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- the union of two or more organizations under single ownership, through the direct acquisition by one organization of the net assets or liabilities of the other. A merger can be...
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- Antiperspirant and deodorant brands Right Guard, Soft & Dri and Dry Idea are to be acquired by The Dial Corporation--which is owned by the Henkel Group--following their divestment by Procter Gamble (P& G) after its merger with Gillette.
- ANTIPERSPIRANT AND deodorant brands Right Guard, Soft & Dri and Dry Idea are to be acquired by The Dial Corporation--which is owned by the Henkel Group--following their divestment by Procter Gamble (P& G) after its merger with Gillette. The p ANTIPERSPIRANT AND deodorant brands Right Guard,...
- Research articles 2006-02-24
- NESTLE SELLS TWO EU COCOA PLANTS.(European)(Acqisitions and mergers )(Brief Article)
- The world's biggest food and drinks group, Nestle, said on June 30 it was selling two European cocoa bean processing plants to the US commodities giant, Cargill. The purchase price has not been disclosed. The Swiss company said it was selling the pla The world's biggest...
- Research articles 2004-07-09
- CLARCOR Completes Merger of Its Facet Operations with Perry Equipment Corporation
- FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE: CLC) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Perry Equipment Corporation ("Peco"), a privately-owned manufacturer of engineered filtration products and technologies used in a wide array of industries, including oil and natural gas, refining, power generation, petrochemical, food and beverage,...
- Research articles 2007-12-03
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- LLR Partners Increases Purchase Price for I-many, Inc. to $0.52 per Share
- LLR Partners, one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest private equity investment firms, with more than $1.4 billion under management, and I-many, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IMNY), a leading provider of contract management software and services for the enterprise, announced today that they have further amended their definitive merger agreement to increase...
- Research articles 2009-06-03
- LLR Partners Increases Purchase Price for I-many, Inc. to $0.61 per Share
- LLR Partners, one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest private equity investment firms, with more than $1.4 billion under management, and I-many, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IMNY), a leading provider of contract management software and services for the enterprise, announced today that they have further amended their definitive merger agreement to increase...
- Research articles 2009-06-11
- Merger and acquisition news
- Medco Research and Repligen call it quits on their merger agreementPharmaceutical company Medco Research Inc. based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and Repligen Corp., a Cambridge, Mass., biotechnology company announced they have nixed their merger agreement in which Medco would purchase Repligen for $515 million in stock. While Repligen said...
- Research articles 1995-07-21
- Merger Accounting Changes To Eliminate Higher Earnings and Share Price Growth Offered By Pooling Method
- MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--July 27, 1999-- Companies utilizing the pooling method of accounting for merger transactions had stock prices one year later that were on average 15.7 percentage points higher than companies using the purchase method, according to a new study just released by U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray. For the...
- Research articles 1999-07-27
- LLR Partners Increases Purchase Price for I-many, Inc. to $0.49 Per Share
- LLR Partners, one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest private equity investment firms, with more than $1.4 billion under management, and I-many, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IMNY), a leading provider of contract management software and services for the enterprise, announced today that they have amended their definitive merger agreement to increase the...
- Research articles 2009-06-01
- Buyers, Sellers Increasingly Use Earnouts to Cope With Purchase Price Anxiety
- Given the uncertainty of today's economic climate and the performance challenges it creates for companies, it is not surprising that buyers in merger and acquisition deals have been reluctant to pay high prices without some assurance of the acquisition's performance. Sellers, in turn, may wish to participate in future earnings...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Acquisition of Palmer Wireless set to close Oct. 6 - Palmer Wireless Inc's merger with Price Communications Inc
- Palmer Wireless Inc. [PWIR] shareholders "overwhelmingly approved" the company's merger with Price Communications Inc. [PR], Palmer announced last week. The cash deal, in which Palmer will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Price, is expected to be completed Oct. 6. The surviving entity will be called Price Communications Wireless and...
- Research articles 1997-09-29
- Discover, PULSE sign agreement for merger
- A merger agreement between Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley, and PULSE EFT Association, Houston, has been signed. Under terms of the agreement, Discover will acquire PULSE for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $311A merger agreement between Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley,...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Bizarre Merger of the Day: United Online Buys FTD Group
- United Online has one helluva Internet portfolio: Classmates.com, MyPoints, NetZero, Juno and now FTD, a florist. If you’re looking for synergy you won’t find it here. The company announced Wednesday that it will acquire FTD for $800 million Techmeme. The moving parts involved in that sum are...
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- How to Plan a Merger
- Once, the most common way to grow a business was to hire talent and expand gradually. Today what used to be called "merger mania" is simply business as usual. Determine Whether an Acquisition Makes Sense for Your Firm ...
- Articles 2007-09-07
- Formation Capital and JER Partners Offer to Amend Merger Agreement with Genesis HealthCare
- Purchase Price Increased to $65.25 per Share in Cash Shareholder Meeting Adjourned Until May 11, 2007 KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Genesis HealthCare Corporation ("GHC" or "Genesis") (NASDAQ: GHCI) today announced that the venture between affiliates of Formation Capital, LLC ("Formation") and JER Partners ("JER") has offered to amend...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Jazz Technologies, Inc. Announces Settlement Agreement Reducing the Merger Purchase Price Paid by the Company by $9 Million Dollars
- NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Jazz Technologies (AMEX:JAZ) announced entering into a Settlement Agreement on July 31, 2007 with the TC Group, L.L.C. as stockholders' representative. The Settlement Agreement amends the Merger Agreement dated September 26, 2006 by and among the Company, Joy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, Jazz Semiconductor, Inc.,...
- Research articles 2007-08-03
- Expanding The Limits Of Merger Arbitrage
- The term arbitrage denotes the simultaneous purchase and sale of identical assets in order to profit from a price difference between the two assets. The perfect case of arbitrage occurs when there is no risk involved and no capital is required. During merger and acquisition process, professional risk arbitragers purchase...
- White papers 2003-05-18
- Sentigen Signs Definitive Merger Agreement with Invitrogen Corporation; Sentigen Stockholders to Receive $3.37 Per Share in Cash
- PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. -- Sentigen Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:SGHL) today announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Invitrogen Corporation (Nasdaq:IVGN), a global leader in life sciences, under which Invitrogen will acquire Sentigen in a cash transaction at a price of $3.37 per share for all shares currently issued...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Dow Chemical may seek lower price for Rohm & Haas
- NEW YORK — The collapse of a joint venture with a state-owned Kuwaiti company may make Dow Chemical less willing to pay the $15.3-billion (U.S.) price tag for Rohm & Haas it initially agreed to last summer as energy prices peaked. Kuwait's government backed out of the deal with Dow...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Gold Announces Termination of Merger Agreement with Silver Acquisition
- LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Gold Banc Corporation, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLDB) today announced that it has terminated the merger agreement with Silver Acquisition Corp. ("Silver"). The termination was made pursuant to Section 8.1jA of the merger agreement based upon, among other things, Silver's statements that it cannot obtain regulatory approval of the...
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- ICOS Announces Revised Merger Agreement With Lilly
- ICOS Board Unanimously Recommends Shareholders Approve Increased $34 per Share Cash Merger BOTHELL, Wash. -- ICOS Corporation (NASDAQ:ICOS) announced today that an agreement has been reached to amend the terms of the merger agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY), which was originally signed on October 16, 2006. ...
- Research articles 2006-12-18
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