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Welcome to your latest issue of Spinoffs, Takeovers and Special Situations! This month, we update spinoff opportunities poised to deliver strong, long-term returns for investors. They include Trisura (left), Edgewell and Marathon Petroleum. In addition, we provide you with key analysis of stocks now in the crosshairs of activist investors—and the business media. They include Hudson’s Bay, Newell Brands and Emerson Electric. We also continue to recommend investors keep holding GANNETT CO. INC., $6.70. The company (New York symbol GCI; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 122.7 million; Market cap: $822.1 million; Dividend yield: 11.3%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.gannett.com) recently completed its merger with New Media Investment (old symbol NEWM). Gannett investors received $6.25 in cash plus 0.5427 of a NEWM share for each GCI share they held. As a group, they now own 49.5% of the combined company; New Media investors own the remaining 50.5%. The combined firm will retain the Gannett name and become the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, with 263 dailies, including USAToday. Gannett investor will receive a dividend of…