| OCTOBER ARCHIVES | ARCHIVES: APR | MAR| FEB | JAN | DEC | NOV | OCT | AUG |
| COMPANIES | DEAL TERMS |
Thursday 10/29 |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) to acquire ScanSafe | $183 mln in cash |
Precision Castparts (PCP) completes acquisition of Carlton Forge Works | $850 mln in cash |
Monday 10/26 |
Ares Capital (ARCC) to acquire Allied Capital (ALD) | $3.47/share in stock. Total value $648 mln |
Friday 10/23 |
MEMC Electronic Materials (WAFR) to acquire SunEdison LLC | $200 mln in cash & stock |
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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. |
Thursday 10/22 |
Tellabs (TLAB) to acquire WiChorus | $165 mln in net cash |
Tuesday 10/20 |
Adecco to acquire MPS Group (MPS) | $13.80/share in cash or $1.3 bln |
Invesco (IVZ) to acquire Morgan Stanley (MS) asset mgmt unit | $1.5 bln in stock & cash |
Monday 10/19 |
The Princeton Review (REVU) to acquire Penn Foster | $170 mln in cash |
Sprint Nextel (S) to acquire iPCS (IPCS) | $24/share in cash. Total value $426 mln plus debt assumption |
Thursday 10/15 |
VisionChina Media (VISN) to acquire Digital Media Group | $160 mln in cash |
Tuesday 10/13 |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) to acquire Starent Networks (STAR) | $35/share in cash or $2.6 bln |
Mentor Graphics (MENT) to acquire Valor Computerized Systems | $82 mln in cash |
Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) to acquire Proteolix | $276 mln up front, $851 mln including milestones |
United Refining Energy (URX) to merge with Chaparral Energy | merger valued at $1.8 bln |
Friday 10/09 |
Kimberly-Clark (KMB) to acquire I-Flow Corp (IFLO) | $12.65/share in cash, or $324 mln |
Tuesday 10/06 |
Harbin Electric (HRBN) to acquire Xi-an Simo Motor | $86-$115 mln in cash |
Friday 10/02 |
Wabtec (WAB) to acquire Unifin International | $93 mln in cash |
Thursday 10/01 |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) to acquire Tandberg ASA | $3 bln in cash |
Monday 9/28 |
Abbott Labs (ABT) to acquire Solvay pharmaceuticals business | $6.6 bln in cash |
Platinum Equity to acquire Pomeroy IT Solutions (PMRY) | $6.50/share in cash or $60.6 mln |
Xerox (XRX) to acquire Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) | $18.60 in cash & 4.935 XRX/share. Total value $6.4 bln |
Wednesday 9/23 |
ReneSola (SOL) to acquire Dynamic Green Energy | $172 mln in stock & notes |
SandRidge Energy (SD) to acquire Crusader Energy Group | $230 mln in stock and cash |
Monday 9/21 |
Dell (DELL) to acquire Perot Systems (PER) | $30/share in cash or $3.9 bln |
Inverness Medical Innovations (IMA) to acquire Free & Clear | $100 mln in cash, $30 mln in milestones |
SCM Microsystems (SCMM) to aquire Bluehill ID | stock swap valued at approximately $40 mln |
Friday 9/18 |
AerCap Holdings (AER) to acquire Genesis Lease (GLS) | stock swap 1-for-1 |
Thursday 9/17 |
A.O. Smith (AOS) to acquire Tianlong Holding | $77 mln in cash for 80% stake |
Solera Holdings (SLH) to acquire AUTOonline | $85 mln in cash for 85% stake |
Monday 9/14 |
CA Inc. (CA) to acquire NetQoS | $200 mln in cash |
Thursday 9/10 |
Abbott Labs (ABT) to acquire Evalve | $320 mln in cash, $410 mln including milestones |
