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

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. to acquire Asensus Surgical, Inc.

Announced Jun 7, 2024 · Closed Aug 22, 2024

Deal value$95MEV $88M
Premium67.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—10.1x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$0.35 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.
Target
Asensus Surgical, Inc. (TRXDW)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$0.35
Enterprise value
$88M
Status
Closed Aug 22, 2024

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$3.6M · 3.8%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
—
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
UBS
To the target
Jefferies
Jefferies fee
$4.5M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
107 in the prior 24 months
Premium
67.0% vs. 63.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 17.2x
Break fee
3.8% vs. 3.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJun 7, 2024
  2. Proxy filedJun 24, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyJul 5, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteAug 20, 2024
  5. ClosedAug 22, 2024

Valuation · fairness opinions

Discounted cash flow$0.18$0.48
Offer $0.35

Implied value per Asensus Surgical, Inc. share by analysis, from Jefferies.

Sources
  • DEFA14A (EX-99.1) · Jun 7, 2024
  • 8-K · Jun 7, 2024
  • DEFA14A · Jul 30, 2024
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Aug 13, 2024
  • DEFA14A · Aug 13, 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.