Five Below, Inc. Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering

Five Below, Inc. (FIVE) announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 9,615,384 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $17.00 per share. The shares will be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and will trade under the ticker symbol "FIVE" beginning on July 19, 2012. Five Below is offering 4,807,692 shares of common stock and selling shareholders are offering 4,807,692 shares of common stock. The underwriters also have an option to purchase up to an additional 1,442,308 shares from certain selling shareholders. Five Below will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling shareholders.

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MEGA Brands and Activision announce worldwide licensing partnership

MEGA BLOKS Toys Based on SKYLANDERS GiantsTM Coming This Fall

MEGA Brands Inc. (TSX: MB) and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), announced today that they have entered into a multi-year, global licensing partnership to develop MEGA BLOKS & MEGA PUZZLES toys and puzzles inspired by Skylanders Giants™, the sequel to the #1 new kids videogame IP of 2011 - Skylanders Spyro's Adventure™.

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Golf Town to Acquire Golfsmith International for US$6.10 per Share

Golf Town, Canada's largest specialty golf retailer, and Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. (GOLF), announced today that they have signed a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which Golf Town will acquire Golfsmith, a leading specialty golf retailer in the United States, for US $6.10 per share in cash. This represents a premium of 32.2% to Golfsmith stockholders based on the volume-weighted average closing prices of the Company Common Stock on the 30 trading days immediately preceding this announcement. This also represents a premium of 55.1% to Golfsmith stockholders based on the volume-weighted average closing prices of the Company Common Stock on the 30 trading days immediately preceding the announcement on March 1, 2012, that the Company was evaluating strategic alternatives, including a potential sale of the Company. The closing of the acquisition, which is subject to limited closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2012. The transaction is not subject to a financing condition.

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Reaches Agreement to Acquire Cost Plus, Inc.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) and Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) today jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. will acquire Cost Plus, Inc. in an all cash transaction. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has agreed to make a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Cost Plus, Inc. common stock at a price of $22 per share, followed by a merger in which all shareholders that have not tendered would receive the same consideration.

The Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved the terms of the transaction. A special committee of the Cost Plus, Inc. Board of Directors also recommended the transaction following receipt of a fairness opinion from its financial advisor.

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Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC Agrees to Acquire Imperial Sugar Company

Imperial Sugar Company (NASDAQ: IPSU - News) (“Imperial Sugar”) and Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC today announced a definitive agreement under which a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC will acquire Imperial Sugar through a cash tender offer and second step merger at $6.35 per share. The $6.35 per share represents a 57% premium to Imperial Sugar’s closing stock price on April 30, 2012, the last trading day prior to today’s announcement, and a 50% premium to Imperial Sugar’s trailing 30-day volume weighted average stock price.

The proposed transaction has been unanimously approved by Imperial Sugar’s board of directors, who have agreed to recommend that Imperial Sugar’s common shareholders tender their shares in the offer. The all-cash transaction represents a value of approximately $203 million, including the assumption of debt and pension liabilities.

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