** BMO upgrades Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp TFPM.TO
to "outperform" from "market perform; raises PT to $21 from $20
** TFPM said on Thursday that it would buy Maverix Metals
Inc MMX.TO in a deal valued at $606 mln
** BMO sees the transaction as net asset value accretive
** Brokerage cuts PT on MMX to $4 from $5.75 and downgrades
to "market perform"
** TFPM and MMX each drop ~2% in current trading session
** MMX stockholders can choose to receive either $3.92 in
cash, or 0.360 of a TFPM share for each share held
** BMO says deal's offer price is below its prior PT on MMX;
brokerage is more closely aligning its PT to implied offer
** So far this year, TFPM shares decline 3.7% while MMX
slips 10.8%
(Reporting by Ankit Kumar in Bengaluru)
((Ankit.Kumar2@thomsonreuters.com))