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M&A · Financials · State Commercial Banks

Citizens Financial Services Inc to acquire HV Bancorp, Inc.

Announced Oct 19, 2022 · Closed Jun 16, 2023

Deal value$68M
Premium44.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationCash and stock$30.50 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Citizens Financial Services Inc (CZFS)
Target
HV Bancorp, Inc. (HVBC)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$30.50
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Jun 16, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Janney Montgomery Scott
To the target
The Kafafian Group

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
84 in the prior 24 months
Premium
44.0% vs. 31.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 23.7x
Break fee
Sector median 3.6%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedOct 19, 2022
  2. Proxy filedJan 5, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyJan 5, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteFeb 15, 2023
  5. ClosedJun 16, 2023
Sources
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Oct 19, 2022
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Oct 20, 2022
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Oct 20, 2022

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.