Special Situation Investments

Cornerstone Building Brands (CNR) – Merger Arbitrage – 13% Upside

May 24, 2023Feb 28, 2022

Current Price: $21.84

Offer Price: $24.65

Upside: 13%

Expected Closing Date: TBD

SUBMIT QUICK IDEA

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Ilja on Nov 24, 2023
GAN Limited (GAN)
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ijw on Nov 22, 2023
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Been reading the information on coolbet. It seems clear they would be affected. However this issue was known prior to…
BKGal on Nov 21, 2023
GAN Limited (GAN)
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Stonkat_Ali on Nov 21, 2023
GAN Limited (GAN)
Read this interesting sensitivity analysis: https://continuouscompounding.substack.com/p/gan-part-4-decision-tree-analysis
Oracle_Of_Vancouver on Nov 18, 2023
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Matt on Nov 17, 2023
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Coolbet based in Chile
Nancy Pelosi on Nov 17, 2023
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my mistake LatAm is a biz they dont separate out how much is Chile vs not
rsfund on Nov 17, 2023
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what about Chile matters in this? Revenue and assets in chile are "0"
rsfund on Nov 17, 2023
GAN Limited (GAN)
Did some more digging: https://g3newswire.com/chile-online-bill-will-block-operators-who-have-been-present-in-the-market/ "According to article 13 of the bill: “The Superintendency will reject applications for an operating…
ijw on Nov 17, 2023
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I don't speak legalese, but this implies Chile would need to make online gambling illegal right? "Chilean Operations. The National…
ijw on Nov 16, 2023
GAN Limited (GAN)
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Neil on Nov 16, 2023
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mkasson on Nov 15, 2023
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Olve on Nov 14, 2023
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ijw on Nov 14, 2023
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