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Merger Arbitrage Mondays – May 9, 2016

  • May 8, 2016

Merger activity decreased last week with six new deals announced and six deals 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 OPOWER (OPWR) by Oracle Corporation (ORCL) for $532 million or $10.30 per share in cash.
  2. A merger of equals between IMS Health Holdings (IMS) and Quintiles Transnational Holdings (Q) for a combined value of $17.6 billion in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, IMS Health shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.384 shares of Quintiles common stock for each share of IMS Health common stock.
  3. The acquisition of Your Community Bankshares (YCB) by WesBanco (WSBC) for $221 million in a cash plus stock deal.

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