Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday March 6, 2014

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday March 6, 2014:

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Safeway

and Albertson's announced Thursday, an agreement under which Albertson's owner AB Acquisition, will acquire the outstanding shares of Safeway for $32.50 per share in cash, plus shareholders will have the right to receive pro-rata distributions of net proceeds from primarily non-core assets with an estimated value of $3.65 per share. AB Acquisition includes Cerberus Capital Management, Kimco Realty

, Klaff Realty LP, Lubert-Adler Partners LP, and Schottenstein Stores Corporation. The merger agreement includes an initial "go-shop" period of 21 days. In a separate transaction, Blackhawk shares will be distributed in mid-April Safeway closed Thursday at $39.47 and traded around $38.00 after-hours.

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Fox Factory

announced Thursday it has agreed to acquire the assets of distributor of aftermarket suspension solutions, Sport Truck USA, in an asset purchase transaction for approximately $44 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of March 2014. Fox Factory closed Thursday at $16.92, a gain of $0.06.

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The ExOne Company

announced Thursday that it has acquired German industrial-grade microwave manufacturer, MWT, for $4.8 million in cash. ExOne also acquired the assets of specialty machine shop, Machin-A-Mation, located in Chesterfield, Michigan, for approximately $5.0 million. ExOne closed Thursday at $43.18, a loss of 4.7%.