Expected to close within approximately 12 months for a closing value of $48.5 billion in a stock and cash transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, DIRECTV shareholders will receive $95.00 per share under the terms of the merger, comprised of $28.50 per share in cash and $66.50 per share in AT&T stock. The stock portion will be subject to a collar such that DIRECTV shareholders will receive 1.905 AT&T shares if AT&T stock price is below $34.90 at closing and 1.724 AT&T shares if AT&T stock price is above $38.58 at closing. If AT&T stock price at closing is between $34.90 and $38.58, DIRECTV shareholders will receive a number of shares between 1.724 and 1.905, equal to $66.50 in value.

On account of the collar, we are treating this deal as an all cash deal.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 or early 2015 for a closing value of $42.9 billion in a cash plus stock deal, Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Covidien will receive $35.19 in cash and 0.956 of an ordinary share of Medtronic plc.

Expected to close in the first quarter of 2015 for a closing value of $2.6 billion. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of LIN Media will get a stock or cash worth of $27.82 a share.

Investors of Austin, Texas-based LIN can opt for 1.5762 shares of the new company or $27.82 in cash, up to a maximum of $763 million in cash payouts, the companies said.

Expected to close in the first and second quarter of 2015 for a closing value of $6.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of International Game Technology will receive an aggregate value of $18.25 per IGT share in a combination of $13.69 in cash plus 0.1819 ordinary shares of NewCo for each share of IGT common stock, as described in greater detail below.  GTECH shareholders will exchange each of their existing GTECH shares for one (1) newly issued NewCo share.

Assuming a mixed consideration election, the stock consideration portion is subject to adjustment with a 15% up and down collar based on the trading price of GTECH shares prior to the closing of the transaction.  The exchange ratio of IGT common stock for NewCo stock will be determined by the average of the volume-weighted average price of GTECH stock (converted to USD) on ten randomly selected trading days occurring within the twenty trading-day period ending on (and including) the second full trading day prior to the closing of the transaction (the “GTECH Share Trading Price”).  If the GTECH Share Trading Price is between or equal to $25.08 and $28.84, the exchange ratio will vary between 0.1819x and 0.1582x.  Above $28.84, the exchange ratio will be fixed at 0.1582x.  Between or equal to $21.32 and $25.08, IGT shareholders will receive NewCo stock at a fixed ratio of 0.1819x plus additional cash consideration up to $0.68 per IGT share.  Below $21.32 IGT shareholders receive 0.1819 NewCo shares and additional cash consideration equal to the GTECH Share Trading Price multiplied by 0.0321.

Expected to close in early 2015 for a closing value of $5.1 billion. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Bally Technologies will receive $83.30 per share in cash.

Espected to close in the first half of 2015 for a closing value of $27.4 billion in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Lorillard will receive $50.50 in cash and 0.2909 of a share in RAI stock.

Expected to close in the summer of 2014 for a closing value of $172.1 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Tower Group International will receive $3.00 per share in cash.

Update(s)

May 9, 2014: Tower Group revised its merger terms with ACP Re. Tower Group’s shareholders will now receive $2.50 in cash compared to the prior agreement of $3.00 per share cash payment.The time limit for finalization of merger has been extended to November 15, 2014.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $60.1 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Exceed Company will receive $1.78 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $307 million in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Omniamerican Bancorp will receive 0.4459 shares of Southside common stock plus $13.125 in cash for each outstanding share of OmniAmerican common stock.

Expected to close in 2015 for a closing value of $3.5 billion in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Trulia will receive 0.444 Class A Common Stock of Zillow for each share of Trulia.

Expected to close by the end of the year for a closing value of $45.2 billion in an all stock deal. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Time Warner Cable will receive 2.875 shares of CMCSA.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $693 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Montage Technology Group Limited will receive $22.60 per share in cash.

Expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2014 in a going private transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Charm Communications will receive US$4.70 in cash per American Depositary Share of the Company (“ADS”, each ADS representing two Class A ordinary shares of the Company), or US$2.35 in cash per Class A ordinary share of the Company, and US$2.35 in cash per Class B ordinary share of the Company.

Expected to close late in the third quarter or early fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $54.5 million in a cash or stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of FedFirst Financial will entitled to elect to receive $23.00 in cash or shares of CB common stock based on a fixed exchange ratio of 1.1590 shares of CB common stock for each share of FedFirst common stock, subject to proration to ensure that at closing 65% of the outstanding shares of FedFirst common stock are exchanged for shares of CB common stock and the remaining 35% are exchanged for cash.

Expected to close by the end of the year. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Safeway will receive $32.50 in cash, an estimated $3.65 in contingent value rights (based on their selling a Mexican retail chain and other real estate) and $3.95 related to a spin-off of BlackHawk Networks (a gift card company).

