Mid-year update to SRZ PE Buyer/Public Target Deal Study

Schulte Roth has just released the 2012 mid-year update to its PE Buyer/Public Target M&A deal study. Key observations (based on a very small sample size) include:

1. Fewer deals were completed in the first half of 2012, and average deal size decreased.
2. Deals took longer to get signed up.
3. The use of the two-step tender offer/back-end merger structure continues to grow.
4. Despite the protracted pre-signing process, fewer targets engaged in pre-signing market checks, which likely resulted in the inclusion of more "go-shop" provisions.
5. The limited specific performance remedy against the buyer remains the rule.
6. The average size of the target break-up fees and buyer reverse termination fees were consistent with the 2011 deals, excluding the unusually low fees in one transaction.
7. CEOs of the target companies participated in more buy-out groups than in 2011.

The whole study is available here.

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