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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-087890"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001642545"
company_name: "Shockwave Medical, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:50:20.066805+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Johnson & Johnson to acquire Shockwave Medical for $335/share cash, ~$13.1B EV

## Summary
- J&J acquires Shockwave for $335.00/share cash; enterprise value ~$13.1B.
- Merger expected to close mid-2024 pending regulatory approvals and stockholder vote.
- Shockwave Board recommends adoption; termination fee of $448M payable in certain circumstances.
- IVL platform complements J&J MedTech's heart recovery and electrophysiology businesses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-087890
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001642545
- company_name: Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642545/000119312524087890/0001193125-24-087890-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642545/000119312524087890/d819714d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-087890.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Shockwave Medical, Inc. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Johnson & Johnson, Sweep Merger Sub, Inc. valued at $335.00 per share (effective 2024-04-04).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Johnson & Johnson, Sweep Merger Sub, Inc.
  - Value: $335.00 per share
  - Effective: 2024-04-04
  source text: On April 4, 2024, Shockwave Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Johnson & Johnson, a New Jersey corporation (“Parent”), and Sweep Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642545/000119312524087890/0001193125-24-087890-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.