Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday March 10, 2014

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday March 7 through Sunday March 9, 2014:

:

Chiquita Brands

and Fyffes

announced Monday that the two companies will combine in a stock-for-stock deal that is expected to result in Chiquita shareholders owning approximately 50.7% of ChiquitaFyffes, and Fyffes shareholders owning approximately 49.3% of ChiquitaFyffes. The transaction will result in a combined equity value of approximately $1.07 billion. The deal is to close before the end of 2014. Chiquita Brands closed Friday at $12.00, gaining alomost 11%.

:

Minerals Technologies

and AMCOL International

announced Monday that they have agreed that Minerals Technologies will acquire AMCOL for $45.75 per share in cash, for a total value of approximately $1.7 billion. The deal is expected to close in H1 2014. AMCOL terminated its merger agreement with Imerys

, whose offer was $45.25 per share. AMCOL paid Imerys` U.S. subsidiary a termination fee of $39 million. AMCOL closed Friday at $45.71, a loss of 2%.

:

Montage Technology

announced Monday that its Board of Directors received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter, dated March 10, 2014, from Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co., whereby, PDSTI proposed to acquire all of Montage's outstanding ordinary shares at a price of $21.50 per share in cash. The Board is reviewing the proposal. Montage Technology closed Friday at $20.66, a gain of 20%.