AbouttheAuthor xi
CHAPTER1 Introduction 1
CHAPTER2 WhatIsRiskArbitrage? 9
CHAPTER3 TheRiskArbitrageIndustry 27
CHAPTER4 EstimatingtheReturnonaRiskArbitragePosition 33
CHAPTER5 EstimatingtheRiskofArbitrageTransactions 61
CHAPTER6 EstimatingtheProbabilityofaTransaction’sOccurrence 83
CHAPTER7 TheRiskArbitrageDecisionProcess 107
CHAPTER8 HostileTakeovers 117
CHAPTER9 TradingTactics 149
CHAPTER10 PortfolioManagement 173
CHAPTER11 TheExcitingWorldofRiskArbitrage 201

APPENDIXA:TenderOfferDocument 215
APPENDIXB:Airgas/AirProducts—TextofCourtDecision 281
APPENDIXC:WholeFoodsMarkets—ExcerptsfromProxyStatement 291
APPENDIXD:StraightPathCommunications—ExcerptsfromProxy Statement 299
APPENDIXE:StraightPathCommunications—ExcerptsfromSTRP’s8-K FiledonApril13,2017 329
Acknowledgments 337
Index 339