Merger Arbitrage Mondays – April 26, 2010

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Company

Value

Price

Price

Date

Profit

Expected to close by March 31, 2011 for a closing value $8.5bn. It is a stock based transaction @ 0.667 share of FE

Expected to close by the third calendar quarter of 2010, for a closing value of $19.5mn @ $7.25/share. The Cash/stock election is subject to proration

Expected to close in the first half of 2011 for a value of $10.6bn. Under the terms of the agreement, Qwest shareholders will receive 0.1664 CenturyLink shares for each share of Qwest common stock they own at closing.

Expected to close during the second or third quarter of 2010 for a value of $1.6bn. The stock-cash merger is @ 4.7771 shares of SandRidge common stock and $2.50 in cash for each share of Arena common stock.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2010 for a closing value of $14.7 million. The cash deal is @ $2.52 per share

Expected to close by the second quarter of 2010 for a closing value of $275bn. It is a cash deal @ $11.00 per share

Expected to close by April 19, 2010 for a closing value of $59mn. The closing price for the cash deal is $7.25 per share

Expected to close by the second quarter of 2010 for a closing value of $11mn. It is a cash deal @ $0.34 per share

Expected to close by the second half of 2010. It is a stock-for-stock merger @ 0.6966 shares of SLB / $42.96 per SII share

Expected to close by the second half of 2010 for a closing value of $481mn. It is a cash deal @ $11.50 per share

Expected to close by the end of 2010 for a closing value of $75.7 million. The cash deal is @ $45 per share

Expected to close by the third quarter of 2010 for $12.7 million @ $2.05 per share.

Expected to close by the third quarter of 2010 for a value of $2.7bn. Under the cash and stock deal, Mariner stockholders will receive cash of $7.80 and 0.17043 of a share of Apache common stock in exchange for each share of Mariner common stock.

Expected to close by the Second half 2010 for a closing value of $1.2bn. It is a cash deal @ $15.00 per share

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2010 at an estimated enterprise value of $685 million based on the closing prices of both companies’ stocks on April 16, 2010, including the assumption of approximately $300 million in Cornell debt, excluding cash. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, stockholders of Cornell will have the option to elect to receive either (a) 1.3 shares of GEO common stock for each share of Cornell common stock or (b) an amount of cash consideration equal to the greater of (i) the fair market value of one share of GEO common stock plus $6.00 or (ii) the fair market value of 1.3 shares of GEO common stock.

Expected to close in the summer of 2010 for a value of $240mn. The $3 cash & stock deal consists of $1.73 in cash and $1.27 in Halliburton stock.

Expected to close in the third or fourth quarter of 2010 for a value of $1.5bn. DynCorp International’s stockholders will receive $17.55 in cash for each share of DynCorp International common stock they own.

Expected to close in Visa’s Fourth Fiscal Quarter ending in September for a closing value of $2bn. The closing price for the cash deal is at a price of $26.00 per share.

Expected to close by the third fiscal quarter of 2010 for a closing value of $1.55bn. It is  cash plus stocks deal @$16.35/share + 0.1802 MSCI shares

Expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2010. ONCAP has the unilateral option to terminate the merger agreement by paying to Sport Supply Group a termination fee of either $6,000,000 or $10,000,000, depending on whether financing is available to ONCAP. It is a cash deal @ $13.55

Expected to close in the middle of the year 2010 for a value of $685mn. Oracle is paying $17 per share in cash

The merger agreement has a “go-shop” period, ending on March 6, 2010. It has a closing value of approximately $1.2bn. The closing price for the cash deal has been revised from $10.80 per share to $11.25 per share as on March 31, 2010.

Expected to close by the end of the year 2010 for a value of $1.6bn. Mirant Corp. will combine with RRI Energy Inc. in a stock-deal to form GenOn Energy. Mirant stockholders will get about 2.84 RRI common shares for each Mirant share they own.

Expected to close by the second half of 2010 for a closing value of $6bn. It is a cash deal @ $107 per share

Expected to close in May 2010 for a value of $112mn. The cash deal is @ $11.25 per share.

Expected to close at the end of the quarter ending June 30 for a value of $100mn. The deal is @ $17.00 per share in cash.

Expected to close in two to four months for a closing value of $252mn and also assuming $342 million in debt for the company as part of the transaction, bringing the total value of the deal up to $594 million.Avnet is paying $7 a share for San Jose-based Bell Microproducts Inc

Expected to close by the second quarter of 2010 for a closing value of $400 million. Intersil is paying $18.50 per Techwell share.

Expected to close in the fiscal third quarter ending June 27 for a closing value of $100mn. Micorsemi is paying $7 per White Electronic’s share.

Expected to launch tender offer by May 05, 2010 for a closing value of $363 million for 9.5 million shares of CNX Gas Corp. from stockholders represented by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. at a price of $38.25 per share

Expected to close by the end of June 2010 for a closing value of  $112mn. The cash deal is @ $11.71 per share

Expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2010 for a value of $915 million.Under the agreement, BWAY shareholders will receive $20.00 cash for each share of BWAY common stock they own.

Expected to be completed by the end of June 2010 for a value for $186mn. It is an all-stock merger where Symyx shareholders will receive 0.7802 shares of Accelrys common stock for each share of Symyx.

Expected to close by the end of AZZ’s fiscal second quarter, Aug. 31for a value of $125.6 million. AZZ plans a cash tender offer for NAGC of $7.50 per share

Expected to close in the second half of Tyco’s fiscal year, which began on September 26, 2009,  for a closing value of $2.9bn. The closing price for the cash deal is $42.50 per share

Expected to close by the second quarter of 2010 for a closing value of $1.4bn. It is a cash deal @ $38 per share

Expected to close by this Summer for a value of $460 million @ $8.00 per share

Expected to close by July 31, 2010 for a closing value of $141 million. Thoma Bravo LLC will pay $5.60 in cash for each Plato share.

Expected to close by the second quarter of 2010 for a closing value of $928bn. It is a cash deal @ $11.05 per share

Expected to close by October 1, 2010 for a closing value of $1.23bn. The deal includes $10 per share + a share in a new bottling company