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Wall Street Breakfast

Diamondback, Endeavor Energy to merge

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

News, Business, Business News, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Diamondback (FANG), Endeavor Energy to merge. (00:22) V.F. Corp (VFC) founding family supports activist Engaged Capital in board fight - report. (01:18) Tesla (TSLA) temporarily cuts some U.S. auto prices. (02:44)

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0:00.0

Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

Good morning. Today is Monday, February 12th. I'm Julie Morgan.

0:12.8

Diamondback and Endeavor are emerging.

0:15.3

VF Corporation is in a fight over its board

0:18.4

and Tesla is dropping prices in the US.

0:22.4

Diamond Back Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources have agreed to combine and create a company valued at more than $50 billion.

0:30.0

The deal was announced on Diamondback's website today.

0:33.4

It was reported in a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday, which cited people familiar with the matter that Diamond

0:39.6

Back may announce a deal as soon as today.

0:42.3

The website memo says the stock and cash may announce a deal as soon as today.

0:42.6

The website memo says the stock and cash transaction

0:45.8

would value endeavor at approximately $26 billion.

0:49.7

Diamondback has a market cap of about 27 billion.

0:53.0

Diamond Back took on competition from Conoco Phillips and others in its quest to buy Endeavor.

0:59.0

An Endeavor Diamond Back deal follows a flurry of M&A activity in the Permian Basin, including Occidentals announced

1:05.9

12 billion dollar purchase of Crown Rock in December.

1:09.3

An ExxonMobil's plan 59.5 billion dollar acquisition of pioneer natural resources, which was announced in October.

1:17.0

Engage Capital has won the support of VF Corporation's founding family in its battle with the owner of the brands such as North Face, Vans, and Timberland.

1:28.0

Engage Capital, which has a 1.3% stake in VF, has won the support of descendants of John Barbie who founded

1:34.9

V.F. in 1899. The Barbie family members now collectively own about 15% of

1:41.4

VF. According to the Reuters report on Sunday,

1:44.6

the Barbie family wants two directors on VF's 12 member board replaced.

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