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M&A · Industrials · Tires & Inner Tubes

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Co

Announced Feb 22, 2021 · Closed Jun 7, 2021

Deal value$2.50BEV $2.50B
Premium24.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA6.1x1.0x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationCash and stock$41.75 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Target
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co (CTB)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$41.75
Enterprise value
$2.50B
Status
Closed Jun 7, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$83.4M · 3.3%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · JPMorgan

Advisors

To the acquirer
Lazard, JPMorgan
To the target
Goldman Sachs

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
13 in the prior 24 months
Premium
24.0% vs. 21.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
6.1x vs. 10.3x sector median
Break fee
Sector median 2.4%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedFeb 22, 2021
  2. Proxy filedApr 2, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyApr 2, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteApr 30, 2021
  5. ClosedJun 7, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$41.00$62.00
Discounted cash flow$48.00$62.00
Premiums paid$54.00$60.00
Offer $41.75

Implied value per Cooper Tire & Rubber Co share by analysis, from Goldman Sachs · DCF discount rate 9.25%–10.25%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Feb 22, 2021
  • 425 · Feb 22, 2021
  • 425 · Feb 22, 2021
  • 425 · Feb 22, 2021
  • 8-K · Feb 24, 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.