The Merger Litigations filed to date generally allege that the Definitive Proxy Statement is materially incomplete and misleading by allegedly failing to disclose certain purportedly material information. The Maglione matter brings claims for breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and failure to disclose under Washington state law against the Company, its Board as well as Vista Equity Partners Management, Parent and Merger Sub. The Bushansky matter asserts violations of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder against Smartsheet and the Board and violations of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the Board. The Connolly and Wright matters bring identical claims for negligent misrepresentation and concealment, and negligence under New York law against the Company and its Board. The Merger Litigations seek, among other things: an injunction enjoining consummation of the Merger; rescission of the Merger Agreement, rescission of the Merger if consummated; an accounting of all damages suffered; costs of the action, including attorneys’ fees and experts’ fees and expenses; an order directing the filing of a proxy statement that does not contain any untrue statements of material fact; in the Maglione matter, a declaratory order that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties and/or aided and abetted breach of fiduciary duties; in the Bushansky matter, a declaratory order that the defendants violated Section 14(a) and/or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act; and any other relief the court may deem just and proper.
Smartsheet cannot predict the outcome of each Merger Litigation, nor can Smartsheet predict the amount of time and expense that will be required to resolve each Merger Litigation. Smartsheet believes that the Maglione, Bushansky, Connolly, and Wright cases are without merit and that no supplemental disclosures are required under applicable law. Smartsheet and its directors intend to vigorously defend against each Merger Litigation and any subsequently filed similar actions. It is possible that additional similar complaints could be filed in connection with the Merger. Smartsheet cannot estimate the possible loss or range of loss from the Merger Litigations. If any additional complaints are filed, absent new or significantly different allegations, Smartsheet will not necessarily disclose such additional filings.
At the same meeting, the Board of Directors discussed establishing a committee of the Board of Directors to oversee our strategic process. After discussion, the Board of Directors approved the formation of a committee (the “Transaction Committee”), comprised of independent directors Mike Gregoire, Matt McIlwain, Katie Rooney and Khozema Shipchandler, to facilitate the Board of Directors’ active involvement in our company’s discussions and consideration of strategic alternatives, including potential negotiations with the Consortium (or any other party), but without authority to approve any transaction. The Transaction Committee was not created to address any actual or perceived conflict of interest, and the members of the Transaction Committee were not paid any additional compensation for serving on the Transaction Committee. The Board of Directors was aware that director Katie Rooney had served as the chief financial officer of Alight, Inc. from May 2017 to May 2024, and served as its chief operating officer from August 2023 to July 12, 2024. Alight was partially owned by funds affiliated with Blackstone as the majority sponsor owner since February 2017, and then merged with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company in July 2021. Following the merger, Peter Wallace, a senior managing director of Blackstone and its co-head of U.S. acquisitions, served as a director of Alight, and a member of its compensation committee, until September 2023 (when he and another Blackstone representative stepped 下任Alight董事會成員)。此外,董事Matt McIlwain是Madrona的管理董事, 一家創投公司,Madrona投資於Clari, Inc.,這是一傢俬人持有的公司, 而由黑石管理的資金也對其進行了投資。
目標公司的隱含完全攤薄 equity value 與分析師對該目標公司下一個12個月的槓桿自由現金流的預期倍數(我們稱之爲“NTm LFCF 倍數”)。
公告
日期
目標
收購方
NTM
營業收入
多項
NTM
EBITDA
多項
NTM
自由現金流
多項
FD企業價值(百萬美元)
09/09/2024
Squarespace, Inc.
Permira
5.6x
22.9x
23.2x
$7,237
07/25/2024
Instructure Holdings, Inc.
KKR
6.9x
16.9x
20.1x
$4,721
06/07/2024
PowerSchool Holdings, Inc.
Bain Capital
7.2x
21.0x
28.2x
$5,838
06/05/2024
WalkMe有限公司
sap se
4.0x
68.2x
51.4x
$1,146
04/26/2024
黑暗追蹤公司
托馬布拉沃
6.3x
26.9x
36.5x
$4,992
04/24/2024
HashiCorp, Inc。
國際商業機器股份有限公司
9.9x
-
-
$6,379
04/08/2024
模型N公司
維斯塔股權投資
4.8x
24.5x
25.8x
$1,274
03/01/2024
Everbridge, Inc.
Thoma Bravo
3.9x
17.5x
22.9x
$1,786
12/18/2023
Alteryx, Inc.
Clearlake Capital和Insight Partners
4.2x
27.2x
74.7x
$4,352
10/23/2023
EngageSmart, Inc.
