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M&A · Healthcare · Pharmaceutical Preparations

Elanco Animal Health Inc to acquire Kindred Biosciences, Inc.

Announced Jun 16, 2021 · Closed Aug 27, 2021

Deal value$440MEV $427M
Premium46.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—9.7x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$9.25 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN)
Target
Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$9.25
Enterprise value
$427M
Status
Closed Aug 27, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$15.5M · 3.5%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Goldman Sachs
To the target
Barclays
Barclays fee
$6.8M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
20 in the prior 24 months
Premium
46.0% vs. 44.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 19.3x
Break fee
3.5% vs. 3.3% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJun 16, 2021
  2. Proxy filedJul 9, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyJul 21, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteAug 25, 2021
  5. ClosedAug 27, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$5.34$7.57
Offer $9.25

Implied value per Kindred Biosciences, Inc. share by analysis, from Barclays.

Sources
  • 8-K · Jun 16, 2021
  • 8-K · Jul 1, 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.