Shutterstock Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Envato, Featuring Envato Elements, the Unlimited Creative Content Subscription - Seite 2
Strategic Highlights:
- Complements Shutterstock's existing offering with Envato Elements, a leading unlimited multi-asset subscription offering
- Expands Shutterstock's reach within faster growing audiences such as freelancers, hobbyists, small businesses and agencies
- Adds 650k subscribers, more than doubling Shutterstock's subscriber base to 1.15 million
- Increases Shutterstock's Content revenue from video, audio, graphics, fonts and templates
- Bolsters Shutterstock's content library with 10 million images, 6 million videos, 1 million audio clips, 0.5 million templates and 0.2 million graphics & fonts
- Further diversifies Shutterstock into new content types including code & web themes, product mock-ups, fonts and templates (e.g. Slides, Powerpoint, Keynote, Wordpress, video, designs for social posts, gaming, podcasts and print-on-demand)
Transaction Highlights:
- $245 million cash purchase of 100% of Envato Pty Ltd at closing, after customary working capital and other adjustments
- Expected to accelerate path to Shutterstock's 2027 long-term targets with Envato adding 20% to annual revenues and 15% to annual adjusted EBITDA
- Financing via a $375 million credit facility with expected drawn leverage of 0.7x net debt to 2024 combined adjusted EBITDA
- Expected transaction closing in the third quarter, subject to customary closing conditions
Additional Information:
Investors can find a link to the presentation material on the Envato acquisition at: https://investor.shutterstock.com.
Financing Sources and Advisors:
Financing for the transaction will be provided by Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Citizens. CapM Advisors and White & Case LLP acted as financial advisor and legal advisor, respectively, to Shutterstock. Drake Star Partners and Goodwin Procter LLP and King & Wood Mallesons acted as financial advisor and legal advisors, respectively, to Envato.
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