Merger activity increased last week with four new deals announced and two deals completed. M&A activity continues to pick up pace as we come close to the end of the third quarter. We had been tracking two of the four ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Two Building Material Companies Combine
Merger activity decreased last week with one new deal announced and one deal completed. In spite of just a single deal announced last week, the month of August has been the most active month with respect to M&A activity this ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Contentious Acquisition Of Forescout Technologies Finally Closes
Merger activity decreased last week with three new deals announced and three deals completed. After a significant increase in the previous week, merger activity decreased slightly with three new deals announced last week. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced the acquisition Momenta ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – QIAGEN Shareholders Want More
Merger activity increased significantly last week with eight new deals announced and one deal terminated. This is the highest number of deals announced in a single week this year but most of these deals were relatively small compared to the ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Merger Activity Kicks Into High Gear
Merger activity remained steady last week with four new deals announced and none of the forty-two active deals reaching completion. After months of muted activity on the M&A front due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is interesting to see a ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Siemens Healthineers to acquire Varian Medical Systems
Merger activity increased last week with four new deals announced and seven deals closing. Over the past month, we have seen early signs of a pickup in new deals and two large deals announced in the energy and healthcare sectors. ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – A Large Acquisition Ends The Energy Sector Deal Drought
Merger activity remained steady last week with three new deals announced and two deals closing. There has not been any significant M&A activity this year in the energy sector with oil prices collapsing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After choosing ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Forescout and Advent Settle Their Differences
Merger activity increased last week with three new deals announced and one deal closing. The biggest highlight for last week was the acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) by Analog Devices (ADI) in an all stock deal for $21 billion, which is ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Sunrun acquires Vivint Solar
Merger activity increased last week with two new deals announced and one deal closing. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool (MAT) that automatically updates itself during market hours. After receiving necessary approvals, Caesars Entertainment Corporation ...
Merger Arbitrage Mondays – Dime Community Bancshares and Bridge Bancorp Combine in Merger of Equals
Merger activity remained steady last week with one new deal announced, six deals closing and one deal called off. The month of June ended with six active deals being completed and another deal terminated, resulting in a total of five ...