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M&A · Healthcare · Pharmaceutical Preparations

Revolution Medicines, Inc. to acquire EQRx, Inc.

Announced Aug 1, 2023 · Closed Nov 9, 2023

Deal value—
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock

Transaction

Acquirer
Revolution Medicines, Inc. (RVMD)
Target
EQRx, Inc. (EQRX)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Nov 9, 2023

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$65.0M
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$65.0M
Go-shop
—
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Guggenheim
To the target
Goldman Sachs, MTS Health Partners
MTS Health Partners fee
$2.5M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
88 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 50.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 17.4x
Break fee
Sector median 3.5%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedAug 1, 2023
  2. Proxy filedSep 29, 2023
  3. Definitive proxySep 29, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteNov 8, 2023
  5. ClosedNov 9, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$14.75$30.00
Trading comparables$49.25$64.25
Discounted cash flow$5,840.00$7,620.00
Discounted cash flow$49.25$64.25

Implied value per EQRx, Inc. share by analysis, from MTS Health Partners.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.3) · Aug 1, 2023
  • 425 · Aug 1, 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.