Merger Arbitrage Mondays

Merger Arbitrage Mondays – April 30, 2012

April 29, 2012

Merger activity dropped last week with two new deals announced and five closing. We did some interesting spreads last week when Motorola Mobility (MMI) dropped intra-day to $37.08 after Google (GOOG) announced plans to sell a Galaxy Nexus Android phone by Samsung. The spread on this $40 all-cash deal jumped from over 3% to over 6% and I used the drop to start a position in my personal portfolio as mentioned on my Twitter feed. The spread has once again narrowed to 3.33% but still represents potential annualized gains of 19.62% provided the deal closes by the end of Q2 2012.

You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours.

Deal Statistics:

Total Number of Deals Closed in 2012	52
Total Number of Pending Deals
Cash Deals	36
Stock Deals	9
Stock & Cash Deals	7
Total Number of Pending Deals	52
Total Deal Size	$367.42 billion

New Deals:

The acquisition of Ardea Biosciences (RDEA) by AstraZeneca (AZN) for $1.26 billion or $32.00 per share in cash.
The acquisition of GeoResources (GEOI) by Halcon Resources (HK) for $1 billion in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the merger agreement, GeoResources stockholders will receive $20.00 in cash and 1.932 shares of Halcón Resources common stock for each share of GeoResources common stock that they hold. Interestingly the spread on this deal is still 9.54% or 22.61% annualized without taking the borrowing cost for Halcon Resources into account.

Closed Deals:

The acquisition of Advance America, Cash Advance (AEA) by Grupo Elektra on April 23, 2012.
The acquisition of China Real Estate Information Corporation (CRIC) by E-House (China) Holdings (EJ) on April 23, 2012.
The acquisition of The Connecticut Bank and Trust (CTBC) by Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (BHLB) on April 26, 2012.
The acquisition of Zoll Medical Corporation (ZOLL) by Asahi Kasei Corp on April 26, 2012.
The acquisition of Transcend Services (TRCR) by Nuance Communications (NUAN) on April 27, 2012.

Top 10 deals with largest spreads:

Symbol	Announced Date	Acquiring Company	Closing Price	Last Price	Closing Date	Profit	Annualized Profit
CADC	10/24/2011	Novel Gain Holdings Limited (N/A)	$2.65	$2.07	06/30/2012	28.02%	167.66%
VQ	01/16/2012	Denver Parent Corporation (N/A)	$12.50	$11.09	06/30/2012	12.71%	76.08%
GEOI	04/25/2012	Halcon Resources (HK)	$40.60	$37.06	09/30/2012	9.54%	22.76%
TUDO	03/12/2012	Youku Inc. (YOKU)	$36.78	$34.52	09/30/2012	6.55%	15.62%
INCB	01/25/2012	Old National Bancorp Capital (ONB)	$24.83	$23.43	06/30/2012	5.99%	35.83%
CMFB	12/20/2011	Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. (SASR)	$14.80	$14.00	06/30/2012	5.71%	34.15%
PGN	01/10/2011	Duke Energy Corporation (DUK)	$55.99	$53.15	07/01/2012	5.34%	31.41%
VIST	01/26/2012	Tompkins Financial Corporation (TMP)	$12.23	$11.72	09/30/2012	4.35%	10.37%
EP	10/16/2011	Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI)	$30.62	$29.52	06/30/2012	3.71%	22.22%
TAM	01/19/2011	LAN Airlines S.A. (LFL)	$25.52	$24.65	06/30/2012	3.55%	21.22%

List of all pending deals:

The list of all pending deals is only available to InsideArbitrage Premium and Plus members.

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