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M&A · Financials · State Commercial Banks

SouthState Corp to acquire Independent Bank Group, Inc.

Announced May 20, 2024 · Closed Jan 2, 2025

Deal value$2.00B
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock$48.51 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
SouthState Corp (SSB)
Target
Independent Bank Group, Inc. (IBTX)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$48.51
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Jan 2, 2025

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$60.9M · 3.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$186M · 9.3%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Raymond James
To the target
Stifel

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
57 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 34.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 15.6x
Break fee
3.0% vs. 3.0% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMay 20, 2024
  2. Proxy filedJul 16, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyJul 16, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteAug 14, 2024
  5. ClosedJan 2, 2025

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$36.89$53.12
Discounted cash flow$67.34$90.11
Offer $48.51

Implied value per Independent Bank Group, Inc. share by analysis, from Stifel · DCF discount rate 12%–14%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · May 20, 2024
  • 425 · May 20, 2024
  • 425 · May 20, 2024
  • 425 · Jul 29, 2024

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.