Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Tuesday, October 25, 2016


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The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday, October 25, 2016:

Hearing Chatter Of Las Vegas Sands Bid for MGM Resorts

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The Rumor:
Shares of MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) spiked to a high of $26.36 Tuesday, on unconfirmed market chatter of a potential bid from Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS). "Sources" say the offer is $40 per share.

MGM closed at $26.15 on Tuesday, down $0.16.

 

Energy Transfer Partners to Acquire Certain Interests in PennTex Midstream Partners for ~$640M


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The Deal:
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ETP) announced Tuesday, it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain interests in PennTex Midstream Partners, LP (NASDAQ: PTXP) from various parties for approximately $640 million. The acquisition consideration consists of 50% ETP common units and 50% cash.

The transaction is expected to close in Q4 of 2016.

PennTex Midstream Partners closed at $16.71 on Tuesday, down 1.59%.

 

Walt Disney Said to have Agreed on Takeover Price for Twitter

The Rumor:
Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) is said to be near a deal to acquire Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), according to sources as reported by Betaville on Tuesday. The sources said both companies agreed on the price late last week.

Neither company provided a response to the rumor.

Twitter closed Tuesday at $17.26 on Tuesday and traded as high as $18.30 after hours.


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