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M&A · Healthcare · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus

STERIS plc to acquire Cantel Medical Corp

Announced Jan 12, 2021 · Closed Jun 2, 2021

Deal value$4.60BEV $4.60B
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA25.0x4.5x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationCash and stock$84.66 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
STERIS plc (STE)
Target
Cantel Medical Corp (CMD)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$84.66
Enterprise value
$4.60B
Status
Closed Jun 2, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$127M · 2.8%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Guggenheim
To the target
Centerview
Centerview fee
$67.0M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
6 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 45.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
25.0x vs. 10.6x sector median
Break fee
2.8% vs. 2.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJan 12, 2021
  2. Proxy filedApr 1, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyApr 1, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteApr 29, 2021
  5. ClosedJun 2, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$76.00$91.00
Trading comparables$69.00$82.00
Precedent transactions$53.00$65.00
Precedent transactions$72.00$93.00
Discounted cash flow$67.00$91.00
Offer $84.66

Implied value per Cantel Medical Corp share by analysis, from Centerview.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jan 12, 2021
  • 8-K · Jan 12, 2021
  • 425 · Apr 21, 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.