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M&A · Energy · Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals

Prysmian to acquire Encore Wire Corp

Announced Apr 15, 2024 · Closed Jul 2, 2024

Deal value$4.57BEV $4.01B
Premium11.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA7.9x1.6x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$290.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Prysmian
Target
Encore Wire Corp
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$290.00
Enterprise value
$4.01B
Status
Closed Jul 2, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$147M · 3.2%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$180M · 3.9%
Go-shop
Go-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Goldman Sachs
To the target
JPMorgan
JPMorgan fee
$53.0M

Sector context · Energy

Comparable deals
38 in the prior 24 months
Premium
11.0% vs. 20.9% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
7.9x vs. 8.3x sector median
Break fee
3.2% vs. 2.9% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedApr 15, 2024
  2. Proxy filedMay 10, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyMay 22, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteJun 26, 2024
  5. ClosedJul 2, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$214.50$255.25
Offer $290.00

Implied value per Encore Wire Corp share by analysis, from JPMorgan · DCF discount rate 9%–10%.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99) · Apr 15, 2024
  • 8-K · Apr 15, 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.