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M&A · Industrials · Transportation Services

International Seaways, Inc. to acquire Diamond S Shipping Inc.

Announced Mar 31, 2021 · Closed Jul 16, 2021

Deal value$416MEV $416M
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—0.7x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll stock

Transaction

Acquirer
International Seaways, Inc. (INSW)
Target
Diamond S Shipping Inc. (DSSI)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
$416M
Status
Closed Jul 16, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Moelis, Jefferies
Jefferies fee
$6.5M
Moelis fee
$8.0M

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
19 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 24.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 10.0x
Break fee
Sector median 2.4%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMar 31, 2021
  2. Proxy filedJun 11, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyJun 11, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteJul 13, 2021
  5. ClosedJul 16, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Other analysisJefferies$27.25$31.02
Other analysisJefferies$13.84$19.50
Trading comparablesJefferies$17.50$26.25
Trading comparablesJefferies$9.89$14.84
Precedent transactionsJefferies$28.44$29.89
Other analysisMoelis$26.68$28.19
Discounted cash flowMoelis$4.47$9.76
Discounted cash flowMoelis$14.81$23.89
Trading comparablesMoelis$7.49$12.48
Trading comparablesMoelis$26.85$34.20

Implied value per Diamond S Shipping Inc. share by analysis, from Jefferies and Moelis.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Mar 31, 2021
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Mar 31, 2021
  • 8-K · Jun 3, 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.