Summary:

In this episode of the Special Situations Report, hosts Asif and Tamanna Suria discuss the latest developments in the event-driven investing world, focusing on M&A activity, stock buybacks, insider trading, spinoffs, and significant management changes. The two continue with the new format by focusing on five key stories, including the largest leveraged buyout when a consortium of investors decided to buy videogame publisher Electronic Arts, the spinoff of Alphabet’s lifesciences division, a large stock buyback announcement at rare diseases focused biotech Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, an intriguing insider purchase at Miami International Holdings and activist involvement in mental health company Acadia Healthcare.

Keywords:

M&A, merger arbitrage, bidding wars, shareholder opposition, deals in the works, insider buying, insider sales, buybacks, C-suite transitions, spinoffs, activists, activist campaigns, failed mergers, management transitions, special situations, event-driven investing, markets, stocks