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M&A · Industrials · Specialty Cleaning, Polishing and Sanitation Preparations

OneWater Marine Inc. to acquire Ocean Bio Chem Inc

Announced Jun 22, 2022 · Closed Aug 9, 2022

Deal value$124MEV $122M
Premium120.9%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA10.2x1.9x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$13.08 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
OneWater Marine Inc. (ONEW)
Target
Ocean Bio Chem Inc
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$13.08
Enterprise value
$122M
Status
Closed Aug 9, 2022

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$3.4M · 2.7%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$5.0M · 4.0%
Go-shop
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Financing
Committed · Truist Securities

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Houlihan Lokey

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
68 in the prior 24 months
Premium
120.9% vs. 47.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
10.2x vs. 11.1x sector median
Break fee
2.7% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJun 22, 2022
  2. Proxy filedJul 1, 2022
  3. Definitive proxyJul 11, 2022
  4. Shareholder vote—
  5. ClosedAug 9, 2022

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$10.54$12.58
Trading comparables$10.96$13.58
Trading comparables$10.78$13.69
Precedent transactions$11.05$13.09
Discounted cash flow$10.73$14.02
Offer $13.08

Implied value per Ocean Bio Chem Inc share by analysis, from Houlihan Lokey · DCF discount rate 12%–14%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Jun 22, 2022
  • 8-K · Jun 22, 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.