Today's pre-market stock movers: MNDT, VYGR, DLTR and more

- $Consolidated Communications(CNSL.US)$ +14.6%: Searchlight affirms 34.6% active holding; to evaluate the possibility of a further investment in or full acquisition.

- $Voyager Therapeutics(VYGR.US)$ +12.2%: agrees to licensing option with $Novartis AG(NVS.US)$; Voyager receives $54 million upfront.

- $Aegon Ltd(AEG.US)$ +6%: provides update on Russian and Belarusian investments following invasion of Ukraine.

- $AZZ Inc(AZZ.US)$ +5%: to acquire Sequa's Precoat Metals business for $1.28 bln; raises FY22 (Feb) revenue and earnings guidance.

- $Orange SA(ORAN.US)$ +2.5%: Orange and MASMOVIL enter into exclusive discussions to combine their operations in Spain.

- $Dollar Tree(DLTR.US)$ +1.9%: reconstitutes Board: names new Executive Board Chair.

- $Axonics(AXNX.US)$ +1.6%: recharge-free sacral neuromodulation implantable neurostimulator receives FDA approval.

- $Maverix Metals(MMX.US)$ +1.4%: acquired a package of three royalties on gold projects located in Nevada from an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Waterton Precious Metals Fund II Cayman, for a $5 mln cash payment.

- $Cara Therapeutics(CARA.US)$ +3.6%: upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan.

- $H&E Equipment Services(HEES.US)$ +2.9%: upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS.

- $Dell Technologies(DELL.US)$ +1.7%: upgraded to Outperform from In-line at Evercore ISI.

- $Okta(OKTA.US)$ +1.7%: upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Mizuho.

- $Bank of America(BAC.US)$ +0.9%: upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Robert Baird.

- $Mandiant(MNDT.US)$ -3.1%: $Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US)$ to acquire Mandiant for $23.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.4 billion, inclusive of Mandiant's net cash.

- $Construction Partners(ROAD.US)$ -2.2%: acquires Southern Asphalt.

- $ADMA Biologics(ADMA.US)$ -1.8%: receives FDA approval for fifth ADMA BioCenters plasma collection facility.

- $Brown & Brown(BRO.US)$ -1.8%: to acquire Global Risk Partners' insurance operations.

- $InvenTrust Properties(IVT.US)$ -0.8%: files mixed securities shelf offering.

- $Passage Bio(PASG.US)$ -2.1%: downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.

- $Alector(ALEC.US)$ -1.4%: downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel.