Merger Arbitrage Mondays – March 07, 2011

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

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

Deal Statistics:

New Deals:

1. The acquisition of Nationwide Health Properties (NHP) by Ventas (VTR) for $7.4 billion in an all stock deal where NHP shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.7866 Ventas shares for each share of NHP common stock they own.
2. The acquisition of America Service Group (ASGR) by Valitás Health Services for $250 million or $26.00 per share in cash.
3. The acquisition of Global Defense Technology & Systems (GTEC) by an affiliate of Ares Management LLC for $315 million or $24.25 per share in cash.

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