Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday September 25, 2014

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The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday September 25, 2014:
Labcorp to Acquire Liposcience for $5.25/Share in CashThe Deal
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Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
LH
and LipoScience, Inc.
LPDX
announced Wednesday, a definitive merger agreement under which LabCorp will acquire LipoScience for $5.25 per share in cash, for a transaction value of $85.3 million. The deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2014. LipoScience, Inc.
LPDX
announced Wednesday, a definitive merger agreement under which LabCorp will acquire LipoScience for $5.25 per share in cash, for a transaction value of $85.3 million. The deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2014. LipoScience shares closed Thursday at $5.19, a gain of more than 62%.
DIRECTV Holders Have Approved AT&T Deal
The Merger Approval
:

DIRECTV
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DTV
shareholders overwhelmingly approved the proposed merger with AT&T Inc.
T
, with more than 99 percent of votes cast in favor of the merger agreement. That represents 77% of all outstanding shares of DIRECTV. The deal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2015. DIRECTV shares closed Thursday at $86.39, a loss of $0.42.
Western Refining Logistics to Acquire Wholesale Business from Western Refining for $360MThe Deal
:

Western Refining, Inc.
WNR
and Western Refining Logistics, LP
WNRL
announced Thursday, that WNRL has agreed to acquire WNR's southwest wholesale business for total consideration of $360 million in cash and WNRL common partnership units. The deal is expected to close on or about October 15, 2014. Western Refining closed Thursday at $41.81, a loss of 1%. Western Refining Logistics lost 2.5%, to close at $33.46.
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