Thursday, December 31, 2009

Weekend Must Read

Nice year end summary by Steven M. Davidoff over at the DealBook.  Part 1 - Part 2

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Stock Arbitrage Links for Dec 31

  • Trinity Industries (TRN) to acquire Quixote Corp (QUIX) for $6.38 cash.
  • Happy New Year! 

Stock Merger & Acquisition Spreads for Dec 31, 2009

Latest stock arbitrage spreads:

Name
Ticker
Acquirer
Ticker
Current
Price
Day Change
Take Over
Price
Price Diff
% Diff
Date
Announced
AFFILIATED COMP S
ACS
XEROX CP
XRX
$60.68
0.46%
$61.34
0.66
1.08%
9/28/2009
Airvana Inc.
AIRV
72 Mobile Holdings
Private
$7.59
0.80%
$7.65
0.06
0.79%
12/18/2009
ALLIED CAP CORP
ALD
Ares Capital Corp
ARCC
$3.66
-1.08%
$4.09
0.43
11.71%
10/26/2009
Allion Healthcare
ALLI
H.I.G. Capital
Private
$6.58
0.30%
$6.60
0.02
0.30%
10/18/2009
AMICAS Inc.
AMCS
Thoma Bravo, LLC
Private
$5.42
-0.18%
$5.35
-0.07
-1.29%
12/24/2009
AMER COMM PROP TR
APO
FCP Fund I
Private
$7.73
0.78%
$7.75
0.02
0.26%
9/25/2009
BLACK DECKER CP
BDK
STANLEY WORKS THE
SWK
$65.72
0.03%
$66.45
0.73
1.12%
11/2/2009
BJ SERVICES CO
BJS
BAKER HUGHES INTL
BHI
$18.81
0.32%
$19.05
0.24
1.29%
8/31/2009
BURLINGTN N SANTE
BNI
BERKSHIRE HATH HL
BRKA
$98.73
0.28%
$100.00
1.27
1.29%
11/3/2009
BPW ACQUISITION C
BPW
TALBOTS INC
TLB
$10.40
0.00%
$11.25
0.85
8.17%
12/8/2009
BUQ
BUQ
SCM Microsystems
SCMM
$0.00
0.00%
$1.23
1.23
0.00%
9/21/2009
California Micro
CAMD
ON Semiconductor
ONNN
$4.71
0.43%
$4.70
-0.01
-0.21%
12/14/2009
CF IND HLDGS INC
CF
AGRIUM INC.
AGU
$92.21
-1.18%
$107.49
15.28
16.57%
2/25/2009
Chattem Inc.
CHTT
SANOFI-AVENTIS SA
SNY
$93.18
-0.09%
$93.50
0.32
0.34%
12/21/2009
Candela Corporati
CLZR
Syneron Medical L
ELOS
$2.92
3.18%
$2.97
0.05
1.79%
9/6/2009
3Com Corporation
COMS
HEWLETT PACKARD C
HPQ
$7.52
-0.13%
$7.90
0.38
5.05%
11/12/2009
CARE INVESTMENT T
CRE
Liquidation

$7.80
2.77%
$8.00
0.20
2.56%
12/11/2009
Corel Corporation
CREL
Vector Capital
Private
$3.97
0.00%
$4.00
0.03
0.76%
10/28/2009
Diedrich Coffee
DDRX
Green Mountain Co
GMCR
$34.91
0.06%
$35.00
0.09
0.26%
11/25/2009
ENCORE ACQUISITIO
EAC
DENBURY RES INC (
DNR
$48.17
-0.31%
$50.00
1.83
3.80%
11/2/2009
First Chester Cou
FCEC
Tower Bancorp Inc
TOBC
$9.19
1.88%
$10.35
1.16
12.58%
12/28/2009
FRANKLIN ELECTR P
FEP
Saunder Acquisition
Private
$2.46
-0.79%
$2.50
0.04
1.61%
6/1/2009
FGX International
FGXI
Essilor

$19.71
0.46%
$19.75
0.04
0.20%
12/16/2009
FINANCIAL FED CP
FIF
People's United F
PBCT
$27.54
-0.22%
$28.06
0.52
1.89%
11/23/2009
First Keystone Fi
FKFS
Bryn Mawr Bank Co
BMTC
$11.30
-1.91%
$12.65
1.34
11.90%
11/3/2009
FIRST LITCHFIELD
FLFL.OB
Union Savings Bank
Private
$14.60
0.34%
$15.00
0.40
2.74%
10/26/2009
FortuNet Inc.
FNET
Yuri Gaming Trust

