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Zimmer (NYSE: ZMH) closed yesterday at $56.92. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $30.67 and 52-week high of $58.20. Zimmer stock has been showing support around 55.13 and resistance in the 57.95 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives ZMH a positive 4 STAR (out of 5...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

Zimmer (NYSE: ZMH) closed yesterday at $56.86. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $30.67 and 52-week high of $58.20. Zimmer stock has been showing support around 55.34 and resistance in the 58.84 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives ZMH a positive 4 STAR (out of 5...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

Zimmer (NYSE: ZMH) closed yesterday at $58.03. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $30.67 and 52-week high of $58.20. Zimmer stock has been showing support around 56.66 and resistance in the 58.88 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives ZMH a positive 4 STAR (out of 5)...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

Zimmer (NYSE: ZMH) hit a new 52-Week high of $57.89 so far today. Currently the stock is up $1.11 (1.96%) to $57.86 on 919,476 shares traded. Today's high is up $27.19 from a 52-Week Low of...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

Smith International, Inc. (NYSE: SII) was today upgraded by Citi from Hold to Buy at a price target of $35. State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is now trading at $27.87, 3.76% up on 22 million shares.

Pulte Homes, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) climbed 4.59% to $10.04 on 5.72 million shares in the morning trading hours. Today Citigroup upgraded Pulte Homes to Buy from Hold and raises their price target to $12 from $11.

Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS) increased 4.27% to $23.55 after RBC Capital Markets upgraded FISfrom Sector Perform to Outperform. So far this year, FIS is up over 44%.

Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) was today upgraded by Barclays Capital from Equal weight to overweight. Now ARUN is up 4.11% at $9.88 on 1.1 million shares. The 52 week trading range for ARUN is $1.85 - $9.99.

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) was upgraded from market Perform to market Outperform by JMP Securities with a price target of $22.00. OSUR is now trading at $18.60, 2.71% up on 960K shares.

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH) was also upgraded today from Neutral to Buy by UBS and also raises their price target to $64 from $59. ZMH is now up 2% at $57.89 on 952K shares. MRX has made a new 52 week high at $57.98 today.

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Stryker Corp. (SYK) is on a takeover spree having made three acquisitions recently. The company acquired OtisMed Corp., Mutoh Co. Ltd. and certain of its affiliates, and Synergetics USA, Inc. (SURG). Financial terms of these transactions include $67 million in upfront payment as well as potential future milestone and royalty payments of up to $36 million. These [...]

(SYK) Stryker Corporation Strikes Acquisition Deals

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH) recently decided to raise $1 billion by selling its senior unsecured notes in an underwritten public offering in two separate transactions. The transactions involve selling $500.0 million of 4.625% notes due 2019 and $500.0 million of 5.75% notes due 2039. The public offering is expected to close on Nov 17, 2009. Zimmer [...]

(ZMH) Zimmer Holdings to Sell Notes in Public Offering

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH) recently decided to raise $1 billion by selling its senior unsecured notes in an underwritten public offering in two separate transactions. The transactions involve selling $500.0 million of 4.625% notes due 2019 and $500.0 million of 5.75% notes due 2039. The public offering is expected to close on Nov 17, 2009.
 
Zimmer has already filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the public offer. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., a division of Citigroup, Inc. (C); Banc of America Securities LLC, a division of Bank of America Corp. (BAC); and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) are the active joint book-running managers of the offering. The offer will be made to the public through the prospectus.
 
The 2019 notes yield 118 basis points above the Treasury benchmark and the 2039 notes yield 135 basis points above the Treasury benchmark. Zimmer will use the net proceeds of the offering to repay its outstanding credit balance under its credit facility and for general corporate purposes like the company’s stock repurchase program. Zimmer already had cash and cash equivalents of roughly $440 million at the end of the third quarter of 2009.
 
Zimmer is a global leader in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of reconstructive implants, and trauma and related orthopedic surgical products. The company competes in the orthopedic market with players like Stryker Corp. (SYK), Wright Medical (WMGI), and Smith & Nephew (SNN).
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