Merger activity decreased last week with three new deals announced and four deals closing and one deal terminated.
Founded in 1828, Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (WLTW) is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. On March 5, 2019, Aon plc (AON) announced that it was considering an an all-share business combination with Willis Towers Watson. A little over a year later, the all stock combination of the two companies was confirmed on March 9, 2020.
The second deal announced last week was the merger of SB One Bancorp (SBBX) with Provident Financial Services (PFS). The combined organization will have approximately $12 billion in assets and will rank as the 3rd largest bank headquartered in New Jersey.
The intense bidding war between Brookfield (BIP) and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets for the acquisition of Cincinnati Bell (CBB) finally came to an end after Cincinnati terminated its deal with Brookfield and agreed to be acquired by Macquarie Infrastructure.
You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool (MAT) that automatically updates itself during market hours.
There was one new deal announced in the Deals in the Works section last week.
Weekly Spread Changes
The table below shows weekly spread changes between March 6, 2020 and March 13, 2020.
Symbol | Quote | Acquiring Company | Acquiring Company Quote | Current Spread | Last Week Spread | Spread Change Weekly | Deal Type |
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CDOR | 7.6895 | NexPoint Hospitality Trust (N/A) | 44.35% | 6.02% | 38.33% | All Cash | |
FSBC | 12.75 | Evans Bancorp, Inc. (EVBN) | 27 | 39.61% | 7.68% | 31.93% | All Cash |
SMRT | 0.67 | Kingswood Capital Management, L.P. (N/A) | 0.00 | 34.33% | 3.38% | 30.95% | All Cash |
TGE | 16.6 | Blackstone Infrastructure Partners (N/A) | 35.24% | 8.93% | 26.31% | All Cash | |
PGNX | 3.15 | Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (LNTH) | 12.92 | 27.15% | 3.13% | 24.02% | All Stock |
FIT | 6.39 | Google LLC (GOOG) | 1219.73 | 15.02% | 18.17% | -3.15% | All Cash |
MINI | 30.59 | WillScot Corporation (WSC) | 12.29 | -3.38% | 1.18% | -4.56% | All Stock |
YTRA | 2 | Ebix, Inc. (EBIX) | 16.29 | -18.55% | -12.19% | -6.36% | All Stock |
NTGN | 1.46 | BioNTech SE (BNTX) | 30.93 | 33.47% | 43.69% | -10.22% | All Stock |
CY | 23.11 | Infineon Technologies AG (IFNNY) | 16.4825 | 3.20% | 45.69% | -42.49% | All Cash |
Due to the unrest in the financial market caused by the escalating coronavirus crisis, we saw significant weekly spread changes for various stocks in our list of active deals. Condor Hospitality Trust (CDOR) which is expected to close today had a weekly spread change of 38.33%, followed by FSB Bancorp (FSBC), Stein Mart (SMRT) and Tallgrass Energy (TGE).
Earlier this month, Infineon’s takeover of Cypress Semiconductor (CY) was supposed to be in trouble when there were reports that U.S. national security officials had recommended that President Donald Trump block the deal. This report sent Cypress shares down by almost 35%. In an odd turn of events, the following Monday, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) went ahead and approved the deal, causing the stock to rally back up again.
Deal Statistics:
Total Number of Deals Closed in 2020 | 33 |
Total Number of Deals Not Completed in 2020 | 3 |
Total Number of Pending Deals | |
Cash Deals | 41 |
Stock Deals | 25 |
Stock & Cash Deals | 5 |
Special Conditions | 3 |
Total Number of Pending Deals | 74 |
Aggregate Deal Consideration | $528.22 billion |
New Deals:
Deal Updates:
Closed Deals:
Top 10 deals with largest spreads:
Symbol | Announced Date | Acquiring Company | Closing Price | Last Price | Closing Date | Profit | Annualized Profit |
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CDOR | 07/22/2019 | NexPoint Hospitality Trust (N/A) | $11.10 | $7.6895 | 03/16/2020 | 44.35% | 16188.73% |
FSBC | 12/19/2019 | Evans Bancorp, Inc. (EVBN) | $17.80 | $12.75 | 06/30/2020 | 39.61% | 135.11% |
TGE | 12/17/2019 | Blackstone Infrastructure Partners (N/A) | $22.45 | $16.6 | 06/30/2020 | 35.24% | 120.21% |
SMRT | 01/31/2020 | Kingswood Capital Management, L.P. (N/A) | $0.90 | $0.67 | 06/30/2020 | 34.33% | 117.10% |
NTGN | 01/16/2020 | BioNTech SE (BNTX) | $1.95 | $1.46 | 06/30/2020 | 33.47% | 114.16% |
GNW | 10/23/2016 | China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (N/A) | $5.43 | $4.12 | 03/31/2020 | 31.80% | 725.35% |
PGNX | 10/02/2019 | Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (LNTH) | $4.01 | $3.15 | 05/15/2020 | 27.15% | 162.45% |
SORL | 11/29/2019 | Ruili International Inc. (N/A) | $4.72 | $3.77 | 06/30/2020 | 25.20% | 85.96% |
WEBK | 12/05/2019 | Cambridge Bancorp (CATC) | $33.94 | $28.21 | 06/30/2020 | 20.30% | 69.24% |
CZR | 06/24/2019 | Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (ERI) | $10.04 | $8.49 | 06/30/2020 | 18.23% | 62.20% |
List of all pending deals:
The number of active deals in our Merger Arbitrage Tool decreased last week to 74 as 4 active deals were completed. The aggregate deal consideration increased to $528.22 billion, from last week’s $493.4 billion. The spike occurred after the announcement of the $34.45 billion combination of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (WLTW) and Aon plc (AON).
Condor Hospitality Trust (CDOR) moved to the top of our table of ‘Top 10 deals with largest spreads’ with a spread of 44.35%, followed by FSB Bancorp (FSBC) at 39.61% and Tallgrass Energy (TGE) at 35.24%.
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