Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter

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The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday November 20 through Sunday November 22, 2015:
Pfizer to Acquire Allergan in $150B DealThe Rumor
:

Pfizer Inc.
PFE
and Allergan PLC
AGN
have reached an agreement to merge, creating the world's largest drug company, in terms of sale, according to sources as reported by the
Wall Street
on Sunday. Allergan shareholders will receive 11.3 Pfizer shares for each Allergan share, plus a small amount of cash. The deal could be announced on Monday. Allergan rose 3.5% Friday, closing at $312.46.
Diebold to Announce Offer Wincor Consisting Of 80% Cash, 20% StockThe Rumor
:

Diebold Inc.
DBD
is said to be close to announcing a formal takeover bid for Wincor Nixdorf AG
WNXDY
, according to sources as reported by the
Wall Street Journal
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on Friday. The Diebold offer is said to consist Of 80% cash and 20% Deiebold shares. A deal would value Wincor at more than $1.9 billion and could be announced within the next couple of days, according to sources. Diebold shares rose 3.5% Friday, closing at $37.51.
Cisco to Purchase Acano for $700M in CashThe Deal
:

Cisco
CSCO
announced Friday it intends to acquire privately held
Acano Limited
for $700 million in cash and assumed equity awards and additional retention based incentives for Acano employees who join Cisco. Acano makes software that enables teams to collaborate. The deal is expected to close in Q3 of 2016. Cisco rose $0.20 Friday, closing at $27.570.
Supervalu to Consider Potential Sale of Save-A-Lot ChainThe Rumor
:

Supervalu Inc
SVU
is considering an outright sale as an alternative to its planned spin-off of Save-A-Lot, according to sources as reported by
Reuters
on Friday. Private equity firms have reportedly approached Supervalu with interest in acquiring the discount grocery retail chain.sources said this week. Supervalu announced in late July, that it was exploring a separation of its Save-A-Lot business into a stand-alone, publicly traded company. Supervalu rose 2.5% Friday, closing at $6.61.
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