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M&A · Healthcare · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances)

Coherus BioSciences, Inc. to acquire Surface Oncology, Inc.

Announced Jun 16, 2023 · Closed Sep 8, 2023

Deal value$40MEV $40M
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock$5.28 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (CHRS)
Target
Surface Oncology, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$5.28
Enterprise value
$40M
Status
Closed Sep 8, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$2.0M · 5.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Truist Securities
To the target
Wedbush

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
83 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 50.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 19.3x
Break fee
5.0% vs. 3.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJun 16, 2023
  2. Proxy filedJul 26, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyJul 26, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteSep 8, 2023
  5. ClosedSep 8, 2023
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jun 16, 2023
  • 425 · Jun 16, 2023
  • 8-K · Jun 16, 2023
  • 425 · Jun 16, 2023
  • 425 · Jun 16, 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.