Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Seven Deals Close With Few New Ones In Sight

  • October 14, 2019

Merger activity decreased last week with one new deal announced and seven deals closing. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool (MAT) that automatically updates itself during market hours.

There were no new deals announced in the Deals in the Works section.

Deal Statistics:

Total Number of Deals Closed in 2019151
Total Number of Deals Not Completed in 20199
Total Number of Pending Deals
Cash Deals36
Stock Deals18
Stock & Cash Deals10
Special Conditions6
Total Number of Pending Deals70
Aggregate Deal Consideration$1.18 trillion

New Deals:

  1. The acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals (RARX) by UCB for $2.1 billion or $48.00 per share in cash.

Deal Updates:

  1. On October 8, 2019, Prosperity Bancshares (PB) announced that it has received all regulatory approvals necessary to complete its previously announced merger with LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB). The merger is expected to be effective as of November 1, 2019, subject to the approval of the shareholders of Prosperity and the stockholders of LegacyTexas.
  2. October 8, 2019: International Speedway Corporation (ISCA) has called a special meeting of shareholders on October 16, 2019, for the purpose of voting to approve the merger of Nova Merger Sub and a wholly owned subsidiary NASCAR Holdings with and into the Company. The Merger is anticipated to close on October 18, 2019, subject to satisfaction or waiver of all closing conditions.
  3. On October 9, 2019, Shareholders of Monotype Imaging Holdings (TYPEapproved the company’s merger with HGGC at a special meeting of shareholders.
  4. On October 9, 2019, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will withdraw from the legal challenge over the planned merger of Sprint Corp (S) and T-Mobile US (TMUS).
  5. On October 10, 2019, OMNOVA Solutions (OMN) announced that its shareholders approved the merger agreement under which Synthomer will acquire all outstanding OMNOVA common shares.

Closed Deals:

  1. The acquisition of Versum Materials (VSM) by Merck KGaA on October 7, 2019. It took 178 days for this deal to be completed.
  2. The acquisition of Carbon Black (CBLK) by VMware (VMW) on October 8, 2019. It took 47 days for this deal to be completed.
  3. The acquisition of Castle Brands (ROX) by Pernod Ricard on October 9, 2019. It took 42 days for this deal to be completed.
  4. The acquisition of Connecticut Water Service (CTWS) by SJW Group (SJW) on October 9, 2019. It took 573 days for this deal to be completed.
  5. The acquisition of DryShips (DRYS) by SPII Holdings on October 11, 2019. It took 53 days for this deal to be completed.
  6. The acquisition of Navigant Consulting (NCI) by Guidehouse on October 11, 2019. It took 70 days for this deal to be completed.
  7. The acquisition of Monotype Imaging Holdings (TYPE) by HGGC on October 11, 2019. It took 77 days for this deal to be completed.

Top 10 deals with largest spreads:

SymbolAnnounced
Date
Acquiring
Company
Closing
Price
Last
Price
Closing
Date
ProfitAnnualized
Profit
PACB11/01/2018Illumina, Inc. (ILMN)$8.00$5.13503/31/202055.79%119.79%
S04/29/2018T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS)$8.16$6.4201/31/202027.05%89.76%
GNW10/23/2016China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (N/A)$5.43$4.3512/31/201924.83%114.71%
ABDC08/13/2019Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. (N/A)$11.02$8.8412/31/201924.66%113.94%
ONCE02/25/2019Roche Holding AG (RHHBY)$114.50$99.7904/30/202014.74%26.90%
MLNX03/11/2019NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)$125.00$110.5412/31/201913.08%60.44%
OHAI08/01/2019Portman Ridge Finance Corporation (PTMN)$1.46$1.3212/31/201910.61%49.00%
AGN06/25/2019AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)$184.06$169.0903/31/20208.86%19.01%
ACIA07/08/2019Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)$70.00$64.73507/31/20208.13%10.17%
TSG10/02/2019Flutter Entertainment PLC (PDYPF)$21.40$20.0909/30/20206.54%6.76%

List of all pending deals:

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