
Target
Malvern Bancorp, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Jul 17, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$5.9M · 3.9%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Hovde Group
To the target
Piper Sandler
Piper Sandler fee
$2.2M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
88 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 30.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 23.7x
Break fee
3.9% vs. 3.6% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedDec 14, 2022
  2. Proxy filedMar 9, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyMar 30, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteApr 28, 2023
  5. ClosedJul 17, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Precedent transactions$7.03$14.42
Precedent transactions$11.36$22.06
Precedent transactions$12.04$22.20
Precedent transactions$12.12$28.79

Implied value per Malvern Bancorp, Inc. share by analysis, from Piper Sandler · DCF discount rate 10%–14%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Dec 14, 2022
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Dec 14, 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.