$1.70
0.59%
$1.70
0.00
0.00%
11/23/2009
Republic First Ba
FRBK
Metro Bancorp In
METR
$4.37
-0.23%
$4.80
0.43
9.91%
11/10/2008
CEDAR FAIR LP
FUN
Siddur Holdings
Private
$11.33
-0.61%
$11.50
0.17
1.50%
12/16/2009
GENESIS LEASE LIM
GLS
AERCAP HOLDINGS N
AER
$8.93
0.45%
$9.06
0.13
1.46%
9/18/2009
HIGHBURY FINANCL
HBRF.OB
AFFILIATED MGRS G
AMG
$5.52
-0.72%
$6.47
0.95
17.26%
12/14/2009
Harleysville Nati
HNBC
First Niagara Fin
FNFG
$6.53
0.62%
$6.65
0.12
1.84%
7/27/2009
ICO Inc.
ICOC
A. Schulman Inc.
SHLM
$7.34
0.00%
$7.48
0.14
1.97%
12/2/2009
ICT Group Inc.
ICTG
Sykes Enterprises
SYKE
$16.53
-0.36%
$16.57
0.04
0.22%
10/6/2009
INTERSTATE HTLS
IHR
Thayer Lodging Group
Private
$2.20
0.46%
$2.25
0.05
2.27%
12/18/2009
i2 Technologies
ITWO
JDA Software Grou
JDAS
$19.29
0.47%
$19.37
0.08
0.41%
11/5/2009
IOWA TELECOM SVCS
IWA
Windstream Corpor
WIN
$16.92
0.30%
$16.79
-0.13
-0.76%
11/24/2009
JAVELIN PHARMACEU
JAV
Myriad Pharmaceut
MYRX
$1.31
0.00%
$1.44
0.13
10.22%
12/18/2009
Sun Microsystems
JAVA
Oracle Corporatio
ORCL
$9.38
0.11%
$9.50
0.12
1.28%
4/20/2009
LANDRY'S RESTAURA
LNY
Tilman Fertitta, CEO

$21.69
0.42%
$14.75
-6.94
-32.00%
11/3/2009
MPS GROUP INC
MPS
Adecco

$13.75
0.07%
$13.80
0.05
0.36%
11/9/2009
MERRIMAC INDS INC
MRM
CRANE CO
CR
$15.89
0.00%
$16.00
0.11
0.69%
12/23/2009
MARVEL ENTERTAINM
MVL
WALT DISNEY-DISNE
DIS
$54.05
-0.09%
$54.06
0.01
0.01%
8/31/2009
NRG ENERGY INC
NRG
EXELON CORPORATIO
EXC
$23.92
-0.08%
$26.92
3.00
12.55%
10/19/2008
ON2 TECHNOLOGIES
ONT
Google Inc.
GOOG
$0.61
1.67%
$0.62
0.01
2.09%
8/5/2009
PEPSIAMERICAS INC
PAS
PEPSICO INC
PEP
$29.44
0.00%
$29.64
0.20
0.70%
8/4/2009
PEPSI BOTTLING GR
PBG
PEPSICO INC
PEP
$37.71
0.13%
$37.97
0.26
0.68%
8/4/2009
QuadraMed Corpora
QDHC
Francisco Partners
Private
$8.43
0.24%
$8.50
0.07
0.83%
12/8/2009
Quixote Corporati
QUIX
TRINITY IND
TRN
$2.95
3.51%
$6.38
3.43
116.27%
12/30/2009
IMS HEALTH INC
RX
TPG Capital & Canada Pension Plan
Private
$21.15
0.33%
$22.00
0.85
4.02%
11/5/2009
Switch & Data Fac
SDXC
Equinix Inc.
EQIX
$20.33
-0.49%
$20.40
0.07
0.35%
10/21/2009
SKYTERRA COMMUNIC
SKYT.OB
Harbinger Capital Partners
Private
$4.88
0.00%
$5.00
0.12
2.46%
9/23/2009
Sinoenergy Corpor
SNEN
Company's chairman and president
Private
$1.86
0.43%
$1.90
0.04
2.16%
10/12/2009
Silicon Storage T
SSTI
Prophet Equity LP
Private
$2.42
7.56%
$2.10
-0.32
-13.22%
11/13/2009
Ticketmaster Ente
TKTM
LIVE NATION INC.
LYV
$12.47
0.48%
$4.11
-8.36
-67.04%
2/10/2009
MERIDIAN RES CP
TMR
Alta Mesa Holding
Private
$0.26
0.42%
$0.29
0.03
11.07%
12/23/2009
Youbet.com Inc.
UBET
Churchill Downs
CHDN
$2.90
-0.68%
$3.22
0.32
11.00%
11/12/2009
Varian Inc.
VARI
AGILENT TECH INC
A
$51.59
0.06%
$52.00
0.41
0.79%
7/26/2009
VAXGEN INC
VXGN.OB
OXiGENE Inc.
OXGN
$0.46
-9.61%
$0.56
0.10
20.79%
10/15/2009
Western Sizzlin C
WEST
THE STEAK N SHAKE
SNS
$8.70
0.00%
$8.07
-0.63
-7.24%
10/22/2009
Waste Services I
WSII
IESI-BFC LTD
BIN
$9.28
0.65%
$9.34
0.06
0.63%
11/12/2009
XTO ENERGY INC
XTO
EXXON MOBIL CP
XOM
$47.00
-0.23%
$48.81
1.81
3.86%
12/14/2009
ZiLOG Inc.
ZILG
IXYS Corporation
IXYS
$3.54
-0.28%
$3.59
0.05
1.29%
12/7/2009