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M&A · Industrials · Household Appliances

BDT Capital Partners LLC to acquire Weber Inc.

Announced Dec 12, 2022 · Closed Feb 21, 2023

Deal value$3.70BEV $3.70B
Premium60.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—2.1x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash

Transaction

Acquirer
BDT Capital Partners LLC
Target
Weber Inc.
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
$3.70B
Status
Closed Feb 21, 2023

Deal protections

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

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Centerview

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
80 in the prior 24 months
Premium
60.0% vs. 47.4% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 11.2x
Break fee
Sector median 2.8%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedDec 12, 2022
  2. Proxy filedJan 17, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyJan 30, 2023
  4. Shareholder vote—
  5. ClosedFeb 21, 2023

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$5.92$9.79
Trading comparables$4.31$7.96

Implied value per Weber Inc. share by analysis, from Centerview · DCF discount rate 9.5%–11%.

Sources
  • 8-K · Dec 12, 2022

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.