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Biotech / Medical : Genzyme Tissue Repair (GZTR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Knighty Tin who wrote (2518)3/6/2000 10:12:00 AM
From: Greg Jung  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2553
 
Merger Alert: GZTR is involved in the 3-way to be
held with Biomatrix (BXM). Genzyme Biosurgery.

BXM holders get guaranteed
$37/share cash or 1 share in new company, GZTR get .335 share GZSP gets
.606 share. Based on $37 value GZTR and GZSP closed
at 26% discounts. GZTR opened up+1, dropped to
hit my bid at 9 1/2 :)
about 10 am and seems to have bounced back up.

BXM makes actual earnings and has increasing revenues from
new products.



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (2518)12/12/2000 6:48:28 AM
From: Micawber  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2553
 
December 12, 2000

Market Place: Tracking Stocks' Luster Masks Risk and Conflicts of Interest

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

...Genzyme shareholders are mulling over the creation of a new tracking stock that would result from an acquisition proposed by management. Two of the Genzyme Corporation's units covered by tracking stocks would buy the company, Biomatrix, using money borrowed by the parent Genzyme. While the purchase could increase the market prices of the tracking stocks, which are to be combined, the liability for the loan would ultimately fall on the parent company, leaving it to shoulder most of the risk yet receive little of the benefit...

nytimes.com