| LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS | ARCHIVES: OCT | AUG | JUL | JUN | MAY | APR | MAR |
| COMPANIES | DEAL TERMS |
Tuesday 1/27 |
Astellas Pharma (foreign) offers to buy CV Therapeutics (CVTX) | $16/share in cash or $1 bln. Offer taken public after CV board declined to discuss |
Monday 1/26 |
Pfizer (PFE) to acquire Wyeth (WYE) | $50.19/share in cash & stock. Total value $68 bln |
Thursday 1/22 |
Autonomy (foreign) to acquire Interwoven (IWOV) | $16.20/share or $775 mln in cash |
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| NOTE: merger data includes deals involving publicly traded U.S. companies and/or private company deals valued at $50 million or more. Some deals are not final and may be unsolicited offers not yet approved by all parties. |
Wednesday 1/14 |
Sequenom (SQNM) offers to acquire EXACT Sciences (EXAS) | $41 mln or $1.50/share offered directly to shareholders after EXAS mgmt rejected initial bid |
Tuesday 1/13 |
Morgan Stanley (MS) and Citigroup (C) to combine brokerage units | Morgan Stanley to pay Citi $2.7 bln for 51% stake in joint venture |
Medicines Co. (MDCO) offers to buy Targanta Therapeutics (TARG) | $2/share in cash or $42 mln |
Monday 1/12 |
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) to buy Advanced Medical Optics (EYE) | $22/share in cash or $1.36 bln |
Medtronic (MDT) to acquire Ablation Frontiers | $225 mln plus future milestones |
Vector Capital (private) to acquire Aladdin Knowledge Systems (ALDN) | $11.50/share or $160 mln in cash |
Thursday 1/08 |
Brink's Co. (BCO) to acquire Sebival-Seguranca Bancaria Industrial e de Valores | $50 mln in cash |
TD Ameritrade (AMTD) to acquire thinkorswim (SWIM) | cash & stock valued at $606 mln or $8.71/share |
Tuesday 1/06 |
Alpha Security Group (HDS) to acquire Soya China Pte. | $30 mln in cash plus 6 mln HDS shares. Total value $89 mln |
Endo Pharmaceuticals (ENDP) to acquire Indevus Pharma. (IDEV) | $4.50/share or $370 mln in cash, plus milestones up to $267 mln |
Monday 1/05 |
Mastercard (MA) to acquire Orbiscom | $100 mln in cash |
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