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Smith & Nephew — Merger or Acquisition (February 2014)

24 slides from Smith & Nephew's merger presentation, Feb 3, 2014

  1. Slide 1: Acquisition of ArthroCare Corp.

    Acquisition of ArthroCare Corp. 3 February 2014

  2. Slide 2: Forward looking statements

    Forward looking statements This document may contain forward-looking statements that may or may not prove accurate. For example, statements regarding expected revenue growth and trading margins, market trends and our product pipeline are forward-looking statements. Phrases such as "aim", "plan", "in

  3. Slide 3: Olivier Bohuon, Chief Executive Officer

    Olivier Bohuon Chief Executive Officer 2

  4. Slide 4: Highlights

    Highlights • ArthroCare is an innovative medical devices company whose sports medicine business is highly complementary to Smith & Nephew • Definitive agreement to acquire for $48.25 per share paid in cash, or approximately $1.7 billion (enterprise value of $1.5 billion) • Major investment in our sp

  5. Slide 5: Compelling strategic rationale

    Compelling strategic rationale • A comprehensive resection & repair portfolio with exciting prospects – combination of radio frequency & mechanical resection creates fuller offering – ArthroCare’s shoulder repair innovation strongly complements our knee expertise • Opportunities to drive greater rev

  6. Slide 6: Strong financial rationale

    Strong financial rationale • Significant cost & revenue synergies will add $85 million to annual trading profit by 2017 • Meets Smith & Nephew’s investment criteria – ROCE to exceed the Group’s WACC in 2017 – EPSA accretive from 2015 5

  7. Slide 7: Mike Frazzette, President, Advanced Surgical Devices

    Mike Frazzette President, Advanced Surgical Devices 6

  8. Slide 8: Overview of ArthroCare

    Overview of ArthroCare • Leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of Coblation technology used in a variety of minimally-invasive surgical procedures • ArthroCare’s products are the standard of care for shoulder procedures (sports medicine) and ENT • Focused and dedicated sales and distribution

  9. Slide 9: Coblation technology overview

    Coblation technology overview Alternative to standard surgical techniques for removing and treating tissue Standard RF Surgical Products Coblation  Plasma-generation process to cut or remove tissue  Precise, low temperature tissue removal  Ablates tissue structures to remove diseased tissue  Gen

  10. Slide 10: A premier sports medicine business

    A premier sports medicine business ArthroCare Smith & Nephew • Coblation Technology • DYONICS◊ Shaver Blades and Burrs for – Ambient Family of RF Wands knee, shoulder, hip and extremities Resection – Topaz RF Wands for extremities • ELECTROBLADE◊ – dual function device for • Atlantech handheld Instr

  11. Slide 11: Reaching new customers & markets

    Reaching new customers & markets • Increases our scale in the fast growing sports medicine segment • Continued investment in innovative products to drive growth • US – cross-sell the combined portfolio – immediate improvements in case coverage • International – opportunities to drive additional reve

  12. Slide 12: ENT

    ENT • Addition of naturally adjacent Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) business, providing new growth opportunities • Fully direct in the US • Smaller penetration in international markets – in many markets, the sports medicine rep would also call on the ENT specialist • ENTrigue acquisition provides immediat

  13. Slide 13: A compelling prospect

    A compelling prospect • Highly complementary • Great for customers • Fast integration 12

  14. Slide 14: Julie Brown, Chief Financial Officer

    Julie Brown Chief Financial Officer 13

  15. Slide 15: Four key topics

    Four key topics 1. ArthroCare’s recent financial performance 2. Financials of the transaction 3. Synergies and integration costs 4. Financing arrangements 14

  16. Slide 16: ArthroCare's financials

    ArthroCare’s financials 2011 2012 $m $m Revenue 355 368 Growth (YOY) 0% 4% Gross profit 252 261 SG&A (149) (155) R&D (29) (32) Adjusted operating profit1 74 74 15 1. Operating profit adjusted for investigation, restatement related and exit costs

  17. Slide 17: Transaction financials

    Transaction financials • Purchase price – $48.25 per share or $1.7 billion, in cash – premium of 20% to ArthroCare’s 90-day volume weighted average price per share – 15.7x EV/adjusted 2012 EBITDA • Financing – two year $1.4 billion term loan facility, and – Group’s existing cash resources and bank f

  18. Slide 18: Synergies

    Synergies • Revenue & cost synergies to add $85 million to trading profit in 2017 • Net revenue synergies of more than $50 million in 2017 • Significant cost synergies – procurement/supply chain – commercial – overlap of back-office duplication • Tax benefits from manufacturing 17

  19. Slide 19: Additional guidance

    Additional guidance • Revenue – elimination of manufacturing & licensing payments from Smith & Nephew (2012: $24 million) • Cost and net revenue synergies drive EPSA growth 2015 onwards • Tax – continue to benefit from low tax rates where manufacturing is located – further benefit from financing the

  20. Slide 20: Financial implications

    Financial implications • Priorities under our Capital Allocation Framework: – invest in organic growth – deliver a progressive dividend – make strategic acquisitions and – return excess cash to shareholders Underpinned by leverage commensurate with solid investment grade • Share repurchase programme

  21. Slide 21: Olivier Bohuon, Chief Executive Officer

    Olivier Bohuon Chief Executive Officer 20

  22. Slide 22: Summary

    Summary • Smith & Nephew has a strong track record in sports medicine • ArthroCare significantly enhances our product portfolio • Many exciting opportunity for additional growth • Platform to create further shareholder value 21

  23. Slide 23: Questions

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  24. Slide 24: We are smith&nephew

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