Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday May 11, 2015

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday May 11, 2015:

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Noble Energy, Inc.

and Rosetta Resources Inc.

announced Monday, that Noble Energy will acquire all of the common stock of Rosetta in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.1 billion, plus the assumption of Rosetta's net debt of $1.8 billion as of March 31, 2015. Rosetta shareholders will receive 0.542 of a share of Noble Energy common stock for each share of Rosetta common stock held, with an implied value to Rosetta shareholders of $26.62 per share. The deal is expected to close in Q3 of 2015. Rosetta Resources shares closed Monday at $24.58, a gain of 27%.

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BlackBerry Limited

shares rose Monday on unconfirmed market chatter that Apple Inc.

could be a potential buyer, paying between $15.00 and $18.00 per share, according to source. BlackBerry is the subject of frequent takeover chatter, with Lenovo

and Samsung

being mentioned most often as potential buyers. Spokespersons for BlackBerry and Apple were not available for comment. BlackBerry shares gained almost 6% Monday, closing at $10.46.

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EXOR

announced Monday, that it has agreed to sell Cushman & Wakefield to DTZ for total enterprise value of $2.042 billion. The transaction is expected to close before the end of 2015.