Update(s)

April 14, 2014: Safeway completed the distribution to its stockholders of 37,838,709 shares of Class B common stock of Blackhawk Networks Holdings, Inc. owned by Safeway. After the completion of the distribution, Safeway no longer owns any shares of Class B common stock of Blackhawk. After this spin-off, the adjusted purchase price for Safeway is $36.15 ($32.50 in cash and $3.65 in CVRs).

Expected to close early in the first quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $3.7 billion in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Hudson City Bancorp will receive consideration valued at 0.08403 of an M&T share in the form of either M&T stock or cash.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $81.13 million in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Overland Storage will receive 0.510594 shares of Sphere 3D.

Expected to close by late 2014 or early 2015 for a closing value of $3 billion in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of QR Energy will receive 0.9856 of a BBEP unit for each unit of QRE.

Expected to close in late third or fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $17.9 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of First Financial Service will receive 0.153 shares of CBIN common stock.

This exchange ratio is subject to adjustment based on conditions related to the book value of First Financial and the ability of the company to gain $3 million from specifically identified special assets.

Expected to close by the end of the year for a closing value of $1.6 billion in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of TriQuint Semiconductor will receive 1.675 shares of RF Micro Devices common stock per share held.

This is a merger of equals deal where TQNT shareholders will receive 1.675 shares of a newly formed post-merger company and RFMD shareholders will receive 1 share. Since RFMD shareholders will receive one share of the new company for each share they hold, we are treating this merger as TQNT shareholders receiving 1.675 shares of RFMD to calculate the spread.

Expected to close in the summer of 2015 for a closing value of $9.1 billion in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Integrys Energy Group will receive common stock at a fixed exchange ratio of 1.128 Wisconsin Energy shares plus $18.50 in cash per Integrys share.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 for  closing value of $121.5 million in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Intermountain Community Bancorp will receive 0.6426 shares of Columbia common stock and $2.2930 in cash for each share of Intermountain common stock. Subject to proration procedures, Intermountain shareholders can elect to receive consideration consisting of all stock, all cash or a combination of stock and cash.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $275 milliion in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Franklin Financial Corporation will receive 1.40 shares of TowneBank common stock for each share of Franklin.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 or the first quarter of 2015 for a closing value of $109 million in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of NB&T Financial Group will receive 0.9319 shares of Peoples common stock and $7.75 in cash for each share of NBTF common stock.

Expected to close early in the fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $312 million in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of 1st United Bancorp will receive 0.89 shares of Valley National Bancorp common stock for each share of 1^st United common stock.

In the event Valley’s average share price during the 20 business day period ending 5 days prior to closing is less than $8.09, then Valley will increase the 0.89 exchange ratio so that 1^st United shareholders receive $7.20 in Valley common stock or $7.20 in Valley common stock and cash for each 1^st United share they hold. In the event Valley’s average share price during the 20 business day period ending 5 days prior to closing is greater than $12.13, then Valley will decrease the 0.89 exchange ratio so that 1^st United shareholders receive $10.80 in Valley common stock for each 1^st United share they hold.

Expected to close in the first quarter of 2015 for a closing value of $82 million. The exchange ratio will depend on the average closing price of State Bank’s common stock during the twenty trading day period ending five business days before the closing of the transaction (the “Final State Bank Price”). If the Final State Bank Price is above $14.00 but below $17.00, the exchange ratio will be equal to $13.50 divided by the Final State Bank Price. If the Final State Bank Price is at or above $17.00, the exchange ratio will be 0.794. If the Final State Bank Price is at or below $14.00, the exchange ratio will be 0.964.

Expected to close during the third quarter of 2014 in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Digital Cinema Destinations will receive 0.1775 shares (subject to certain potential reductions) of Carmike common stock.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $46.2 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of SP Bancorp will receive $29.55 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the second half of 2014 for a closing value of $3.3 billion in a stock plus cash deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Foster Wheeler will receive 0.8998 shares of AMEC stock and $16.00 per share in cash. Separately, Foster Wheeler expects to pay a one-time dividend of $0.40 per share prior to, and not conditional on, the closing of the offer.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $350 million in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, sharheolders of Enventis Corporation will receive 0.7402 shares of CNSL common stock for each share of ENVE common stock they own.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $1.8 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Susser Holdings Corporation can elect to receive either $80.25 in cash or 1.4506 ETP common units, or a combination of both, for each share held. The shareholder election is subject to proration to ensure that aggregate cash paid and common units issued will each represent 50% of the aggregate merger consideration.

