- QuantRx Biomedical (QTXB) to acquire NuRx Pharmaceuticals (NUXP).
- Switch & Data (SDXC) shareholders approve merger with Equinix (EQIX).
Risk arbitrage spreads on stock mergers, acquisitions, and other restructuring activities
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Stock Arbitrage Report for Feb 1, 2010
Stock Merger Spreads for Feb 1, 2010
| Name | Ticker | Acquirer | Ticker | Current Price |
Day Change | Take Over Price |
Price Diff | % Diff | Date Announced |
| AFFILIATED COMP S | ACS | XEROX CP | XRX | $61.52 | -0.61% | $61.63 | 0.11 | 0.18% | 9/28/2009 |
| ALLIED DEFENSE GR | ADG | Chemring Group | London | $7.21 | -0.55% | $7.25 | 0.04 | 0.55% | 1/18/2010 |
| Airvana Inc. | AIRV | 72 Mobile Holdings | Private | $7.57 | 0.13% | $7.65 | 0.08 | 1.06% | 12/18/2009 |
| ALLIED CAP CORP | ALD | Ares Capital Corp | ARCC | $4.16 | -2.12% | $4.00 | -0.16 | -3.91% | 10/26/2009 |
| AMICAS Inc. | AMCS | Thoma Bravo, LLC | Private | $5.37 | 0.19% | $5.35 | -0.02 | -0.37% | 12/24/2009 |
| Bare Escentuals | BARE | Shiseido Co | -- | $18.17 | 0.17% | $18.20 | 0.03 | 0.17% | 1/15/2010 |
| BLACK DECKER CP | BDK | STANLEY WORKS THE | SWK | $64.66 | -0.68% | $65.34 | 0.68 | 1.06% | 11/2/2009 |
| BioForm Medical | BFRM | Merz Pharma Group | Private | $5.46 | 0.37% | $5.45 | -0.01 | -0.18% | 12/31/2009 |
| BJ SERVICES CO | BJS | BAKER HUGHES INTL | BHI | $20.67 | -2.32% | $20.82 | 0.15 | 0.72% | 8/31/2009 |
| BURLINGTN N SANTE | BNI | BERKSHIRE HATH HL | BRK-A | $99.73 | 0.19% | $100.21 | 0.48 | 0.48% | 11/3/2009 |
| BPW ACQUISITION C | BPW | TALBOTS INC | TLB | $10.33 | -1.24% | $11.25 | 0.92 | 8.91% | 12/8/2009 |
| CF IND HLDGS INC | CF | AGRIUM INC. | AGU | $92.86 | -2.56% | $101.35 | 8.49 | 9.14% | 2/25/2009 |
| BRINK'S HOME SECU | CFL | TYCO INTL LTD SW | TYC | $41.00 | -0.44% | $42.50 | 1.50 | 3.66% | 1/19/2010 |
| Chattem Inc. | CHTT | SANOFI-AVENTIS SA | SNY | $93.46 | 0.05% | $93.50 | 0.04 | 0.04% | 12/21/2009 |
| 3Com Corporation | COMS | HEWLETT PACKARD C | HPQ | $7.45 | 0.54% | $7.90 | 0.45 | 6.04% | 11/12/2009 |
| CARE INVESTMENT T | CRE | Liquidation | $8.20 | -0.73% | $8.00 | -0.20 | -2.44% | 12/11/2009 | |
| Diedrich Coffee | DDRX | Green Mountain Co | GMCR | $34.60 | 0.06% | $35.00 | 0.40 | 1.16% | 11/25/2009 |
| ENCORE ACQUISITIO | EAC | DENBURY RES INC ( | DNR | $47.62 | -1.47% | $50.00 | 2.38 | 5.00% | 11/2/2009 |
| First Chester Cou | FCEC | Tower Bancorp Inc | TOBC | $9.90 | 1.33% | $11.38 | 1.48 | 14.94% | 12/28/2009 |
