M&A Navigator: Deal pipeline 21 December.

(From M&A Navigator)

MANAVIGATOR-December 21, 2010-M&A Navigator: Deal pipeline - 21 December (C)2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com

The following is a list of deals covered in detail by M&A Navigator this week: - US RPM ACQUIRES UK PIPELINE & DRAINAGE SYSTEMS US speciality chemicals company RPM International (NYSE:RPM) said its RPM Performance Coatings Group has purchased UK-based Pipeline & Drainage Systems (PDS) for an undisclosed sum. Status: Closed - KBR PAYS USD280M FOR ROBERTS & SCHAEFER CO US engineering and construction group KBR (NYSE:KBR) said it has bought Chicago-based sector firm Roberts & Schaefer Company, a unit of Elgin National Industries, for USD280m (EUR213.4m) and preliminary net working capital of USD12m. Status: Closed - MID OAKS INVESTMENTS TAKES OVER PLASTIC PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES US privately-held investment firm Mid Oaks Investments has acquired local flexible packaging products maker Plastic Packaging Technologies (PPT) from Stonehenge Partners and Tech Investments, the companies said in a statement. Status: Closed - GEO GROUP AGREES TO BUY BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS FOR USD415M US prison operator The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) said it had agreed to acquire offender monitoring services provider Behavioral Interventions (BI) in a USD415m (EUR316m) all-cash deal. Status: Agreed - BAFFINLAND'S BOARD URGES SHAREHOLDERS TO ACCEPT ARCELORMITTAL BID Canadian miner Baffinland Iron Mines Corp (TSE:BIM) said its board recommended the shareholders to accept the increased cash offer of CAD1.25 (USD1.23/EUR0.93) per share of Luxembourg-based steel major ArcelorMittal (AMS:MT) and to turn down the bid from Canadian Nunavut Iron Ore Acquisition. Status: Bidding - SWISS REPOWER ANNOUNCES SET-UP OF POWER INVESTMENT JV Swiss power utility Repower (SWF:REP) said it has agreed with sector firms Liechtensteinische Kraftwerke (LKW) and IBAarau to create a power generation investment firm. Status: Agreed - ROCKWELL COLLINS ANNOUNCES BUY OF BLUE RIDGE SIMULATION US communications and aviation electronics specialist Rockwell Collins (NYSE:COL) said it had taken over sensor simulation provider Blue Ridge Simulation, in a move to widen its training and simulation portfolio. Status: Closed - US ZIMMER CLOSES ACQUISITION OF BEIJING MONTAGNE …