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 [...]