Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Model N, Inc. for $1.3 billion.
April 07, 2024
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Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Model N, Inc. (NYSE:MODN) for $1.3 billion on April 7, 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, Vista will acquire all the outstanding shares of Model N common stock for $30.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.25 billion. Upon completion of the transaction, Model N will become a privately held company and shares of Model N common stock will no longer be listed on any public market. The Merger Agreement further provides that Model N shall be required to pay Vista a termination fee of $43,167,695 under certain specified circumstances, including a termination by Model N to accept a Superior Proposal. Vista Equity Partners Fund VIII, L.P. delivered an Equity Commitment Letter pursuant to which Vista Equity Partners Fund VIII, L.P. has committed to invest in Parent, directly or indirectly, the cash amounts set forth therein for the purpose of funding the full amount of the Merger Consideration.
Transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Model N stockholders and clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The Board of Directors of Model N unanimously determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Model N and Model N?s stockholders. The Board unanimously approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, directed that the Merger Agreement be submitted to the stockholders of Model N for their adoption and, resolved to recommend adoption of the Merger Agreement to the stockholders of Model N. The board of directors of Vista also unanimously approved the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2024.
Jefferies LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor and provided a fairness opinion to Model N, and David Michaels of Fenwick & West LLP is serving as legal counsel. Daniel E. Wolf, David M. Klein and Chelsea N. Darnell of Kirkland & Ellis LLP is acting as legal counsels to Vista.
Model N, Inc. is a provider of cloud revenue management solutions for life sciences and technology companies. The Company operates through developing and monetizing revenue management solutions segment. The Company is engaged in revenue optimization and compliance for pharmaceutical, medtech, and high-tech innovators. Its products include channel data management, channel management, deal intelligence, deal management for high tech, deal management for life sciences, global pricing management, global tender management, government pricing, intelligence cloud, market development fund management, medicaid, payer management, price intelligence, provider management, rebate management, and validate. The Company's industry solutions include revenue cloud for pharma, revenue cloud for medtech, revenue cloud for high tech, business services for life science. Its support & services consist professional services, support overview, product support, community portal, knowledge center, and others.