Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Tuesday March 3, 2015

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday March 3, 2015:

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Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

announced Tuesday, an agreement to acquire OneMain Financial from Citigroup

subsidiary. CitiFinancial Credit Company, for $4.25 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close in Q3 of 2015, subject to regulatory approvals. Springleaf shares gained 32% Tuesday, closing at $50.23. Citigroup shares gained $0.24, to close at $53.73.

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Jiayuan.com International Ltd.

announced Tuesday, that its Board of Directors has received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter, dated March 3, 2015 from Vast Profit Holdings Limited proposing a "going-private" transaction involving the acquisition of all of the outstanding ordinary shares of the company not already owned by Vast Profit at a price per share of $3.58, or $5.37 per ADS in cash. Vast Profit acquired 8,003,763 ordinary shares of Jiayuan.com from Aprilsky Ltd., closing on on March 2, 2015. The Board is forming a special committee of independent directors to consider the offer. Jiayuan.com shares closed Tuesday at $5.19, a gain of 12%.

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Smith & Nephew plc

announced Tuesday, the acquisition of EuroCiencia Colombia, S&N's sole distributor for orthopaedic reconstruction, trauma and sports medicine products in Colombia since 2006. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Smith & Nephew shares 7.5% Tuesday, closing at $34.10.