Vista Equity Partners
8.8x
47.6x
70.5x
$3,677
09/21/2023
splunk inc
思科系統有限公司。
7.1x
30.9x
29.3x
$29,552
07/31/2023
新遺留公司
弗朗西斯科合夥人和TPG
5.8x
30.4x
48.1x
$6,119
05/04/2023
軟件公司
白銀湖
2.6x
14.4x
37.5x
$2,945
03/14/2023
Cvent控股corp
黑石
6.5x
34.1x
58.6x
$4,590
03/13/2023
Momentive全球公司
STG合夥人,有限責任公司
3.0x
16.0x
17.0x
$1,474
03/13/2023
Qualtrics國際公司。
白銀湖和CPPIB
7.1x
50.2x
-
$11,741
02/09/2023
Sumo Logic公司。
弗朗西斯科合夥公司
4.2x
-
-
$1,407
01/09/2023
Duck Creek科技公司。
維斯塔股權合作伙伴
7.0x
-
-
$2,400
12/12/2022
Coupa軟件公司
托馬布拉沃
8.4x
37.5x
39.3x
$8,003
10/27/2022
用戶測試公司
托馬·布拉沃
5.3x
-
-
$1,090
10/11/2022
ForgeRock公司
托馬·布拉沃
8.4x
-
-
$1,970
09/28/2022
BTRS控股公司
EQt
7.9x
-
-
$1,474
08/08/2022
Avalara公司
Vista Equity Partners
8.8x
-
-
$8,411
08/03/2022
Ping Identity Holding Corp.
Thoma Bravo
8.0x
-
-
$2,804
06/24/2022
Zendesk, Inc.
H&F & Permira
5.4x
48.7x
46.0x
$9,781
06/06/2022
Anaplan, Inc.
Thoma Bravo
12.8x
-
-
$10,120
05/04/2022
Black Knight, Inc.
洲際交易所股份有限公司
9.7x
19.7x
28.2x
$15,873
04/11/2022
Datto控股公司
Kaseya和Insight
8.3x
36.0x
-
$6,011
04/11/2022
SailPoint科技控股公司
Thoma Bravo
13.3x
-
-
$6,881
公告
日期
目標
收購方
NTM
營業收入
多項
NTM
EBITDA
多項
NTM
自由現金流
多項
FD企業價值(百萬美元)
12/07/2021
Mimecast有限公司
Permira
8.8x
32.1x
40.6x
$5,538
08/19/2021
Inovalon控股公司
挪迪克資本
8.8x
25.0x
41.5x
$7,209
08/05/2021
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.
Clearlake資本集團,L.P.
5.9x
18.8x
18.4x
$5,238
07/26/2021
梅達利亞公司
托馬·布拉沃
10.8x
-
-
$6,446
06/28/2021
QAD公司
托馬·布拉沃
5.3x
50.6x
70.8x
$1,824
04/26/2021
Proofpoint公司
托馬·布拉沃
9.4x
55.6x
59.0x
$11,313
03/10/2021
Talend公司
托馬·布拉沃
7.4x
-
-
$2,449
03/08/2021
Pluralsight公司
Vista Equity Partners
8.4x
-
-
$3,823
12/21/2020
RealPage公司
Thoma Bravo
8.2x
28.9x
37.8x
$10,186
12/01/2020
Slack Technologies公司
Salesforce, Inc.
29.0x
-
-
$28,753
12/17/2019
LogMeIn公司
Francisco Partners
3.4x
10.7x
14.0x
$4,418
12/04/2019
Instructure, Inc.
Thoma Bravo
6.5x
-
-
$1,887
06/12/2019
Medidata Solutions, Inc.
達索系統公司
7.5x
31.0x
-
$5,785
02/12/2019
Ellie Mae, Inc.
Thoma Bravo
6.8x
31.0x
-
$3,347
02/04/2019
終極軟件集團公司
投資者團隊
8.4x
34.5x
62.1x
$10,892
12/24/2018
MINDBODY公司
Vista Equity Partners
6.7x
-
-
$1,888
12/23/2018
MYOb集團有限公司
KKR
4.9x
12.1x
27.5x
$1,708
11/11/2018
athenahealth公司
Veritas Capital與Elliott Management公司
3.9x
13.8x
34.0x
$5,649
11/11/2018
Apptio公司
Vista Equity Partners
7.0x
-
-
$1,823
10/15/2018
SendGrid, Inc.
twilio 公司。
11.5x
-
-
$1,841
01/29/2018
Callidus軟件公司
sap se 美國有限公司
8.3x
56.9x
-
$2,356
12/17/2017
Aconex有限公司
Oracle 公司
8.1x
-
-
$1,207
08/31/2016
互動智能集團有限公司
Genesys (Permira)
3.2x
39.0x
-
$1,421
08/01/2016
Fleetmatics集團有限公司
威訊通信股份有限公司。
6.3x
18.4x
35.6x
$2,371
07/28/2016
NetSuite公司
Oracle 公司
9.1x
-
-
$9,388
06/01/2016
Demandware公司
Salesforce, Inc.
