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| 1 Confidential, Preliminary & Highly Illustrative for Discussion Purposes Precedent Special Committee Bid Bump Analysis Announced Date Target Acquirer Target Industry Sector Initial Bid Final Bid Number of Bids From Winning Bidder Bump from Initial to Final Bid % Increase Days Between Initial and Final Bid 8-Dec-25 Confluent IBM Technology $ 27.00 $ 31.00 4 $ 4.00 15 % 12 22-Sep-25 Premier Patient Square Capital Business Services $ 27.00 $ 28.25 3 $ 1.25 5 % 87 17-Oct-24 Zuora GIC, Silver Lake Technology $ 9.75 $ 10.00 2 $ 0.25 3 % 0 1-Aug-24 R1 RCM CD&R, Towerbrook Technology $ 13.25 $ 14.30 5 $ 1.05 8 % 29 13-May-24 Squarespace Permira Technology $ 40.50 $ 46.50 5 $ 6.00 15 % 206 2-Apr-24 Endeavor Group Holdings Silver Lake Business Services $ 24.50 $ 27.50 4 $ 3.00 12 % 3 26-Feb-24 Agiliti Thomas H. Lee Partners Healthcare $ 9.00 $ 10.00 8 $ 1.00 11 % 133 18-Dec-23 Alteryx Clearlake, Insight Technology $ 41.50 $ 48.25 5 $ 6.75 16 % 57 23-Oct-23 EngageSmart Vista Equity Partners Technology $ 22.00 $ 23.00 3 $ 1.00 5 % 12 14-Mar-23 Cvent Blackstone Technology $ 8.00 $ 8.50 5 $ 0.50 6 % 111 27-Feb-23 Focus Financial Partners CD&R Financial Services $ 45.00 $ 53.00 7 $ 8.00 18 % 165 9-Jan-23 Duck Creek Technologies Vista Equity Partners Technology $ 15.00 $ 19.00 4 $ 4.00 27 % 73 25-Jul-22 Shell Midstream Partners Shell Energy $ 12.89 $ 15.85 6 $ 2.96 23 % 148 11-May-22 Switch DigitalBridge Group, IFM Technology $ 34.00 $ 34.25 2 $ 0.25 1 % 56 11-Apr-22 SailPoint Technologies Thoma Bravo Business Services $ 60.00 $ 65.25 4 $ 5.25 9 % 17 14-Feb-22 Cornerstone Building Brands CD&R Industrial $ 22.00 $ 24.65 6 $ 2.65 12 % 90 12-Jul-21 State Auto Financial Liberty Mutual Financial Services $ 43.00 $ 52.00 3 $ 9.00 21 % 273 18-Jun-21 Sykes Enterprises CREADEV Technology $ 53.00 $ 54.00 2 $ 1.00 2 % 33 6-May-21 At Home Group Hellman & Friedman Retail $ 32.00 $ 37.00 7 $ 5.00 16 % 97 Median 4 12 % 73 Source: Deal Point, public filings Note: Includes friendly transactions with public target, special committee assignment for target, enterprise value greater than $1bn, 2021 – 2025, completed, all cash, US-only. For initial bids covering a range of values, initial bid reflects low end of range. |