FMC Technologies (FTI) to acquire Direct Drive Systems | transaction valued at $120 mln |
Thursday 9/3 |
Abbott Labs (ABT) to acquire Visiogen | $400 mln in cash |
Quanta Services (PWR) to acquire Price Gregory | $350 mln in stock & cash |
Wednesday 9/2 |
Danaher (DHR) to acquire MDS Inc. (MDZ) Analytical Tech. division | $1.1 bln total value incl. debt, net of cash |
Monday 8/31 |
Baker Hughes (BHI) to acquire BJ Services (BJS) | stock & cash valued at $17.95/share or $5.5 bln |
Walt Disney (DIS) to acquire Marvel Entertainment (MVL) | stock & cash valued at $50/share or $4 bln |
Monday 8/24 |
Warner Chilcott (WCRX) to acquire Procter & Gamble (PG) Pharmaceutical unit | $3.1 billion in cash |
Wednesday 8/13 |
The Steak n Shake Co. (SNS) to acquire Western Sizzlin (WEST) | debenture swap, net transaction valued at $22.9 mln |
Tuesday 8/12 |
A-Power Energy Generation (APWR) to acquire EVATECH | $50 mln in cash |
Monday 8/10 |
VMWare (VMW) to acquire SpringSource | $362 mln in cash |
Tuesday 8/04 |
PepsiCo (PEP) to acquire Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) | $36.50/share in cash & stock or $4.3 bln |
PepsiCo (PEP) to acquire Pepsi Americas (PAS) | $28.50/share in cash & stock or $3.4 bln |
Friday 7/31 |
First Financial Bank (FFBC) to acquires Peoples Community Bank (PCBI) | in cooperation with FDIC takeover of PCBI |
Tuesday 7/28 |
Abbott Labs (ABT) to acquire Wockhardt & Carol Info Svcs | $130 mln in cash |
IBM (IBM) to acquire SPSS (SPSS) | $50/share in cash or $1.2 bln |
Sprint Nextel (S) to acquire Virgin Mobile USA (VM) | $5.50/share in cash & stock or $483 mln for remaining 87% stake |
Monday 7/27 |
First Niagara (FNFG) to acquire Harleysville National (HNBC) | $5.50/share in stock or $237 mln |
Wednesday 7/22 |
Apax Partners to acquire Bankrate Inc. (RATE) | $28.50/share in cash or $571 mln |
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) to acquire Medarex (MEDX) | $16/share in cash or $2.1 bln |
Monday 7/20 |
Elbit Systems (ESLT) to acquire BVR Systems (BVRSF) | $34 mln in cash |
Thursday 7/09 |
JDS Uniphase (JDSU) to acquire Network Tools unit of Finisar | $40.6 mln in cash |
Tuesday 7/07 |
IAC's Match.com (IAC) to acquire People Media from American Capital (ACAS) | $80 mln in cash |
Symphony Tech. Group & Elliott Assoc. to acquire MSC.Software (MSCS) | $7.63/share in cash or $360 mln |
Monday 7/06 |
EMC Corp. (EMC) offers to acquire Data Domain (DDUP) | $33.50/share in cash or $2.1 bln |
Monday 6/29 |
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) to aquire Teppco (TPP) | stock swap valued at $3.2 bln |
Watson Wyatt Worldwide (WW) to merge with Towers Perrin | stock swap valued at $3.5 bln |
Friday 6/26 |
United Financial Bancorp (UBNK) to acquire CNB Financial (CFNA) | $25 mln in cash & stock |
Thursday 6/25 |
DressBarn (DBRN) to acquire Tween Brands (TWB) | stock swap valued at 0.47 DBRN shares or $157 mln |
LabCorp of America (LH) to acquire Monogram Biosciences (MGRM) | $4.55/share in cash or $106.7 mln |
Wednesday 6/24 |
China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP) to buy Addax | $7.2 bln in cash |
Friday 6/19 |
Smith & Wesson (SWHC) to buy Universal Safety Response | stock & cash valued at $79 mln |
Thursday 6/18 |
HLTH Corp. (HLTH) to merge into WebMD Health (WBMD) | HLTH already owns 80% of WebMD equity |
