Nestle's (NSRGY

) Nestle Holdings unit agreed to acquire privately-held Chef America, maker of the Hot Pockets brand of frozen sandwiches, for $2.6 billion cash, including the assumption of debt. (8/06)

Johnson Controls (JCI

) agrees to acquire German battery manufacturer Varta AG's automotive-battery division for 312.5 million euros ($302.5 million). (8/06)

A John Harland (JH

) unit agrees to acquire Interlinq Software (INLQ

) for $6.25 per share. (8/06)

Nobel Learning (NLCI

) agrees to be acquired by a newly-formed corporation organized by certain senior management of NLCI, Gryphon Partners II L.P., and Cadigan Inv. Partners for $7.75 cash per share. (8/06)

Cablevision (CVC

) will exchange all Cablevision Rainbow Media Group (RMG

) stock for shares of Cablevision. Terms: 1.19 CVC shares for each RMG share. (8/05)

Rabobank Group agrees to buy VIB Corp (VIBC

). Terms: $15.10 per share. (7/31)