M&A

PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) has agreed to sell First Choice Power, a Texan energy retailer, to Britain’s Centrica PLC for $270 million in cash.

Turnstall Medical Group has agreed to acquire American Medical Alert Corp. (Nasdac: AMAC), a provider of remote health monitoring and response solutions. The deal is valued at $82.3 million in cash, or $8.55 per share (50% premium over yesterday’s closing price).

Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has agreed to sell both its Long John Silver’s and A&W restaurant chains, for an undisclosed amount. Each chain will be purchased by a group of that chain’s franchisees.www.yumbrands.com

Cognetas has hired J.P. Morgan to run an auction process for Tokheim, a Paris-based maker of gas station equipment, according to Reuters. The deal could be worth around €400 million.www.cognetas.com

Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) has agreed to acquire GoAhead Software, a Bellevue, Wash.-based provider of packaged service availability software for the communications industry. No financial terms were disclosed. GoAhead has raised over $40 million in VC funding from Columbia Capital, Cedar Grove Investments, Intel Capital and Voyager Capital. www.oracle.com

SalesForce.com has acquired Assistly, an instant customer-service help desk built for the cloud. Assistly had raised VC funding from True Ventures, Social Leverage and Bullpen Capital.www.salesforce.com

AXA, the French insurance company, is putting its private equity unit on the block, according to Sky News. AXA Private Equity manages more than $28 billion in assets. www.axaprivateequity.com

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) has agreed to acquire aircraft parts maker Goodrich (NYSE: GR) for $16.4 billion in cash, or $127.50 per share (16% premium to yesterday’s closing price). www.goodrich.com

Samsung C&T confirmed earlier press reports that it is in talks to acquire Midland, Texas.-based Parallel Petroleum from Apollo Global Management. The deal could be valued at around $900 million. www.varian.com

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

SABMiller has agreed to acquire Australian brewing company Foster’s for $10.15 billion. The A$5.10 per share deal represents an increase over SABMiller’s prior A$4.90 per share offer. Foster’s shareholders also will receive a A$0.30 per share dividend, via a previously-announced capital program.

BV Investment Partners has agreed to sell Vision Communications, a Larose, La.-based provider of telecom and broadband services, to EATEL. No financial terms were disclosed. BV had acquired the company in 2007. www.viscom.net

Palamon Capital Partners has sold Cadooz Holding GmbH, a German provider of vouchers and other incentive programs, to Euronet Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT). No financial terms were disclosed. Cadooz generates around €80 million in annual revenue. www.cadooz.de/en

Varian Systems Inc. (NYSE: VAR) has agreed to acquire Calypso Medical, a Seattle-based developer of real-time localization technology used for the tracking of tumor targets. The deal is valued at around $10 million, plus possible earnouts. Calypso had raised around $175 million in VC funding from such firms as Skyline Ventures, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, Bay City Capital and InterWest Partners. www.varian.com

Glam Media, an online publisher and ad network, has agreed to acquire Ning, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based custom developer of social websites. The deal is valued at around $150 million, with Ning founder Marc Andreessen joining the Glam board of directors. Glam has raised around $170 million in VC funding, from firms like Accel Partners, DFJ, WaldenVC, Information Capital, DAG Ventures, Hubert Burda Media and Mizuho Venture Capital. Ning has raised around $120 million, from Andreessen, Legg Mason, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Allen & Co. and Reid Hoffman. www.ning.com

Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) has agreed to acquire some of ExxonMobil’s North Sea assets for around $1.75 billion.

Focus Financial Partners has agreed to acquire The Colony Group, a Boston-based brokerage with around $1.3 billion in assets under management.

Pharmerica Corp. (NYSE: PMC) has rejected a $441 million, or $15 per share, acquisition offer from Omnicare (NYSE: OCR). This is the second time that Pharmerica has turned down Omnicare, which recently said it may turn its bid hostile. www.omnicare.com

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

ConAgra has withdrawn its $94 per share acquisition offer for Ralcorp Holdings (NYSE: RAH), which would have valued the company at $5.2 billion. www.conagra.com

Rosemont Investment Partners has recapitalized Westmount Asset Management, a Los Angeles-based wealth management firm with $1.4 billion in managed assets. No financial terms were disclosed. Westmount was advised by Silver Lane. www.silverlane.com

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

Tyco International (NYSE: TYC) announced a plan to split the company into three independent, publicly-traded entities. One business will be the ADT North America residential security unit, one will focus on commercial and fire security while the third will be flow control products and services. www.tyco.com

 Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes, a listed Brazilian education company, has acquired smaller rival Uniban for around $295 million.

Google reportedly has acquired DailyDeal.de, a German daily deals company. No financial terms were disclosed. DailyDeal has raised VC funding from such groups as Insight Venture Partners.www.dailydeal.de

IK Investment Partners is looking to sell Sport Group, a German maker of outdoor sports surfaces, according to Reuters. Macquarie Group is running the process, which could garner bids in the range of €200 million to €250 million. www.ikinvest.com

Nice Systems of Israel has agreed to acquire Fizzback, a London–based provider of real-time “voice of the customer” solution. The deal was valued at around $80 million in cash. Fizzback has raised more than $5 million in VC funding from Advent Venture Partners, Nauta Capital and TAG. www.fizzback.com

United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) reportedly is nearing an agreement to acquire aircraft parts maker Goodrich (NYSE: GR), which has a current market cap north of $11 billion. www.goodrich.com

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