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