Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Grills are Heating Up while Sun is Too Hot for Europeans

Highlights:
  • Completed deals: Omniture Inc, HLTH Corp, Sepracor Inc, 
  • Data center service provider Equinix to buy Switch and Data (presentation, conf call)
  • iPCS, Inc to be acquired by Sprint Nextel.
  • Allion Healthcare to be acquired by H.I.G. Capital.
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill proposes to convert Class B shares to Class A shares.
  • European Commission seeks more information on the proposed Sun and Oracle merger.
  • Western Sizzlin to merge into Steak n Shake. Western shareholder as of 11/2 will get a dividend of .04657 shares of SNS.  At completion of deal Western Sizzlin shareholders will get a debenture worth $8.08 and paying 14% interest.
  • GVI Security Solutions to be acquired by GenNx360 Capital Partners.
  • Kimberly Clark commences tender offer for I-Flow Corp.
  • Arigene commences tender for Trimeris.
  • HSR waiting period expires for the Aspect Medical Systems and Covidien deal.
  • Odyssey Re Holdings offer expired and Fairfax to will make prompt payment for shares.
  • Parallel Petroleum Corp offer expired and will make a subsequent offer that expires on 10/29 with prompt payment of tendered shares.
  • iBasis tender offer extended to 11/20.
  • Xerox updates Affiliated Compute Services deal progress.
  • Agrium extends offer to 11/13/09 for CF Industries, agrees to sell a portion of nitrogen facility to Terra Industries, and will refile HSR.
  • For the speculative types out there... Porter Bancorp (PBIB) is offering $9/share for Citizens First Corp (CZFC).  Citizen recommends stockholders take no action at this time.
Name
Ticker
Acquirer
Ticker
Current Price
Day Change
Take Over
Price
Price Diff
% Diff
Date
Announced
Affiliated Computer Services Inc
ACS
XEROX CORP
XRX
$53.92
-0.90%
$57.49
3.57
6.62%
9/28/2009
Allion Healthcare Inc
ALLI
H.I.G. Capital
Private
$6.44
-0.62%
$6.60
0.16
2.48%
10/18/2009
Aspect Medical Systems Inc
ASPM
Covidien plc
COV
$11.97
-0.33%
$12.00
0.03
0.25%
9/28/2009
Avocent Corp
AVCT
Emerson Electric Co
EMR
$24.89
0.08%
$25.00
0.11
0.44%
10/6/2009
Avigen Inc
AVGN
Medicinova Inc
MNOV
$1.50
-3.23%
$1.19
-0.31
-20.67%
8/21/2009
BJ Services Co
BJS
Baker Hughes Inc
BHI
$20.50
-2.84%
$20.85
0.35
1.71%
8/31/2009
Beverly National Corp
BNV
Danvers Bancorp Inc
DNBK
$23.00
3.37%
$22.40
-0.60
-2.61%
6/18/2009
#N/A
BUQ
SCM Microsystems Inc
SCMM
#N/A
0.00%
$1.55
#####
0.00%
9/21/2009
CF Industries Holdings Inc
CF
Agrium Inc
AGU
$89.48
-4.63%
$92.90
3.42
3.82%
2/25/2009
Candela Corp
CLZR
Syneron Medical Ltd
ELOS
$3.22
-0.62%
$3.32
0.10
3.24%
9/6/2009
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc
CMG.B
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc
CMG
$80.18
-8.29%
$82.35
2.17
2.71%
10/21/2009
Centennial Communications Corp
CYCL
AT&T Inc
T
$8.43
0.24%
$8.50
0.07
0.83%
11/7/2008
D&E Communications Inc
DECC
Windstream Corp
WIN
$11.47
-0.17%
$11.47
0.00
0.03%
5/11/2009
Facet Biotech Corp
FACT
Biogen Idec Inc
BIIB
$17.43
-0.17%
$14.50
-2.93
-16.81%
9/16/2009
First Advantage Corp
FADV
First American Corp
FAF
$18.04
-3.74%
$18.16
0.12
0.66%
6/29/2009
Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc
FEP
Saunder Acquisition
Private
$2.45
0.00%
$2.35
-0.10
-4.08%
6/1/2009
Florida Public Utilities Co
FPU
Chesapeake Utilities Corp
CPK
$12.30
-1.44%
$12.49
0.19
1.51%
4/20/2009
Republic First Bancorp Inc
FRBK
Metro Bancorp Inc
METR
$4.50
0.22%
$4.68
0.18
3.95%
11/10/2008
GenTek Inc
GETI
ASP GT Acquisition Corp

$37.97
-0.11%
$38.00
0.03
0.08%
9/28/2009
Genesis Lease Ltd
GLS
Aercap Holdings NV
AER
$8.66
0.46%
$8.66
0.00
0.00%
9/18/2009
GVI Securities Solutions Inc
GVSS
GenNx360 Capital Partners
Private
$0.36
-0.96%
$0.38
0.02
5.56%
10/22/2009
Hiland Partners LP
HLND
Founder
Private
$7.80
0.65%
$7.75
-0.05
-0.64%
1/15/2009
Harleysville National Corp
HNBC
First Niagara Financial Group Inc
FNFG
$5.68
-2.24%
$6.24
0.56
9.90%
7/27/2009
Hiland Holdings GP LP
HPGP
Founder
Private
$2.38
0.00%
$2.40
0.02
0.84%
1/15/2009
Hirsch International Corp
HRSH
Paul Gallagher, President, CEO
Private
$0.30
-0.33%
$0.31
0.01
3.33%
7/2/2009
Hi Shear Technology Corp
HSR
Chemring Group, PLC

