InsideArbitrage Potential Deal Alert: Activist Engine Capital pushes Avantax (AVTA) to explore options

POTENTIAL DEAL DETAILS

Engine Capital issues letter to the board of directors of Avantax (AVTA) regarding the immediate need to explore strategic alternatives.

Update(s):

July 11, 2023: According to Bloomberg, Avantax (AVTA), a provider of wealth-management software and services, is exploring options including a potential sale.

September 11, 2023: Avantax, Inc. (AVTA) and Cetera Financial Group, the premier financial advisor Wealth Hub, announced that Avantax and Aretec Group, Inc. d/b/a Cetera Holdings, the holding company of Cetera, have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Cetera Holdings will acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity of Avantax in an all-cash transaction valuing Avantax at approximately $1.2 billion, inclusive of Avantax’s net debt.

Avantax stockholders to receive $26.00 per share in cash.

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