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M&A · Industrials · Services-Management Services

Patient Square Capital to acquire Premier, Inc.

Announced Sep 22, 2025 · Closed Nov 25, 2025

Deal value$2.60BEV $2.53B
Premium9.7%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA8.3x2.5x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$28.25 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Patient Square Capital
Target
Premier, Inc. (PINC)
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
$28.25
Enterprise value
$2.53B
Status
Closed Nov 25, 2025

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$66.2M · 2.5%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$169M · 6.5%
Go-shop
—
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Jefferies, Santander
To the target
Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities
Goldman Sachs fee
$5.4M
BofA Securities fee
$13.5M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
99 in the prior 24 months
Premium
9.7% vs. 39.5% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
8.3x vs. 9.4x sector median
Break fee
2.5% vs. 2.7% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedSep 22, 2025
  2. Proxy filedOct 8, 2025
  3. Definitive proxyOct 22, 2025
  4. Shareholder voteNov 21, 2025
  5. ClosedNov 25, 2025

Valuation · fairness opinions

Other analysisGoldman Sachs$27.59$36.58
Future share priceGoldman Sachs$22.18$30.86
Premiums paidGoldman Sachs$31.28$37.91
52-week trading rangeGoldman Sachs$22.46$29.46
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$24.80$32.30
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$21.25$28.55
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$22.25$33.40
Discounted cash flowBofA Securities$26.90$34.10
52-week trading rangeBofA Securities$17.46$26.28
Offer $28.25

Implied value per Premier, Inc. share by analysis, from Goldman Sachs and BofA Securities · DCF discount rate 8.5%–10.5%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Sep 22, 2025
  • 8-K · Sep 22, 2025
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Nov 25, 2025

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.