Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Wednesday July 22, 2015

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The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday July 22, 2015:
St Jude Medical to Acquire Thoratec for $63.50/Share in CashThe Deal
:

St. Jude Medical
STJ
and Thoratec
THOR
announced Wednesday, that St. Jude will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Thoratec for $63.50 per share in a cash transaction valued at about $3.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2015. Thoratec gained more than 10% Wednesday, closing at $63.46.
Hearing Unconfirmed Market Chatter of PE Interest in H&R Block
The Rumor
:

Shares of H&R Block
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HRB
spiked higher Wednesday, on unconfirmed market chatter that the tax preparation firm has received approaches from private equity and has hired Goldman Sachs to assist in the sale process. According to sources, the rumored offer is $43 per share. There was unusual activity Tuesday in the October $35 HRB call on Tuesday. H&R Block declined comment on the rumor. H&R Block gained 2% Wednesday, closing at $32.87.
Renewed Report of China's Tsinghua Unigroup Bidding $23B for MicronThe Rumor
:

China's Tsinghua Unigroup is preparing a $23 billion bid to acquire Micron Technology, according to a
report from Nikkei
.
Bloomberg
first reported the story on July 14. Micron shares closed at $18.00 on Wednesday, a loss of 4.5%.
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