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M&A · Healthcare · In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances

Quidel Corp to acquire Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc

Announced Dec 23, 2021 · Closed May 27, 2022

Deal value$6.00BEV $7.89B
Premium25.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationCash and stock$24.68 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Quidel Corp (QDEL)
Target
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc (OCDX)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$24.68
Enterprise value
$7.89B
Status
Closed May 27, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$208M · 3.5%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
—
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Perella Weinberg, JPMorgan
Perella Weinberg fee
$8.3M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
32 in the prior 24 months
Premium
25.0% vs. 46.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 20.4x
Break fee
3.5% vs. 3.3% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedDec 23, 2021
  2. Proxy filedApr 11, 2022
  3. Definitive proxyApr 11, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteMay 16, 2022
  5. ClosedMay 27, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Analyst price targets$23.20$29.69
Trading comparables$17.31$25.63
Trading comparables$19.25$28.21
Trading comparables$18.11$26.70
Trading comparables$18.16$26.76
Offer $24.68

Implied value per Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc share by analysis, from Perella Weinberg · DCF discount rate 7%–8%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Dec 23, 2021
  • 425 · Dec 23, 2021
  • 425 · Dec 23, 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.