| FRANKLIN ELECTR P | FEP | Saunder Acquisition | Private | $2.48 | -0.40% | $2.50 | 0.02 | 0.81% | 6/1/2009 |
| FGX International | FGXI | Essilor | $19.65 | 0.00% | $19.75 | 0.10 | 0.51% | 12/16/2009 | |
| FINANCIAL FED CP | FIF | People's United F | PBCT | $27.26 | 2.02% | $27.44 | 0.18 | 0.66% | 11/23/2009 |
| HEALTH FITNESS CO | FIT | Trustmark Mutual Holding Company | Private | $8.76 | -0.23% | $8.78 | 0.02 | 0.23% | 1/21/2010 |
| First Keystone Fi | FKFS | Bryn Mawr Bank Co | BMTC | $11.75 | 5.18% | $13.22 | 1.47 | 12.54% | 11/3/2009 |
| FIRST LITCHFIELD | FLFL.OB | Union Savings Bank | Private | $14.27 | -2.93% | $15.00 | 0.73 | 5.12% | 10/26/2009 |
| FortuNet Inc. | FNET | Yuri Gaming Trust | $2.24 | 0.00% | $2.25 | 0.01 | 0.45% | 11/23/2009 | |
| Republic First Ba | FRBK | Metro Bancorp In | METR | $4.37 | 0.46% | $4.84 | 0.47 | 10.70% | 11/10/2008 |
| CEDAR FAIR LP | FUN | Siddur Holdings | Private | $12.30 | -1.05% | $11.50 | -0.80 | -6.50% | 12/16/2009 |
| GENESIS LEASE LIM | GLS | AERCAP HOLDINGS N | AER | $8.75 | -5.10% | $8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 9/18/2009 |
| HALIFAX CP | HALX.PK | Global Equity Capital, LLC | Private | $1.16 | 0.00% | $1.20 | 0.04 | 3.45% | 1/7/2010 |
| HIGHBURY FINANCL | HBRF.OB | AFFILIATED MGRS G | AMG | $5.30 | 1.92% | $5.86 | 0.56 | 10.62% | 12/14/2009 |
| Harleysville Nati | HNBC | First Niagara Fin | FNFG | $6.39 | -0.93% | $6.51 | 0.12 | 1.85% | 7/27/2009 |
| ICO Inc. | ICOC | A. Schulman Inc. | SHLM | $7.72 | -1.66% | $7.81 | 0.09 | 1.21% | 12/2/2009 |
| ICT Group Inc. | ICTG | Sykes Enterprises | SYKE | $15.86 | -0.38% | $15.90 | 0.04 | 0.24% | 10/6/2009 |
| INTERSTATE HTLS | IHR | Thayer Lodging Group | Private | $2.22 | 0.00% | $2.25 | 0.03 | 1.35% | 12/18/2009 |
| IOWA TELECOM SVCS | IWA | Windstream Corpor | WIN | $16.36 | 0.00% | $16.19 | -0.17 | -1.04% | 11/24/2009 |
| JAVELIN PHARMACEU | JAV | Myriad Pharmaceut | MYRX | $1.20 | 2.56% | $1.32 | 0.12 | 9.74% | 12/18/2009 |
| K-Tron Internatio | KTII | HILLENBRAND INC | HI | $148.72 | 0.01% | $150.00 | 1.28 | 0.86% | 1/11/2010 |
| LODGIAN INC | LGN | Lone Star Funds | Private | $2.46 | 0.00% | $2.50 | 0.04 | 1.63% | 1/22/2010 |
| STARLIMS Technolo | LIMS | ABBOTT LABORATORI | ABT | $13.95 | 0.00% | $14.00 | 0.05 | 0.36% | 12/14/2009 |
| LANDRY'S RESTAURA | LNY | Tilman Fertitta, CEO | $20.74 | -3.17% | $14.75 | -5.99 | -28.88% | 11/3/2009 | |
| MERRIMAC INDS INC | MRM | CRANE CO | CR | $15.99 | -0.06% | $16.00 | 0.01 | 0.06% | 12/23/2009 |
