On September 14, US insurance distribution company Baldwin Group announced that it has reached a final agreement with Sequence Holdings and the Dell Family Office. The latter two will acquire the majority of the company's shares in an all-cash transaction, with a total business value of about 7.7 billion US dollars. Once the deal is completed, Baldwin will delist and become a private company. According to the agreement, Baldwin shareholders will sell their shares for $32.50 per share in cash, at a premium of about 88% over the closing price on June 17, the day before news broke that the company was seeking privatization. The transaction included an equity purchase price of approximately US$4.6 billion and net debt of approximately US$3.1 billion to undertake or refinance, corresponding to about 20 times the company's profit before adjusted interest, tax, depreciation and amortization over the past 12 months.

Zhitongcaijing · 4d ago
On September 14, US insurance distribution company Baldwin Group announced that it has reached a final agreement with Sequence Holdings and the Dell Family Office. The latter two will acquire the majority of the company's shares in an all-cash transaction, with a total business value of about 7.7 billion US dollars. Once the deal is completed, Baldwin will delist and become a private company. According to the agreement, Baldwin shareholders will sell their shares for $32.50 per share in cash, at a premium of about 88% over the closing price on June 17, the day before news broke that the company was seeking privatization. The transaction included an equity purchase price of approximately US$4.6 billion and net debt of approximately US$3.1 billion to undertake or refinance, corresponding to about 20 times the company's profit before adjusted interest, tax, depreciation and amortization over the past 12 months.