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

NCR Corporation to acquire Cardtronics plc

Announced Jan 25, 2021 · Closed Jun 21, 2021

Deal value$2.50BEV $2.50B
Premium9.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA9.7x2.2x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash

Transaction

Acquirer
NCR Corporation (NCR)
Target
Cardtronics plc (CATM)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
$2.50B
Status
Closed Jun 21, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$36.9M · 1.5%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
—
Financing
Committed · Barclays, Mizuho, RBC Capital Markets, BofA Securities

Advisors

To the acquirer
BofA Securities
To the target
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs fee
$2.5M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
8 in the prior 24 months
Premium
9.0% vs. 41.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
9.7x vs. 9.2x sector median
Break fee
1.5% vs. 2.6% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJan 25, 2021
  2. Proxy filedMar 30, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyMar 30, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteMay 7, 2021
  5. ClosedJun 21, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$29.01$38.21
Future share price$25.16$38.31
Precedent transactions$7.11$59.86
Premiums paid$28.46$35.70

Implied value per Cardtronics plc share by analysis, from Goldman Sachs · DCF discount rate 7.5%–8.5%.

Sources
  • DEFA14A · Jan 25, 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.