Most M&A observers had expected U.S. deal activity to moderate or drop sharply this year but it feels like things are heating up with large acquisitions like Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard (ATVI) or Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (TWTR). ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Black Knight To Be Acquired By Intercontinental Exchange
Merger activity decreased last week with three new deals announced and four deals completed. Two of the three deals announced were potential deals in the works. We saw yet another SPAC business combination fall apart. Black Knight (BKI) Founded in 2013 ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – The Twitter – Musk Saga Unfolds
Merger activity remained steady last week with four new deals announced and two deals completed. Two of the four deals announced were potential deals in the works. The month of April ended with 16 new deals announced for an aggregate ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Blackstone Acquires American Campus Communities
Merger activity decreased last week with four new deals announced and one deal completed. One of the four deals announced was a potential deal in the works. American Campus Communities (ACC) The largest deal announced last week was the acquisition of American ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Thoma Bravo Adds SailPoint Technologies To Its Portfolio And Approaches Twitter
Merger activity increased last week with five new deals announced and one of the five new deals announced was a potential deal in the works. SailPoint Technologies (SAIL) Thoma Bravo continued its binge of software acquisitions last week by entering ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – WindAcre Doubles Its Stake In Nielsen Holdings (NLSN)
Merger activity decreased last week with three new deals announced and six deals completed. Tivity Health (TVTY) Originally known as American Healthways, Tivity Health was founded in 1981. The company provides fitness, health improvement and social engagement solutions through programs ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Nielsen Holdings To Be Taken Private
Merger activity increased significantly last week with six new deals announced and eight deals completed. There were 17 deals announced in the month of March, with a total value of $64.55 billion. Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) Nielsen Holdings was founded in Netherlands ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Berkshire Hathaway Acquires Insurer Alleghany For $11.6 Billion
Merger activity decreased last week with three new deals announced and two deals completed. Alleghany Corporation (Y) Incorporated in 1929 and based in New York, Alleghany Corporation was originally created as a holding company for railroad interests by railroad entrepreneurs ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Anaplan To Be Acquired By Thoma Bravo For $10.7 Billion
We see a lot of chatter about potential deals every week and while most of these deals don’t come to fruition, a surprisingly large number do. We analyzed 200 potential deals in our “deals in the works” (DITW) database in ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Google Acquires Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant
Merger activity declined last week with three new deals announced and five deals completed. Two of the three new deals announced were potential deals in the works. I was surprised to see that four SPAC combinations were terminated. Clearly the ...