Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Wednesday December 18, 2013

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday December 18, 2013.

Harland Clarke Holdings to Acquire Valassis for $34.04/Share in CashThe Deal

Harland Clarke Holdings and Valassis

VCI

announced Wednesday that Harland Clarke Holdings will acquire Valassis for $34.04 per share in cash, for a transaction value of approximately $1.84 billion. The deal is expected to close in the Q1 2014. Valassis closed Wednesday at $34.60, a gain of 22%.

Report Dish to Make Bid for T-MobileThe Rumor

Shares of T-Mobile

TMUS

spiked higher late Wednesday on a report from

Reuters

that Dish Network

DISH

has spoken to Deutsche Telekom

DTEGY

, owner of 67% of the US' 4th-largerst wireless carrier about a possible deal. Last week, there were reports of potential bid from Sprint

. Spokespersons for the three parties declined comment. T-Mobile closed Wednesday at $27.25, a gain of 2%.

3D Systems to Acquire Portion of Xerox's Ink Engineering-Development Teams for $32.5M in CashThe Deal

Dow Jones

3D Systems

DDD

and Xerox

XRX

announced Wednesday that 3D Systems wil acquire Xerox Corporation's Wilsonville, Oregon product design, engineering and chemistry group and related assets for $32.5 million in cash. The deal is expected to close before the end of 2013. 3D Systems closed Wednesday at $81.99, a gain of $0.61.

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