M&A
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.75
Coursera to acquire Udemy in all-stock merger; exchange ratio of 0.800
Coursera, Inc.
- Udemy shareholders receive 0.800 shares of Coursera common stock per share; fractional shares paid in cash.
- Transaction requires stockholder approval from both companies; Coursera to amend charter to increase authorized shares.
- Termination fee of $40.5M payable by breaching party; $8.0M expense reimbursement if stockholder approvals not obtained.
- Voting agreements: Insight Venture Partners (~26% of Udemy) and NEA/Andrew Ng (~12% of Coursera) commit to vote for deal.
- Post-closing board of 9 directors (6 from Coursera, 3 from Udemy); Coursera CEO remains.