Expected to close by the fourth quarter of calendar 2014. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of PokerTek will receive $1.35 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Pike Corporation will receive $12.00 per share in cash.

Expected to close in late 2014 for a closing value of $138 million. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of TF Financial Corporation may elect to receive either $42.00 in cash or a fixed exchange ratio of 4.22 shares of National Penn stock for each share of TF Financial common stock.

Since only 40% of TF Financial shareholders will receive cash and 60% of shareholders will National Penn shares, we are treating this as an all-stock deal.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $7.3 billion in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of TW Telecom will receive $10 in cash and 0.7 shares of Level 3 common stock for each share of TW Telecom common stock.

Expected to close in the first quarter of 2015 for a closing value of $6.2 billion in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Rockwood Holdings will receive $50.65 in cash and 0.4803 of a share of Albemarle common stock.

Expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2015 for a closing value of $7.2 billion. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Pepco Holdings will receive $27.25 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $6 billion in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Kodiak Oil & Gas will receive 0.177 of a share of Whiting stock in exchange for each share of Kodiak common stock they hold.

Expected to close before the end of the third calendar quarter of 2014. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Sport Chalet will receive $1.20 per share in cash. If the total number of shares tendered in the Offer, together with the shares to be purchased from the founding family members immediately after consummation of the Offer, do not constitute 90 percent of each class of shares of Sport Chalet on a fully diluted basis, the price to be paid to stockholders in the Offer would be reduced from $1.20 to $1.04 per share.

Expected to close in October 2014 for a closing value of $6 billion in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of URS Corporation will receive $33.00 in cash and 0.734 shares of AECOM common stock for each URS share.

Expected to close in mid-to-late fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $66.7 million. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of LSB Financial corporation will receive 2.269 shares of Old National common stock and $10.63 in cash for each share of LSB Financial common stock.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $2.6 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust can choose to receive 0.1688 Ventas common shares or $11.33 in cash for each common share of ARC Healthcare they own.

Since the cash portion of the deal is subject to a cap of 10 percent of ARC Healthcare’s outstanding shares, we are treating this deal as an all-stock deal.

Expected to close in the third calendar quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $5.6 billion in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Questcor Pharmaceuticals will receive $30.00 in cash and 0.897 Mallinckrodtshares for each share of Questcor common stock they own.

Expected to close by the end of 2014 or early 2015 for a closing value of $5.7 billion. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Protective Life Corporation will receive $70.00 per share in cash.

Expected to close by September 27, 2014 for a closing value of $8.55 billion. Upon completion of the merger, sharheolders of The Hillshire Brands Company will receive $63.00 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the second half of 2014 for a closing value of $5.3 billion. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of MICROS Systems will receive $68.00 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the fourth quarter of of Avago’s fiscal year ending November 3, 2014 for a closing value of $309 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of PLX Technology will receive $6.50 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $166 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of zipRealty will receive $6.75 per share in cash.

Expected to close by the fuorth quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $208 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Medical Action Industries will receive $13.80 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the third calendar quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $215 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of R.G. Barry Corporation will receive $19.00 per share in cash.

Expected to close by the end of the year 2014 for a closing value of $1.7 billion. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Measurement Specialties will receive $86.00 per share in cash.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $280 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Vitacost.com will receive $8.00 per share in cash.

Expected to close in early 2015 in a two step transaction. CME Group will first acquire all of the outstanding shares of GFI Group in exchange for $4.55 per share in CME Group Class A Common Stock. Immediately following the acquisition of GFI Group, a private consortium of GFI Group management, led by current Executive Chairman Michael Gooch, CEO Colin Heffron and Managing Director Nick Brown, will acquire GFI Group’s wholesale brokerage and clearing businesses for $165M in cash and the assumption, at closing, of approximately $63M of unvested deferred compensation and other liabilities. After completion of the transaction, the wholesale brokerage business, including the Kyte Group, will continue as a private company with its management and operations largely unchanged. The continuing GFI Group brokerage business will maintain its commitment to both Trayport and FENICS by entering into long-term commercial agreements.

Expected to close in the first quarter of 2015 for a closing value of $130.6 million in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, 60% of outstanding Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc. shares will be exchanged for Independent shares at a fixed exchange ratio of .5523 of an Independent share for each Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc. share and the remaining 40% of outstanding Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc. shares will be exchanged for $21.00 per share in cash.

Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc. shareholders will be able to elect between receiving cash or Independent shares, subject to proration and allocation so that 60% of outstanding Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc. shares are exchanged for Independent stock and 40% exchanged for cash.

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $94 million in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of OBA Financial Services will receive 1.781 shares of F.N.B. Corporation common stock for each common share of OBA Financial Services.

