After-Hours Movers 12/23: MRM, BQI, SLGN Higher; ARNA Lower
Merrimac Industries, Inc. (AMEX: MRM) 38% HIGHER; Crane Co. (NYSE: CR) and Merrimac announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Merrimac by Crane. Crane will pay $16.00 cash per share of common stock of Merrimac and associated common stock purchase rights. Under the terms of the agreement, Crane will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Merrimac, and this transaction, which is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010. This transaction is valued at approximately $52 million and represents a 40% premium to Merrimac shareholders based on the closing value of its common stock on December 22, 2009 and a premium of 70% based on Merrimac’s most recent 20-day average closing price.
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) 4% LOWER; announced today Merck and Co., Inc.'s decision (through an affiliate) to discontinue development of MK-1903, an investigational niacin receptor agonist to treat atherosclerosis being developed under its research collaboration with Arena. Merck also informed Arena that the company will not continue the collaboration. Click here to see the full report.
Oilsands Quest Inc. (Amex: BQI) 1.8% HIGHER; announced today the closing of its previously-announced non-brokered private placement. The accredited institutional investors upsized their subscriptions from the previously announced 8.57 million shares at $1.05 per share to 9.71 million shares at the same price per share for gross proceeds of US$10.2 million to the Company.
Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SLGN) 1.5% HIGHER; will replace Marvel Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: MVL) in the S&P MidCap 400
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