Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday September 25 through Sunday September 27, 2015:

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Rentrak (RENT) announced Friday, it has acquired sports and entertainment analytics platform SponsorHub. Terms were not disclosed. Rentrak closed at $46.20 on Friday, a gain of almost 2.5%.

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Staples, Inc.

issued a statement Friday, in response to the European Commission's announcement of a Phase II review of the Office Depot

acquisition. Staples CEO Ron Sargent stated "We continue to work cooperatively with the European Commission regarding the acquisition of Office Depot. The transaction would enable Staples to better serve customers around the world and to compete in a rapidly evolving global marketplace." The EC said it would make a final decision by February 10, 2016. Staples closed at $12.37 Friday, down 2.5%.

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On September 24, 2015, Perrigo

commenced litigation against Mylan

and the Israeli Securities Authority in the District Court, Economic Division, in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. In its motion for a temporary restraining order, Perrigo alleges that Mylan failed to publish a lawful tender offer in Israel on September 14, 2015. On that date, Mylan commenced an offer to acquire Perrigo for $75 per share in cash, plus 2.3 Mylan ordinary shares for each Perrigo share. Perrigo requested that the court declare that Mylan did not publish a lawful tender offer and prohibit Mylan from taking any actions in Israel in connection with the tender offer. Mylan and the ISA have until October 6, 2015 to submit their respective responses. A hearing is scheduled for October 12, 2015. Perrigo closed at $160.90 on Friday, a loss of 5%. Mylan shares lost more than 4%, closing at $43.61.

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AB INBEV

could offer £70 billion (approximately $106 billion) for SAB Miller

, according to sources, as reported by the UK's

. The sources said the two companies have had preliminary talks, with an initial offer coming as early as Monday. Anheuser-Busch InBev confirmed on September 16 that had approached the SABMiller board regarding a potential deal. Anheuser-Busch InBev closed at $109.51 on Friday, a gain of 2.5%.