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M&A · Industrials · Miscellaneous Transportation Equipment

Shell plc to acquire Volta Inc.

Announced Jan 18, 2023 · Closed Mar 31, 2023

Deal value$169MEV $169M
Premium18.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—3.4x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$0.86 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Shell plc (SHEL)
Target
Volta Inc. (VLTA)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$0.86
Enterprise value
$169M
Status
Closed Mar 31, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$5.9M · 3.5%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
UBS
To the target
Raymond James

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
81 in the prior 24 months
Premium
18.0% vs. 47.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 11.9x
Break fee
3.5% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJan 18, 2023
  2. Proxy filedFeb 8, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyFeb 21, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteMar 29, 2023
  5. ClosedMar 31, 2023
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jan 18, 2023
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Jan 18, 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.