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Oceanfirst Financial Corp to acquire Partners Bancorp

Announced Nov 4, 2021 · Terminated

Deal value$186M
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationCash and stock$10.38 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Oceanfirst Financial Corp (OCFC)
Target
Partners Bancorp
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$10.38
Enterprise value
—
Status
Terminated

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$7.4M · 4.0%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Raymond James
To the target
Piper Sandler

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
58 in the prior 24 months
Premium
Sector median 35.9%
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 21.6x
Break fee
4.0% vs. 3.7% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedNov 4, 2021
  2. Proxy filedJan 18, 2022
  3. Definitive proxyJan 18, 2022
  4. Shareholder voteMar 9, 2022
  5. Terminated—
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Nov 4, 2021
  • 8-K · Nov 4, 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.