Overview
- Eventbrite shareholders will receive $4.50 per share in cash, an approximately 81–82% premium to recent trading levels.
- The companies expect the transaction to close in the first half of 2026 subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, after which Eventbrite will delist.
- Eventbrite shares jumped roughly 79% on the announcement, reaching about $4.43 intraday.
- The price equates to about 1.7 times trailing twelve-month revenue of $295 million after essentially flat annual sales of around $325 million in 2023 and 2024.
- Executives signaled plans to invest in product features such as dedicated messaging, improved discovery, secondary ticketing, and streamlined event creation under private ownership.