Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday August 17, 2015

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday August 17, 2015:

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Pentair plc

announced Monday that it entered into an agreement to acquire ERICO Global for $1.8 billion in cash, including the repayment of ERICO debt. The deal is expected to be completed in 2015. Pentair closed at $62.60 on Monday, a gain of 1.5%.

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Liberty Interactive Corporation

QVCB, LVNTA, LVNTB) and Zulily, inc.

announced Monday that Liberty Interactive will acquire all outstanding shares of Zulily for $18.75 per share. The purchase price includes $9.375 in cash and 0.3098 newly issued share of Liberty Interactive for each Zulily share. The acquisition will be attributed to Liberty Interactive's QVC Group tracking stock and is expected to close in Q4 of 2015. Zulily closed at $18.74 Monday, a gain of 49%.

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DS Healthcare Group, Inc.

announced Monday that it has entered into definitive ​acquisition agreements to acquire 100% of the capital stock of privately held ​WR Group, Inc., and its affiliate. for $34 million in cash and $2.5 million in restricted shares of DS Healthcare common stock. Shares of DS Healthcare Group had fallen earlier in the day on a negative report from Bleecker Street Research, appearing in

. DS Healthcare shares rose 2.7% Monday, closing at $3.81.