Comments on: A Look at Aquila (ILA) Arbitrage

By: Old School Value » Blog Archive » Jazz Technologies Merger Arbitrage

Old School Value » Blog Archive » Jazz Technologies Merger Arbitrage — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:33:52 +0000

[...] So far this is how I see the merger. I also outlined a process I learnt and follow here. [...]

By: Profit from Special Situations - Risk Arbitrage — Old School Value

Profit from Special Situations - Risk Arbitrage — Old School Value — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:58:20 +0000

[...] far, I’ve gone through three arbitrage opportunities in this blog. Aquila, Jazz Technologies and currently Puget Energy. I eeked out a tiny profit with Aquila and documented [...]

By: Jazz Technologies Merger Arbitrage — Old School Value

Jazz Technologies Merger Arbitrage — Old School Value — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:45:12 +0000

[...] So far this is how I see the merger. I also outlined a process I learnt and follow here. [...]

By: Aquila and Great Plains Merger Review — Old School Value

Aquila and Great Plains Merger Review — Old School Value — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:03:35 +0000

[...] the first post I went through the merger details and why I thought the merger had a lot of potential to close. At [...]

By: Update on Aquila (ILA) Workout — Old School Value

Update on Aquila (ILA) Workout — Old School Value — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:14:36 +0000

[...] in March, I wrote an analysis of the Aquila (ILA) & Great Plains (GXP) workout. Since then, the spread has been steadily closing. When I wrote the first post, the spread was at [...]

By: Jae Jun

Jae Jun — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:40:50 +0000

Update. The deal deadline has been extended to August 6.

By: Jae Jun

Jae Jun — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:18:05 +0000

Seems like many of the execs have been exercising their options on 3/31.
A sign that they believe the deal will go through?

By: Jae Jun

Jae Jun — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:14:34 +0000

I can’t say how other people are profiting from their arbitrage strategies, but mine revolve around consistent plays with low risk. The more I play, percentage wise, I win.
I honestly don’t know how the whole thing will play out because of this whole Missouri commission dragging on for so long. They truly are the last and only hurdle I believe.
When I find more evidence that Missouri will approve, I’ll be sure to put money in then. But there is a good chance that I may be too late by then, but the market is full of opportunities. ILA is just one of them.

By: Quint

Quint — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:47:30 +0000

I have heard that Mr Singer strategy on Aquila is that he will make money both ways, if the merger happens or if it doesnÂt. I guess he feels that Aquila has been improving their bottom line; I donÂt have the expertise to figure that out, but thatÂs what I heard are his thoughts. I do have a stake in Aquila and I am thinking of buy more to lower my cost bases.good money after bad, What do you think?

By: Jae Jun

Jae Jun — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:25:34 +0000

That is something I am still figuring out right now. I need to calculate the probabilities of different scenarios occurring. Ive been watching a couple of insiders buy a lot of shares from the SEC website. I check the RSS I set up for ILA daily.
Also, the approval from Missouri isn’t expected for a couple of months. So I am in no rush to do anything.