Expected to close in the first half of 2014 for a closing value of $680 million in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Taylor Capital will receive 0.64318 shares of MB Financial common stock and $4.08 per share in cash.

Update(s)

July 1, 2014: Taylor Capital Group (TAYC) and MB Financial (MBFI) entered into an amendment to the Merger Agreement. The Amendment extends the date after which either the Company or MB Financial would be able to terminate the Merger Agreement if the Merger has not yet occurred (the “Termination Date”), from June 30, 2014 to September 30, 2014, provided that the Termination Date may be extended beyond September 30, 2014 one or more times, but not to a date later than December 31, 2014, by either the Company or MB Financial if the only condition to the closing of the Merger that has not been satisfied by the tenth day prior to the then-current Termination Date is the receipt of a requisite regulatory approval.

Expected to close before the end of 2014 for a closing value of $4.3 billion. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of UNS Energy Corporation will receive $60.25 per share in cash.

Expected to close by mid-year 2014 for a closing value of $178.4 million. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of North Valley Bancorp will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.9433 shares of TriCo coomon stock in exchange for each share of North Valley common stock.

Expected to close during the third quarter of 2014 for a closing value of $1.46 billion. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Aeroflex Holding will receive $10.50 per share in cash.

Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of iSoftStone Holdings will receive $5.85 per share in cash.

Update(s)

November 2, 2013: iSoftStone Holdings Limited (“iSoftStone” or “the Company,” NYSE: ISS), a leading China-based IT services provider, today announced that the independent committee of its board of directors (the “Independent Committee”) has received a revised offer (the “Offer”), dated November 2, 2013, from a consortium (the “Consortium”) consisting of (i) Mr. Tianwen Liu, the chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of directors of the Company, (ii) ChinaAMC Capital Management Limited (“ChinaAMC”), an alternative investment platform and an affiliate of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited, and (iii) Accurate Global Limited, Advance Orient Limited and CSOF Technology Investments Limited, to acquire all of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares not currently owned by the Consortium for $0.545 per ordinary share or $5.45 per American depositary share (“ADS,” each representing ten ordinary shares of the Company) in cash (the “Transaction”), subject to certain conditions.

Expected to close by early 2015 for a closing value of $9.2 billion in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Family Dollar Stores will receive $59.60 in cash and $14.90 in Dollar Tree stock. The stock portion will be subject to a collar such that Family Dollar shareholders will receive 0.2484 Dollar Tree shares if the average Dollar Tree trading price during a specified period preceding closing is equal to or greater than $59.98 and 0.3036 Dollar Tree shares if this average trading price is less than or equal to $49.08. If the average trading price of Dollar Tree stock during this period is between $49.08 and $59.98, Family Dollar shareholders will receive a number of shares between 0.2484 and 0.3036 equal to $14.90 in value.

Expected to close prior to the end of 2014 for a closing value of $260 million in a cash plus stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of SWS Group will receive per share consideration of 0.2496 shares of Hilltop common stock and $1.94 of cash.

Expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2014 in an all stock deal. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals will receive 3.1359 QLT common shares.

Upon consummation of the Merger, each outstanding share of Auxilium common stock, other than shares owned by Auxilium, QLT, HoldCo or AcquireCo, will be converted into the right to receive 3.1359 QLT common shares (the “Equity Exchange Ratio“), subject to adjustment as described in the immediately following sentence. If at or immediately after the effective time of the Merger, QLT receives an aggregate cash consideration pursuant to any sale, license, sublicense or similar transaction related to its proprietary synthetic retinoid product in development known as “QLT091001”, which is

(a)   less than $25 million but equal to or greater than $20 million then, the Equity Exchange Ratio shall be increased by 0.0192;

(b)   less than $20 million but equal to or greater than $15 million, then the Equity Exchange Ratio shall be increased by 0.0385

(c)   less than $15 million but equal to or greater than $10 million, then the Equity Exchange Ration shall be increased by 0.0577;

(d)   less than $10 million but equal to or greater than $5 million, then the Equity Exchange Ratio shall be increased by 0.0770;

(e)   less than $5 million, or in the event that no such transaction is consummated at or immediately after the effective time of the Merger, then the Equity Exchange Ratio shall be increased by 0.0962.

Upon completion of the Merger, Auxilium stockholders will own approximately 76% of the outstanding common shares of the Combined Company on a fully diluted basis and current QLT stockholders will own approximately 24% of the outstanding common shares of the Combined Company on a fully diluted basis, subject to certain adjustments.

Expected to close in the second half of 2014 for a closing value of $369 million. Upon completion of the merger, shareholders of Chindex International will receive $19.50 per share in cash.