Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday November 21, 2013

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday November 21, 2013:

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A consortium led by KKR Asset Management

, which is wholly owned by KKR, announced Thursday it has entered into an agreement to acquire Winoa Group from LBO France. The closing of the deal remains subject to approval by the authorities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. KKR closed Thursday at $22.89, a gain of $0.16.

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Share of Aeropostale

rose Thursday, as activist investor Crescendo Partners sent a letter to the Aeropostale Board requesting they consider a sale of the company. Crescendo sees a sale price of $14.00 to $16.00 per share. A report from

on October 2 indicated Sycamore Partners was looking at Aeropostale. Aeropostale closed Thursday at $10.60, a gain of 5.5%.

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Changyou.com (CYOU) and Kalends jointly announced Thursday that Changyou will acquire 62.5% of the equity interests, on a fully-diluted basis, of a company of Kalends outside of China that will hold all of the assets associated with social communication platform Raidcall for $50 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in December 2013. Changyou.com closed Thursday at $27.68, a loss of $0.14.