| NORTH ASIA INVEST | NHR | PACIFIC CITY FINL | PFCF.OB | $9.99 | 0.40% | $10.15 | 0.16 | 1.64% | 1/14/2010 |
| NRG ENERGY INC | NRG | EXELON CORPORATIO | EXC | $24.11 | -2.47% | $24.86 | 0.75 | 3.12% | 10/19/2008 |
| NURX PHARMACEUTIC | NUXP.OB | QUANTRX BIOMEDICA | QTXB.OB | $0.54 | 35.00% | $0.62 | 0.08 | 14.41% | 1/29/2010 |
| OAK FINANCIAL COR | OKFC.OB | Chemical Financia | CHFC | $26.15 | -1.32% | $27.67 | 1.52 | 5.83% | 1/8/2010 |
| ON2 TECHNOLOGIES | ONT | Google Inc. | GOOG | $0.68 | 0.74% | $0.68 | 0.00 | -0.01% | 8/5/2009 |
| PEPSIAMERICAS INC | PAS | PEPSICO INC | PEP | $29.05 | -0.03% | $29.22 | 0.17 | 0.59% | 8/4/2009 |
| PEPSI BOTTLING GR | PBG | PEPSICO INC | PEP | $37.20 | -0.13% | $37.42 | 0.22 | 0.60% | 8/4/2009 |
| QuadraMed Corpora | QDHC | Francisco Partners | Private | $8.39 | 0.12% | $8.50 | 0.11 | 1.31% | 12/8/2009 |
| Quixote Corporati | QUIX | TRINITY IND | TRN | $6.37 | 0.08% | $6.38 | 0.01 | 0.16% | 12/30/2009 |
| IMS HEALTH INC | RX | TPG Capital & Canada Pension Plan | Private | $21.64 | 0.51% | $22.00 | 0.36 | 1.66% | 11/5/2009 |
| Switch & Data Fac | SDXC | Equinix Inc. | EQIX | $18.28 | -0.92% | $18.75 | 0.47 | 2.59% | 10/21/2009 |
| SKYTERRA COMMUNIC | SKYT.OB | Harbinger Capital Partners | Private | $4.87 | 0.00% | $5.00 | 0.13 | 2.67% | 9/23/2009 |
| Sinoenergy Corpor | SNEN | Company's chairman and president | Private | $1.76 | 1.73% | $1.90 | 0.14 | 7.95% | 10/12/2009 |
| Silicon Storage T | SSTI | Prophet Equity LP | Private | $2.67 | -1.84% | $2.10 | -0.57 | -21.35% | 11/13/2009 |
| SYNERGX SYS INC | SYNX.PK | Firecom | Private | $0.53 | 0.00% | $0.60 | 0.07 | 13.21% | 1/25/2010 |
| MERIDIAN RES CP | TMR | Alta Mesa Holding | Private | $0.28 | 0.00% | $0.29 | 0.01 | 3.57% | 12/23/2009 |
| Youbet.com Inc. | UBET | Churchill Downs | CHDN | $2.78 | -3.14% | $3.14 | 0.36 | 12.98% | 11/12/2009 |
| Varian Inc. | VARI | AGILENT TECH INC | A | $51.56 | 0.17% | $52.00 | 0.44 | 0.85% | 7/26/2009 |
| VAXGEN INC | VXGN.OB | OXiGENE Inc. | OXGN | $0.51 | 4.08% | $0.52 | 0.01 | 2.71% | 10/15/2009 |
| Western Sizzlin C | WEST | THE STEAK N SHAKE | SNS | $8.99 | 0.00% | $8.07 | -0.92 | -10.23% | 10/22/2009 |
| Waste Services I | WSII | IESI-BFC LTD | BIN | $9.08 | -1.73% | $9.24 | 0.16 | 1.76% | 11/12/2009 |
| XTO ENERGY INC | XTO | EXXON MOBIL CP | XOM | $44.57 | -1.02% | $45.73 | 1.16 | 2.61% | 12/14/2009 |
| ZiLOG Inc. | ZILG | IXYS Corporation | IXYS | $3.56 | -0.28% | $3.59 | 0.03 | 0.72% | 12/7/2009 |
| Zareba Systems I | ZRBA | Woodstream | -- | $8.80 | 0.46% | $9.00 | 0.20 | 2.27% | 1/11/2010 |