M&A Update : Dillards rallies on renewed buyout chatter

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Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:42PM by Paul Foster
Filed under: Options

Dillards(NYSE:DDS) is recently up $1.40 to $22.60 on renewed & unconfirmed asset sale chatter. William Dillard is Chairman of the Board owns approximately 24.4% of the outstanding voting shares of DDS. William Dillard the 2nd is the CEO. Alex Dillard is President. Mike Dillard is executive Vice President. DDS call option volume of 9,976 contracts compares to put volume of 1,482 contracts. DDS November option implied volatility of 64 is above its 26-week average of 49 according to Track Data, indicating larger risks.

Daily M&A Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Tags: DDS, Dillards, William Dillard, WilliamDillard

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