8 Mergers You Might Have Missed

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Jazz PharmaceuticalsJAZZ
announced Tuesday that it is acquiring
Celator PharmaceuticalsCPXX
for $1.5 Billion. Celator's Vyxeos, a drug that battles leukemia, is a great expansion of Jazz's drug portfolio and international reach.
Great Plains EnergyGXP
is buying its rival
Westar EnergyWR
for $8.6 Billion. The combination of the two companies creates the largest power provider in the Kansas and Missouri region with more than 1.5 million customers.
ContraVirCTRV
has agreed to a merger with
Ciclofilin
for aggregate cash of $17 Million and 10 percent of ContraVir's issues and outstanding common stocks. CTRV will expand its Hepatitis B portfolio with Ciclofilin's CPI-431-32.
Rose Rock MidstreamRRMS
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revealed it has entered into an agreement with
SemGroup CorporationSEMG
. SemGroup will buy all of the outstanding common units of RRMS in a stock for unit transaction. SANW S&W Seed Company has announced the acquisition of SV Genetics a company based in Qeensland, Australia for 1$ million in cash and 1$ million in S&W common stock to be paid at closing.
SciQuest Inc.SQI
has entered into an agreement with Accel-KKR to be taken private for a deal valued at $509 Million.
Electro Rent CorporationELRC
and
Platinum Equity
announced a deal valued for $323.4 Million. Platinum Equity is a private equity firm with over $6 Billion in assets under management.
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