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Merger Arbitrage Mondays – September 10, 2012

  • September 9, 2012

Merger activity decreased last week with two new deals announced and two closing.

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

Deal Statistics:

New Deals:

  1. The acquisition of Medicis Pharmaceutical (MRX) by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) for $2.6 billion or $44 per share in cash.
  2. The acquisition of American Realty Capital Trust (ARCT) by Realty Income (O) in an all stock transaction. Under the deal, Realty Income will pay out 0.2874 of its shares for every American Realty share.

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