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M&A · Energy · Chemicals & Allied Products

Compagnie DE Saint Gobain to acquire GCP Applied Technologies Inc.

Announced Dec 6, 2021 · Closed Sep 27, 2022

Deal value$2.30BEV $2.22B
Premium37.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA18.4x2.3x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$32.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Compagnie DE Saint Gobain (CODGF)
Target
GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (GCP)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$32.00
Enterprise value
$2.22B
Status
Closed Sep 27, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$71.0M · 3.1%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
RBC Capital Markets
RBC Capital Markets fee
$1.0M

Sector context · Energy

Comparable deals
22 in the prior 24 months
Premium
37.0% vs. 17.1% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
18.4x vs. 12.8x sector median
Break fee
3.1% vs. 2.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedDec 6, 2021
  2. Proxy filedJan 18, 2022
  3. Definitive proxyJan 31, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteMar 8, 2022
  5. ClosedSep 27, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$25.50$32.50
Trading comparables$27.00$33.50
Precedent transactions$23.50$29.00
Discounted cash flow$27.00$32.75
Offer $32.00

Implied value per GCP Applied Technologies Inc. share by analysis, from RBC Capital Markets.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Dec 6, 2021
  • DEFA14A · Dec 6, 2021
  • 8-K · Dec 7, 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.