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Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. to acquire Summit Financial Group, Inc.

Announced Aug 24, 2023 · Closed May 3, 2024

Deal value$372M
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock$25.20 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. (BHRB)
Target
Summit Financial Group, Inc. (SMMF)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$25.20
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed May 3, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$14.9M · 4.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Stifel
To the target
D.A. Davidson

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
62 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 34.0%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 24.7x
Break fee
4.0% vs. 3.0% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedAug 24, 2023
  2. Proxy filedOct 16, 2023
  3. Definitive proxyOct 16, 2023
  4. Shareholder voteDec 6, 2023
  5. ClosedMay 3, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flowStifel$45.04$66.05
Discounted cash flowStifel$31.99$50.17
Discounted cash flowStifel$66.45$96.48
Precedent transactionsD.A. Davidson$15.70$32.25
Precedent transactionsD.A. Davidson$19.73$35.19
Precedent transactionsD.A. Davidson$18.46$33.61
Precedent transactionsD.A. Davidson$22.66$37.92
Offer $25.20

Implied value per Summit Financial Group, Inc. share by analysis, from Stifel and D.A. Davidson · DCF discount rate 9%–13%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Aug 24, 2023
  • 425 · Aug 24, 2023
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Dec 7, 2023
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Dec 7, 2023
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Apr 19, 2024

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.