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

GTCR to acquire Surmodics Inc

Announced May 29, 2024 · Closed Nov 19, 2025

Deal value$627MEV $623M
Premium23.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA17.3x4.4x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$43.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
GTCR
Target
Surmodics Inc (SRDX)
Buyer type
Private equity
Offer price per share
$43.00
Enterprise value
$623M
Status
Closed Nov 19, 2025

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$20.4M · 3.3%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$50.2M · 8.0%
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Goldman Sachs
To the target
Jefferies
Jefferies fee
$7.5M

Sector context · Healthcare

Comparable deals
107 in the prior 24 months
Premium
23.0% vs. 64.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
17.3x vs. 17.1x sector median
Break fee
3.3% vs. 3.5% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedMay 29, 2024
  2. Proxy filedJun 27, 2024
  3. Definitive proxyJul 8, 2024
  4. Shareholder voteAug 13, 2024
  5. ClosedNov 19, 2025

Valuation · fairness opinions

Trading comparables$21.50$26.20
Trading comparables$31.28$37.57
Precedent transactions$23.73$31.62
Precedent transactions$39.34$45.89
Offer $43.00

Implied value per Surmodics Inc share by analysis, from Jefferies.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · May 29, 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.