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iA Financial Group to acquire Vericity, Inc.

Announced Oct 3, 2023 · Closed Jun 28, 2024

Deal value$170M
Premium101.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll cash$11.43 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
iA Financial Group
Target
Vericity, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$11.43
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Jun 28, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$5.1M · 3.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
—
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Raymond James

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
63 in the prior 24 months
Premium
101.0% vs. 34.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 22.5x
Break fee
3.0% vs. 3.0% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedOct 3, 2023
  2. Proxy filedNov 1, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyNov 15, 2023
  4. Shareholder vote—
  5. ClosedJun 28, 2024
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Oct 3, 2023
  • 8-K · Oct 3, 2023

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.