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SVB Financial Group to acquire Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc

Announced Jan 4, 2021 · Closed Jul 1, 2021

Deal value$900M
Premium29.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationAll stock

Transaction

Acquirer
SVB Financial Group (SIVB)
Target
Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc (BPFH)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
—
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Jul 1, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$36.0M · 4.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Goldman Sachs
To the target
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley fee
$10.0M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
5 in the prior 24 months
Premium
29.0% vs. 61.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
—
Break fee
4.0% vs. 2.8% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJan 4, 2021
  2. Proxy filedMar 18, 2021
  3. Definitive proxyMar 18, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteMay 4, 2021
  5. ClosedJul 1, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$7.14$8.89
Discounted cash flow$7.70$9.66
Trading comparables$244.32$383.94
Trading comparables$237.15$395.24
Trading comparables$210.56$387.83

Implied value per Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc share by analysis, from Morgan Stanley.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jan 4, 2021
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Jan 4, 2021
  • 425 · Jan 4, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jan 21, 2021
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Apr 22, 2021

Prepared with Castle from public SEC EDGAR filings. Figures are extracted automatically; verify against the source documents. Not investment advice.