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

Baxter International Inc to acquire Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

Announced Sep 2, 2021 · Closed Dec 13, 2021

Deal value$10.50BEV $12.33B
Premium26.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA22.8x4.2x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$156.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Baxter International Inc (BAX)
Target
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$156.00
Enterprise value
$12.33B
Status
Closed Dec 13, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$367M · 3.5%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$420M · 4.0%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
Committed · JPMorgan, Citigroup

Advisors

To the acquirer
Not disclosed
To the target
Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities
BofA Securities fee
$11.0M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
25 in the prior 24 months
Premium
26.0% vs. 44.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
22.8x vs. 19.3x sector median
Break fee
3.5% vs. 3.3% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedSep 2, 2021
  2. Proxy filedOct 1, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyOct 20, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteDec 2, 2021
  5. ClosedDec 13, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flowGoldman Sachs$137.00$187.00
Future share priceGoldman Sachs$109.00$155.00
Premiums paidGoldman Sachs$145.00$172.00
52-week trading rangeGoldman Sachs$126.00$151.00
Premiums paidGoldman Sachs$105.00$172.00
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$117.00$156.75
Trading comparablesBofA Securities$114.50$157.75
Precedent transactionsBofA Securities$104.25$141.75
Precedent transactionsBofA Securities$90.50$141.50
Discounted cash flowBofA Securities$130.50$208.25
Offer $156.00

Implied value per Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. share by analysis, from Goldman Sachs and BofA Securities · DCF discount rate 7.5%–8.5%.

Sources
  • 8-K · Sep 2, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Dec 13, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Dec 13, 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.