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M&A · Tech · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation

Equity Consortium led by Nordic Capital Including Insight Partners to acquire Inovalon Holdings, Inc.

Announced Aug 19, 2021 · Closed Nov 24, 2021

Deal value$7.30BEV $7.30B
Premium25.3%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA30.6x10.2x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$41.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Equity Consortium led by Nordic Capital Including Insight Partners
Target
Inovalon Holdings, Inc. (INOV)
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
$41.00
Enterprise value
$7.30B
Status
Closed Nov 24, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$176M · 2.4%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$369M · 5.1%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
JPMorgan, Evercore
JPMorgan fee
$42.0M
Evercore fee
$3.0M

Sector context · Tech

Comparable deals
39 in the prior 24 months
Premium
25.3% vs. 30.9% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
30.6x vs. 17.7x sector median
Break fee
2.4% vs. 3.0% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedAug 19, 2021
  2. Proxy filedSep 17, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyOct 15, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteNov 16, 2021
  5. ClosedNov 24, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparablesJPMorgan$34.00$45.75
Other analysisJPMorgan$32.75$54.50
Discounted cash flowJPMorgan$34.00$51.75
Discounted cash flowEvercore$33.83$51.31
Analyst price targetsEvercore$23.00$45.00
Premiums paidEvercore$39.25$44.16
Offer $41.00

Implied value per Inovalon Holdings, Inc. share by analysis, from JPMorgan and Evercore · DCF discount rate 8%–9%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Aug 19, 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.