$19.19
0.47%
$19.18
-0.01
-0.05%
9/16/2009
iBasis Inc
IBAS
KPN, a private company (56% owner)
Private
$2.27
0.00%
$2.25
-0.02
-0.88%
7/28/2009
ICT Group Inc
ICTG
Sykes Enterprises Inc
SYKE
$15.92
-0.75%
$15.92
0.00
-0.01%
10/6/2009
I-Flow Corp
IFLO
Kimberly-Clark Corp
KMB
$12.61
0.08%
$12.65
0.04
0.32%
10/9/2009
iPCS Inc
IPCS
Sprint Nextel Corp
S
$23.93
0.13%
$24.00
0.07
0.29%
10/19/2009
Sun Microsystems Inc
JAVA
Oracle Corp
ORCL
$8.44
0.00%
$9.50
1.06
12.56%
4/20/2009
Life Sciences Research Inc
LSR
Lion Holding (private, LSR's Chairman & CEO)

$8.41
-0.36%
$8.50
0.09
1.07%
7/8/2009
MTS Medication Technologies Inc
MTSI
Excellere Partners, LLC

$5.55
0.00%
$5.75
0.20
3.60%
8/7/2009
Marvel Entertainment Inc
MVL
Walt Disney Co
DIS
$50.80
-1.32%
$51.53
0.73
1.43%
8/31/2009
Nobel Learning Communities Inc
NLCI
Knowledge
Learning
Private
$9.10
-5.80%
$13.50
4.40
48.35%
3/11/2009
NRG Energy Inc
NRG
Exelon Corp
EXC
$26.90
-1.47%
$27.18
0.28
1.04%
10/19/2008
NATCO Group Inc
NTG
Cameron International Corp
CAM
$47.26
-2.62%
$47.59
0.33
0.70%
6/1/2009
NYFIX Inc
NYFX
NYSE Euronext
NYX
$1.66
0.00%
$1.65
-0.01
-0.60%
8/27/2009
On2 Technologies Inc
ONT
Google Inc
GOOG
$0.58
-1.69%
$0.69
0.11
19.63%
8/5/2009
Odyssey Re Holdings Corp
ORH
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd
FFH
$64.98
0.02%
$65.00
0.02
0.03%
9/18/2009
OSG America L P
OSP
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc
OSG
$10.21
0.10%
$10.25
0.04
0.39%
8/28/2009
PepsiAmericas Inc
PAS
Pepsico Inc
PEP
$29.18
-0.41%
$29.57
0.39
1.35%
8/4/2009
Pepsi Bottling Group Inc
PBG
Pepsico Inc
PEP
$37.38
-0.45%
$37.88
0.50
1.33%
8/4/2009
Patriot Capital Funding Inc
PCAP
Prospect Capital Corp
PSEC
$3.91
-1.26%
$4.17
0.26
6.59%
8/3/2009
Perot Systems Corp
PER
Dell Inc
DELL
$29.93
0.03%
$30.00
0.07
0.23%
9/21/2009
#N/A
PLIN
LEO Pharma

#N/A
0.00%
$16.99
#####
0.00%
9/2/2009
Parallel Petroleum Corp
PLLL
Apollo

$3.14
0.32%
$3.15
0.01
0.32%
9/15/2009
Pomeroy IT Solutions Inc
PMRY
Founder
Private
$6.45
-0.15%
$6.50
0.05
0.78%
2/20/2009
Monterey Gourmet Foods Inc
PSTA
Pulmuone

$2.67
0.00%
$2.70
0.03
1.12%
10/9/2009
Switch & Data Facilities Co Inc
SDXC
Equinix Inc
EQIX
$17.90
-1.16%
$18.14
0.24
1.35%
10/21/2009
Schering Plough Corp
SGP
Merck & Co Inc
MRK
$28.97
-0.31%
$29.20
0.23
0.80%
3/9/2009
SkyTerra Communications Inc
SKYT
Harbinger Capital Partners

$4.83
-0.41%
$5.00
0.17
3.52%
9/23/2009
Sunair Services Corp
SNR
Massey Services

$2.69
0.37%
$2.75
0.06
2.23%
10/1/2009
Specialty Underwriters Alliance Inc
SUAI
Tower Group Inc
TWGP
$6.83
0.44%
$6.88
0.05
0.69%
6/22/2009
Steel Vault Corp
SVUL
VeriChip Corp
CHIP
$0.75
-8.54%
$0.94
0.19
24.67%
9/8/2009
Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc
TKTM


$10.76
-3.67%
$4.11
-6.65
-61.80%
2/10/2009
TEPPCO Partners LP
TPP
Enterprise Products Partners LP
EPD
$37.16
0.62%
$37.04
-0.12
-0.33%
6/29/2009
Terra Industries Inc
TRA
CF Industries Holdings Inc
CF
$34.25
-3.14%
$41.61
7.36
21.48%
1/15/2009
Trimeris Inc
TRMS
Arigene Co (a Korean corp)

$3.58
0.00%
$3.60
0.02
0.56%
10/2/2009
Tween Brands Inc
TWB
Dress Barn Inc
DBRN
$9.03
-2.69%
$9.11
0.08
0.92%
6/25/2009
Varian Inc
VARI
Agilent Technologies Inc
A
$51.24
0.08%
$52.00
0.76
1.48%
7/26/2009
Virgin Mobile USA Inc
VM
Sprint Nextel Corp
S
$4.37
-2.89%
$4.44
0.07
1.65%
7/28/2009
VaxGen Inc
VXGN
Oxigene Inc
OXGN
$0.58
0.00%
$0.58
0.00
0.08%
10/15/2009
Western Sizzlin Corp
WEST
Steak n Shake Company
SNS
$14.09
-2.19%
$13.76
-0.33
-2.36%
10/22/2009

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