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M&A · Industrials · Services-Business Services, NEC

Hudson Executive Capital to acquire Cardtronics plc

Announced Dec 15, 2020 · Terminated Jan 25, 2021

Deal value$2.30BEV $2.30B
Premium35.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA8.9x2.0x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash

Transaction

Acquirer
Hudson Executive Capital
Target
Cardtronics plc
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
$2.30B
Status
Terminated Jan 25, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$36.9M · 1.6%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
—
Financing
Committed · Barclays, Mizuho, RBC Capital Markets, BofA Securities

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Goldman Sachs

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
5 in the prior 24 months
Premium
35.0% vs. 22.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
8.9x vs. 9.2x sector median
Break fee
1.6% vs. 2.4% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedDec 15, 2020
  2. Proxy filedJan 7, 2021
  3. Definitive proxy—
  4. Shareholder vote—
  5. TerminatedJan 25, 2021
Sources
  • 8-K · Dec 15, 2020

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.