Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Tuesday February 11, 2014

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday February 11, 2014: Mallinckrodt to Acquire Cadence Pharmaceuticals for $14.00/Share in Cash The Tender Offer:
Mallinckrodt MNK and Cadence Pharmaceuticals CADX announced Tuesday that they have agreed that a subsidiary of Mallinckrodt will commence a tender offer to acquire the outstanding shares of Cadence for $14.00 per share in cash or approximately $1.3 billion. The tender offer is expected to be completed in March 2014 Cadence Pharmaceuticals closed Tuesday at $14.00, a gain of more than 26%. Mallinckrodt closed at $66.19, a gain of more than 11%. Report Violin Memory had Potential Buyers Prior to September IPO The Rumor:
Shares of Violin Memory VMEM rose Tuesday, on a report from The Deal that the company had potential buyers showing interest in the company prior to its September 2013 IPO. According to sources, those companies included Hewlett-Packard HPQ, Seagate Technology STX, IBM IBM, Samsung SSNLF and EMC EMC. Violin Memory did not respond to Benzinga's request for a comment on the story. Violin Memory closed Tuesday at $32.95, a gain of 35%. Microchip Technology closed at $4.01, a gain of 8%. j2 Global Acquires Australian Companies OzeFax and Faxmate; Terms Undisclosed The Deal:
j2 Global (JCOM) announced Tuesday, the acquisition of the Internet fax business of two Australian companies, OzeFax and Faxmate. Terms were not disclosed. j2 Global closed Tuesday at $46.50, a gain of almost 2%.
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