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This excerpt taken from the CVS 8-K filed Feb 13, 2007. Precedent Transaction Analysis
Using publicly available information, Evercore reviewed and compared the purchase prices and financial multiples paid in acquisitions of companies that Evercore, based on its experience with merger and acquisition transactions, deemed relevant to arriving at its opinion. Evercore performed the analysis for both CVS and Caremark. Evercore chose the transactions used in the precedent transaction analysis based on the similarity of the target companies in the transactions to CVS and Caremark, as applicable. However, no precedent transaction is identical to the merger. As a result, these analyses are not purely mathematical, but also take into account differences in financial and operating characteristics of the subject companies and other factors that could affect the transactions to which the merger is being compared. Evercore reviewed the following transactions in the precedent transaction analysis for CVS:
9 Evercore reviewed the following transactions in the precedent transaction analysis for Caremark:
Using a selected multiple range of 8.0x to 11.0x estimated 2006 EBITDA, the precedent transaction analysis of CVS yielded an implied valuation range for the CVS common stock of $23.60 to $34.43 per share. CVS estimated 2006 EBITDA does not reflect the full year pro forma results for the Albertson’s purchase. Therefore, Evercore also performed precedent transaction analysis for CVS using estimated 2007 EBITDA (which includes a full year impact of the Albertson’s transaction) and discounted the resulting share price for one year at an assumed cost of equity of 11% resulting in an implied valuation range for the CVS common stock of $29.21 to $42.13 per share. Using a selected multiple range of 10.0x to 14.0x estimated 2006 EBITDA, the precedent transaction analysis of Caremark yielded an implied valuation range for Caremark common stock of $44.75 to $61.84 per share. Evercore calculated implied exchange ratios by taking the minimum Caremark implied share price over the average CVS implied share price, and the maximum Caremark implied share price over the average CVS implied share price. Evercore calculated implied exchange ratios after giving effect to the payment of the Caremark special cash dividend based on the precedent transaction analysis ranging from 1.198x to 1.727x.
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