The Risk Arbitrage Report for November 29, 2010

New Deals:

• Attachmate Corp (Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo) to acquire Novell (NOVL). 
• TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners to acquire J.Crew Group (JCG).
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to acquire Del Monte Foods (DLM).

Completed Deals:

• Bain Capital Partners completes acquisition of The Gymboree Corp (GYMB).
• R.R. Donnelley (RRD) completes acquisition of Bowne (BNE).
• Marlin Equity Partners completes acquisition of Phoenix Technology (PTEC).
• Prosight Specialty Insurance completes acquisition of Nymagic (NYM).  
• Scotia Waterous completes acquisition of Pinnacle Gas (PINN.PK). Well, guess this is an assumption since I could not find a press release, but since it is being delisted there is no point in tracking it further.
• Buckeye Partners (BPL) completes acquisition of Buckeye GP (BGH).
• Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) completes acquisition of Enterprise GP Holdings  (EPE).

Busted Deals:

• Dynergy (DYN) terminates merger with The Blackstone Group (BX) after it fails to receive necessary shareholder votes.

Updated Deals:

• Pfizer (PFE) extends tender offer for King Pharmaceutical (KG) to 12/17 from 11/19 because certain conditions have not been satisfied.
• R.R. Donnelley (RRD) and Bowne & Co (BNE) announce that the waiting period under HSR has been terminated.
• Irving Place Capital and Thermadyne Holdings (THMD) announce the HSR waiting period has expired.
• Hawk Corp (HWK) announces the early termination of HSR in the merger with Carlisle Companies (CSL).
• TechTeam Global (TEAM) announces early termination of HSR waiting period in the merger with Stefanini IT Solutions.
• Art Technology (ARTG) gets early termination of HSR waiting period in the merger with Oracle (ORCL).
• First Mercury Financial (FFHS) gets early termination of HSR waiting period in the merger with Farifax Financial (FFH.TO).
  
• Northeast Utilities (NU) files S-4 in connection with NSTAR (NST) merger.
• Dynamex (DDMX) announces a superior proposal for $23.50 in cash.
• The Gymboree Corp (GYMB) announces the end of the go-shop period.
• Mircrotune (TUNE) announces that shareholders approve merger with Zoran Corp (ZRAN) and expect deal to close around Nov 30.
• Otix Global (OTIX) announces that shareholders approve merger with William Demant.

To Read:

• DealBook: The Return of the Risk Arbs
• DealBook: Deal for J. Crew Allows It to Go Shopping
• DealBook: Kindler, Yoga and the Art of Deal-Making