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M&A · Industrials · Special Industry Machinery, NEC

Stratasys Ltd. to acquire Desktop Metal, Inc.

Announced May 26, 2023 · Terminated

Deal value$1.80BEV $1.80B
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—8.7x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll stock$1.83 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Stratasys Ltd. (SSYS)
Target
Desktop Metal, Inc. (DM)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$1.83
Enterprise value
$1.80B
Status
Terminated

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$18.6M · 1.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$32.5M · 1.8%
Go-shop
—
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
JPMorgan
To the target
Stifel

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
77 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 49.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 11.9x
Break fee
1.0% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMay 26, 2023
  2. Proxy filedAug 28, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyAug 28, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteSep 28, 2023
  5. Terminated—
Sources
  • 8-K · May 26, 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.