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Strategies & Market Trends : Speculating in Takeover Targets

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To: richardred who wrote (2296)	7/23/2010 12:45:20 PM
From: richardred	Read Replies (2) of 7252

Why MATK is a Speculative buy for me? NBTY Agrees to Be Acquired by the Carlyle Group for $55.00 Per Share in Cash; Transaction Valued at $3.8 Billion; NBTY is a Leading Nutritional Supplement Company RONKONKOMA, N.Y., July 15, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE: NTY), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which The Carlyle Group will acquire NBTY in a transaction valued at $3.8 billion. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Carlyle will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of NBTY for $55.00 per share in cash, representing a premium of approximately 57% over NBTY's average closing share price during the 30 trading days ended July 14, 2010.

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