Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday October 20, 2014

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The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday October 20, 2014:
BlackBerry Shares Rise on Report of Potential Lenovo BidThe Rumor
:

Share of BlackBerry Limited
BBRY
rose Monday, following a report from
Benzinga
in Saturday, that China's Lenovo Group Limited
LNVGY
could make an offer to acquire Canadian mobile communications company, as early as this week. A source familiar with the matter said said Lenovo's could offer $15.00 per share initially, with a deal at around $18.00 per share. Neither BlackBerry nor Lenovo issued an official response to the report, though there were media reports of insiders at Lenovo denying an interest in acquiring BlackBerry. Spokespersons for both companies declined comment to
Benzinga
. A spokesperson for Canada's Federal Minister of Industry, told
Benzinga
that he was not aware of an offer made by Lenovo for BlackBerry and declined comment further regarding that specific rumor. He did say the Canada was open to foreign investment. BlackBerry closed Monday at $10.30, a gain of 8.5%.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Acquire IBM's Microelectronics BusinessThe Deal
:

IBM
IBM
announced an agreement Monday, under which GLOBALFOUNDRIES will acquire IBM's Microelectronics OEM semiconductor business and manufacturing operations. The loss from discontinued operations in the third quarter includes a non-recurring pre-tax charge of $4.7 billion, or $3.3 billion, net of tax. The charge includes an impairment to reflect fair value less estimated costs to sell the Microelectronics business assets, which the company has classified as held for sale at September 30, 2014. The charge also includes other estimated costs related to the transaction, including cash consideration expected to be transferred to GLOBALFOUNDRIES of approximately $1.5 billion. The deal is expected to close in 2015. IBM closed Monday at $169.10, a loss of 11%.
Hearing Deal Reporter Says Altera Preparing for Sale
The Rumor
:

Shares of Altera
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ALTR
surged higher Monday, on a report from
Deal Reporter
that the company was preparing for a sale. There has been unusual option activity over the past month. Altera shares rose 1.5% Monday, to close at $33.03.
AbbVie, Shire Terminate Merger AgreementThe Termination
:

AbbVie Inc.
ABBV
and Shire plc
SHPG
have agreed to terminate their proposed merger agreement. AbbVie's Board withdrew support for the proposed transaction, based upon its assessment of the September 22, 2014 notice issued by the U.S. Treasury Department which re-interpreted current tax regulations in a manner that made its acquisition of Shire less attractive. AbbVie has agreed to pay Shire a breakup fee of approximately $1.635 billion. AbbVie shares closed at $54.41 Monday, and traded at $55.25 after-hours. Shares of Shire closed at $184.59 Monday, trading as low as $172 after-hours.
Actavis, Perrigo, Sanofi Reportedly Bidding for Omega PharmThe Rumor
:

Actavis plc
ACT
, Perrigo Company Public Limited Company
PRGO
and Sanofi
SNY
, are among the companies bidding for Omega Pharma, according to sources, cited by
Bloomberg
. The sources say a deal for Omega could bring $5.1 billion. Actavis shares closed at $226.67 Monday, and traded at $230.00 after-hours. Perrigo shares closed at $148.47 and rose another 1% after-hours on Monday.
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