yep I also agree with you guys. they are arbitrage players ("event driven strategy") ?
( when I go to the loo- thats an event driven strategy too!)
anyway, the Yanks love verbage.
its got to be a good sign. imho all Water Island are doing is taking an almost risk-free bet.
they bought 26m of those shares on 26 Sept at about $1.47. all they need to do is wait for the Scheme to be approved, and collect $1.52. so its mostly a time-value of money scenario.
worst case Scheme does not get approved - Arrow walks away, shares drop like a rock.
best case, a new bidder comes over the top of Arrow.
we could do that too, if we had $50m+.
cheers
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