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

Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC to acquire TCR2 Therapeutics Inc.

Announced Mar 6, 2023 · Closed Jun 1, 2023

Deal value$103MEV $49M
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock$2.66 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC (ADAPY)
Target
TCR2 Therapeutics Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$2.66
Enterprise value
$49M
Status
Closed Jun 1, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$2.4M · 2.3%
Go-shop
—
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
TD Cowen, Piper Sandler
To the target
Not disclosed
TD Cowen fee
$2.0M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
74 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 47.1%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 21.1x
Break fee
Sector median 3.5%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMar 6, 2023
  2. Proxy filedApr 20, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyApr 20, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteMay 30, 2023
  5. ClosedJun 1, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparablesTD Cowen$1.10$4.45
Trading comparablesTD Cowen$3.85$8.45
Precedent transactionsTD Cowen$3.60$6.05
Discounted cash flowTD Cowen$1.80$3.65
Discounted cash flowTD Cowen$2.75$4.20
Discounted cash flowPiper Sandler$0.83$3.75
Offer $2.66

Implied value per TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. share by analysis, from TD Cowen and Piper Sandler.

Sources
  • 8-K · Mar 6, 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.