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Expro Ltd to acquire Frank's International N.V.

Announced Mar 11, 2021 · Closed Oct 1, 2021

Deal value—
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock

Transaction

Acquirer
Expro Ltd (XPRO)
Target
Frank's International N.V. (FI)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Oct 1, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$37.5M
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$71.5M
Go-shop
—
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
JPMorgan
To the target
Moelis

Sector context · Energy

Comparable deals
8 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 41.5%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 12.2x
Break fee
Sector median 2.6%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMar 11, 2021
  2. S-4 filedApr 26, 2021
  3. ClosedOct 1, 2021
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Mar 11, 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.