8.9x
-
-
$2,835
05/31/2016
Marketo公司
Vista股權合夥人
5.9x
-
-
$1,700
05/18/2016
inContact, Inc.
NICE-Systems Ltd.
3.6x
45.1x
-
$973
04/18/2016
Cvent, Inc.
Vista Equity Partners
6.5x
52.5x
-
$1,502
11/02/2015
Constant Contact, Inc.
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.
2.3x
11.3x
24.2x
$924
06/15/2015
Dealertrack Technologies, Inc.
Cox Automotive, Inc.
4.1x
19.4x
20.0x
$4,617
09/18/2014
Concur Technologies, Inc.
SAP America, Inc.
10.2x
62.0x
-
$8,286
12/20/2013
Responsys, Inc.
Oracle 公司
6.9x
58.0x
-
$1,572
公告
日期
目標
收購方
NTM
營業收入
多項
NTM
EBITDA
多項
NTM
LFCF
多項
FD企業價值(百萬美元)
06/04/2013
精確目標公司
Salesforce, Inc.
6.5x
-
-
$2,570
08/27/2012
肯克薩公司
國際商業機器股份有限公司
3.3x
18.8x
26.8x
$1,302
05/22/2012
阿里巴公司
SAP美國公司
7.8x
32.4x
48.9x
$4,437
02/09/2012
塔利歐公司
Oracle 公司
5.3x
26.6x
46.1x
$1,940
12/03/2011
成功因素公司
SAP美國公司
8.7x
-
-
$3,499
10/24/2011
RightNow技術公司
Oracle 公司
6.2x
31.8x
64.4x
$1,599
07/01/2011
黑板公司
普羅維登斯股權合夥公司
3.2x
12.6x
16.2x
$1,750
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* Multiples greater than 75.0x, negative or not publicly available marked as “-.”
Based on an analysis of the NTm Revenue Multiples for the selected transactions and its professional judgment, Qatalyst Partners selected a representative multiple range of 5.0x to 7.0x and then applied this range to Smartsheet’s estimated next-12-months’ revenue (calculated as the 12-month period ending July 31, 2025) based on the Analyst Projections. Based on the fully diluted shares of our common stock outstanding as of September 19, 2024 (calculated utilizing the same methodology as used in the section of this proxy statement captioned “-折現現金流量分析”), as provided by Smartsheet management, this analysis implied a range of values for our common stock of approximately $45.38 to $61.54 per share.
Based on an analysis of the NTm EBITDA multiples for the selected transactions and its professional judgment, Qatalyst Partners selected a representative multiple range of 27.0x to 38.0x and then applied this range to Smartsheet’s estimated next-12-months’ EBITDA (calculated as the 12-month period ending July 31, 2025) based on the Analyst Projections. Based on the same fully diluted share count as used in the immediately preceding paragraph, this analysis implied a range of values for our common stock of approximately $44.72 to $60.91 per share.
Based on an analysis of the NTm LFCF multiples for the selected transactions and its professional judgment, Qatalyst Partners selected a representative range of 25.0x to 38.0x and then applied this range to Smartsheet’s estimated next-12-months’ LFCF (calculated as the 12-month period ending July 31, 2025) based on the Analyst Projections. Based on the same fully diluted share count as used in the immediately preceding paragraph, this analysis implied a range of values for our common stock of approximately $45.52 to $69.06 per share.
No company or transaction utilized in the selected transactions analysis is identical to Smartsheet or the Merger. In evaluating the selected transactions, Qatalyst Partners made judgments and assumptions with regard to industry performance, general business, economic, market and financial conditions, and other matters, many of which are beyond Smartsheet’s control, such as the impact of competition on Smartsheet’s business or the industry generally, industry growth, and the absence of any material adverse change in Smartsheet’s financial condition and prospects or the industry or in the financial markets in general, which could affect the public trading value of the companies and the aggregate value of the transactions to which they are being compared. Individual multiples or mathematical analysis, such as determining the arithmetic mean, median, or the high or low, is not in itself a meaningful method of using selected transactional data. Because of the unique circumstances of each of these transactions and the Merger, Qatalyst Partners cautions against placing undue reliance on this information.