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To: Night Writer who wrote (93190)9/24/2001 12:10:54 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd  Read Replies (1) of 97611
 
Arb spread this a.m. $1.66
by: skeptically 09/24/01 12:03 pm
Msg: 256742 of 256743

Arbitrage Spreads On Pending Mergers And Acquisitions
09/24 11:23 AM (DJ)

The following provides information on selected merger and acquisition deals. All figures are updated by Dow Jones Corporate Filings Alert, with share prices as of 10 a.m. Eastern time Monday.

Annualized rate of return is based on Monday's date and the expected closing date, and it isn't compounded. Expected closing dates are compiled from company statements and reports, and when a time period is cited (i.e., a particular month or quarter), that information is provided along with that time period's midpoint date, which was used to make the annualized return calculation.

Deals are listed alphabetically by acquirer, and premiums don't include dividend or interest payments. Deal values don't include the assumption of debt.

>Hewlett-Packard Co. (HWP), Compaq Computer Corp. (CPQ)

Current discount: $1.66 or 16.40%
Acquirer: HWP
Target: CPQ
Shares offered per share: 0.6325
Value of offer per share: $10.12

Total deal value: $17.2 billion
Acquirer share price: $16
Target share price: $8.46
Expected closing: First half of 2002 (4/1/02)
Annualized gain: 37.89%<

(END) DOW JONES NEWS 09 -24 -01

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