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Wall Street Breakfast

T-Mobile highlights day of deals

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

T-Mobile to buy substantially all of UScellular's wireless operations. (0:16) Consumer confidence snaps losing streak. (2:26) UBS boosts S&P target to Street high. (4:51)

Show Notes
Energy Transfer to buy WTG Midstream in $3.25B cash and stock deal
Bitfarms jumps after rejecting $2.30 a sharer offer from rival Riot Platforms
CrowdStrike gains as Morgan Stanley sees it topping $100B valuation soon

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Lunch, our afternoon update on today's market action news and analysis.

0:10.0

Good afternoon. Today is Tuesday, May 28th, and I'm your host, Kim Khan. Our top story so far.

0:16.0

Rather than merger Monday, it's takeover Tuesday. Coming off the market holiday, deals are dominating the headlines.

0:22.0

T-Mobile will acquire substantially all of U.S.

0:25.1

Cellular's wireless operations, including U.S. cellular's wireless customers and stores,

0:30.3

as well as certain specified Spectrum assets for about 4.4 billion dollars.

0:35.0

The deal was a combination of cash and up to 2 billion of debt to be assumed by T-Mobile

0:40.0

through an exchange offer to be made to certain U.S. cellular debt holders prior to closing.

0:45.2

The announcement comes weeks after Telecom Major's T-Mobile U.S. and Verizon were said to be in talks

0:50.6

for separate transactions that would split up U.S. cellular, one of the country's

0:54.4

last major regional wireless carriers.

0:57.5

Energy Transfer agreed to acquire W.T.G. midstream holdings from affiliates of Diamondback Energy, Stone Peak, and the Davis Estate

1:05.5

for about $3.25 billion, split between $2.45 billion in cash and 50.8 million newly issued

1:12.4

energy transfer common units.

1:14.0

W.T.G. 6,000-mile pipeline network serves significant operators in some of the most active areas of the Midland Basin.

1:22.0

Also in the sector,

1:23.3

Atlantica sustainable infrastructure agreed to be acquired by

1:26.7

energy capital partners for 22 per share in cash,

1:30.1

a deal that would take Atlantica private and values the company at about 2.55 billion dollars.

1:36.0

The purchase price represents an 18.9% premium to the closing share price on April 22nd,

1:42.0

the last trading day prior to the emergence of market rumors regarding

1:45.6

a potential acquisition, but a 6% discount to Friday's closing price.

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