definitive merger agreement

VIST Financial (Nasdaq: VIST) 61.6% HIGHER;Tompkins Financial Corporation (NYSE: TMP) and VIST Financial Corp (NASDAQ: VIST) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Tompkins Financial will acquire VIST Financial Corp. Click here for the full report.

Parlux Fragrances, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARL) 73.9% HIGHER; Perfumania Holdings, Inc. and Parlux have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Perfumania would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Parlux in a transaction valued at approximately $170 million, based on Perfumania's closing stock price of $19.55 per share on December 22, 2011.

Perfumania Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PERF) 30.1% LOWER; the company announced plans to acquire Parlux Fragrances, Inc.

(Nasdaq: PARL) today.

Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE: BXG) 42.2% HIGHER; has entered into a definitive merger agreement with BFC Financial Corporation which provides for a merger that will, subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement, result in Bluegreen becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of BFC.

Global Industries, Ltd. (Nasdaq: GLBL) 51.3% HIGHER; entered into a definitive merger agreement with Technip under which Technip will acquire Global for $8.00 per share in an all cash merger.

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETL) 50.4% HIGHER; Broadcom Corp (Nasdaq: BRCM), to acquire NetLogic Microsystems for $50 per share in a transaction of approximately $3.7 billion, net of cash assumed.

M&F Worldwide Corp.

Horizon Lines (AMEX: HRZ) 45.0% LOWER; traders have brought the stock below the $3 level for the first time since early 2009 following the filing of its latest 10-K.

Horizon set a record low when shares hit an intraday low of $1.61 today. Technology Research Corporation (Nasdaq: TRCI) 39.3% HIGHER; Coleman Cable, Inc.

(Nasdaq: CCIX) and TRC today announced in a press release that the two companies came to a definitive merger agreement.

Technology Research Corporation (Nasdaq: TRCI) 40% HIGHER; Coleman Cable, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCIX) and TRC today announced in a press release that the two companies came to a definitive merger agreement.

Coleman will acquire all of the outstanding shares of TRCI for $7.20 per share in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately $51.5 million on a fully diluted basis.

The transaction will be funded with Coleman's cash on hand and existing borrowing facilities, and will not be subject to any financing condition.

• United PanAm Financial Corp. (Pink Sheets: UPFC) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an entity controlled by Guillermo Bron, Chairman of the Board of Directors of UPFC, and by affiliates of Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC, for a consideration of $7.05 per outstanding common share in cash, or $110 million total.
  
  The transaction is expected to close in Q111. Following completion of the merger, UPFC will continue its operations, but as a privately-held company.
• According to a release from the company, Kunlun Energy Co.

Comm Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCBP) 50.2% HIGHER; F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) and Comm Bancorp jointly announce the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which F.N.B.

Corporation will acquire Comm Bancorp, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $70 million. Under the terms of the merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, shareholders of Comm Bancorp, Inc. will be entitled to receive a fixed exchange ratio of 3.4545 shares of F.N.B.

Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM) 51.6% HIGHER; BP (NYSE: BP) and Verenium today announced an agreement for BP Biofuels North America to acquire Verenium's cellulosic biofuels business, including the Company's facilities in Jennings, LA and San Diego, CA for $98.3 million. Click here for the full report.

NBTY, Inc.

Trico Marine Services (Nasdaq: TRMA) 33.2% LOWER; reports Q1 loss of $3.80, versus the analyst estimate of ($1.21).

Revenue for the quarter was $95.71 million, which compares to the estimate of $146.45 million. Stanley (NYSE: SXE) 26.86% HIGHER; CGI Group Inc.

(NYSE: GIB) entered into a definitive merger agreement for CGI to acquire Stanley for $37.50 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $1.07 billion.