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M&A · Industrials · Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses

Wonder Group, Inc. to acquire Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.

Announced Sep 29, 2023 · Closed Nov 13, 2023

Deal value$103MEV $73M
Premium137.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—0.2x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$13.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Wonder Group, Inc.
Target
Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$13.00
Enterprise value
$73M
Status
Closed Nov 13, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$3.1M · 3.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Goldman Sachs
To the target
JPMorgan
JPMorgan fee
$4.0M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
74 in the prior 24 months
Premium
137.0% vs. 49.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 10.8x
Break fee
3.0% vs. 2.9% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedSep 29, 2023
  2. Tender offerOct 13, 2023
  3. ClosedNov 13, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$7.75$10.00
Discounted cash flow$9.75$12.25
Discounted cash flow$7.56$9.41
Analyst price targets$5.00$17.00
Offer $13.00

Implied value per Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. share by analysis, from JPMorgan · DCF discount rate 12%–14%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Sep 29, 2023
  • SC TO-C (EX-99.1) · Sep 29, 2023
  • 8-K · Sep 29, 2023

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.