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Entries for November, 2008

NRG officially rejects Exelon overture for second time

The original deal was to exchanbge 0.485 shares of EXC for each share of NRG. (See this link for all my related posts about NRG.)
“The second rejection by NRG Energy’s board of directors came nearly two weeks after Exelon took its bid directly to NRG Energy shareholders by launching an exchange offer for all [...]

Genentech Offer UPDATE

According to Reuters, Roche is standing firm on it’s current buy-out deal.
Roche Holding Ltd. sticking by its $43.7 billion offer to buy out the rest of Genentech Inc.
Deal recap:
As I originally posted here, the details are:
Deal price: $89/sh
Nov 18 price: $80.63
ROI: 10.4%
Sources:
http://www.reuters.com/article…

Exelon officially begins hostile takeover attempt for NRG

Well, the deal offer is still the same: 0.485 shares of Exelon stock for each share of NRG.
Note:
Exelon said the exchange offer will expire at 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 6, 2009.
So my, my number crunch (which I wrote about here) is still basically the same. However, the new risk for this deal is that, [...]

UPDATE 1 - UST Targeted by Altria, Deal Delayed Until 2009?

UPDATE: Deal passes federal antitrust review.
Target: UST Inc. (UST) - formally United States Tobacco Company.
Buyer: Altria Group, Inc. (MO) - owns cigarette maker Philip Morris USA Inc.
Last Trade: $67.74 (was $65.34 on 10/14/2008 when I originally started tracking this deal)
Deal Price: $69.50
Deal closes: Early January 2009? (1/7/2009 via Morningstart.com article)
Back story:
“While Altria currently [...]

Captaris deal closes, I net a 2.13% ROI

The CAPA deal is done. As I mentioned here, the deal did not have much arb potential for the small money amounts I can invest (hey, I have a small bankroll). However, in my simulated portfolio, I did make a positive net on the arb play.
Entry point: 10/14/2008 @ $4.70/sh.
Exit point: 11/3/2008 @4.80/sh
ROI: [...]

UPDATE 1 - NRG Energy targeted by Exelon in stock swap

Update: NRG’s board made an official response today in regards to the offer. Not much new, but still looks like Exelon might go hostile:
Rowe (CEO of Exelon) said that Exelon “will get to a point soon where we consider it appropriate to take our offer directly to NRG shareholders rather than continue to wait [...]

Hexion/Huntsman deal in trouble (again)

Well, the banks are off the hook now (see this article at Marketwatch.com). Looks like Hexion is gonna be in some deep financial straights if it has to pony up all those millions if the deal goes south.
Regardless, I no longer have my status for this one as a Buy.  I do own shares in [...]