- C&J Energy (CJES) +8% AH and Nabors Industries (NBR) +6.2% after the companies agree to merge, creating a diversified completion and production services provider.
- NBR will receive total consideration of $2.86B in cash and stock, comprised of ~62.5M CJES shares and $940M in cash; the combined company will retain the C&J Energy name and management team.
- CJES expects the deal to be accretive to EPS during the first full year of combined operations, as it will leverage identifiable cost and revenue synergies through the achievement of operational efficiencies and capex savings.