Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 3/24 (JPM/BSC, MAQ, ID/DMRC)

March 24, 2008 9:46 AM EDT

StreetInsider.com Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day:


  • According to reports from the New York Times, JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) was in talks this weekend to raise its offer for Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC), citing people familiar with the matter.

    The paper said JPMorgan may be willing to pay $10 per share for Bear, up from the initial $2 offer that shocked Wall Street last weekend.

  • Marathon Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: MAQ) announced that Global Ship Lease will access the public equity markets through a merger with Marathon valued at approximately $1 billion pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger. Global Ship Lease is a rapidly growing containership charter owner currently a subsidiary of CMA CGM S.A. of France ("CMA CGM"), the world's third largest container shipping company.

  • L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ID) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the ID Systems business of Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC) in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $250 million.

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BSC 10.40

+0.34 +3.38%
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DMRC 14.40

+0.07 +0.49%
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ID 5.89

+0.03 +0.51%
Volume: 366,841
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JPM 44.32

+0.15 +0.34%
Volume: 32,669,239
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MAQ 7.33

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