Wednesday 6/17 |
Watson Pharmaceuticals (WPI) to acquire Arrow Group | $1.75 bln in cash & stock |
Friday 6/12 |
Golden Gate Capital (private) to acquire Softbrands (SBN) | $0.92/share in cash or $80 mln |
Monday 6/8 |
Shanda Interactive Ent. (SNDA) to acquire majority stake in Hurray! Holding (HRAY) | $4/share in cash or $46.2 mln for 51% stake |
Friday 6/5 |
Inverness Medical Innovations (IMA) to acquire Concateno | $76 mln in cash |
Thursday 6/4 |
General Dynamics (GD) to acquire Axsys Tech. (AXYS) | $54/share in cash or $643 mln |
Intel (INTC) to acquire Wind River Systems (WIND) | $11.50/share in cash or $884 mln |
Tuesday 6/2 |
Cameron (CAM) to acquire NATCO Group (NTG) | stock swap valued at 1.185 CAM shares or $780 mln |
Monday 6/1 |
EMC Corp. (EMC) offers to buy Data Domain (DDUP) | $30/share in cash or $1.8 bln |
Saunders Acquisition offers to buy Franklin Electronic Publishers (FEP) | $2.35/share in cash or $19.5 mln |
Thursday 5/28 |
Zayo Group (private) to acquire FiberNet Telecom Group (FTGX) | $11.45/share in cash or $87.8 mln |
Friday 5/22 |
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) to acquire Cougar Biotechnology | $1.0 bln in cash |
Wednesday 5/20 |
Hebron LLC to acquire Pomeroy IT Solutions (PMRY) | $5.02/share in cash. Values co. at $47 mln |
Monday 5/18 |
Takeda Pharmaceutical (foreign) to acquire IDM Pharma (IDMI) | $2.64/share in cash or $66.7 mln |
Tuesday 5/12 |
Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) to merge with Foundation Coal Holdings (FCL) | stock swap 1.084 ANR shares for each FCL share. Valued at $32.73/share or $1.435 bln |
Wednesday 5/6 |
Blackboard Inc. (BBBB) to acquire ANGEL Learning | $95 mln in cash |
Open Text (OTEX) to acquire Vignette (VIGN) | $8/share in cash plus 0.1447 OTEX shares. Total value $12.70/share or $310 mln |
Vista Equity Partners offers to acquire SumTotal Systems (SUMT) | $4.50/share in cash or $146 mln |
Monday 5/4 |
DirecTV (DTV) to merge with Liberty Entertainment | DTV shareholders to receive one-for-one share exchange in new company after spin-off from Liberty Media |
Thursday 4/30 |
Netlogic (NETL) to acquire Integrated Device Tech. (IDTI) search unit | $100 mln in cash |
Monday 4/27 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) to acquire Biolab | $120 mln in cash |
Thursday 4/23 |
NuVasive (NUVA) to acquire Cervitech | $80 mln in stock & cash |
Tuesday 4/21 |
Broadcom (BRCM) offers to acquire Emulex (ELX) | $9.25/share in cash or $764 mln |
Monday 4/20 |
Chesapeake Utilities (CPK) to acquire Florida Public Utilities (FPU) | stock swap valued at $12.01/share or $73.5 mln |
Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) to acquire Stiefel Labs | $2.9 bln in cash plus debt & future milestones |
Oracle (ORCL) to acquire Sun Microsystems (SUNW) | $9.50/share in cash or $5.6 bln net of cash & debt |
PepsiCo (PEP) offers to acquire Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) | $29.50/share in cash & stock or $3.1 bln for remaining stake |
PepsiCo (PEP) offers to acquire PepsiAmericas (PAS) | $23.27/share in cash & stock or $2.9 bln |
Thursday 4/16 |
eBay (EBAY) to acquire controlling stake in GMarket | up to $1.2 bln for at least 67% stake |
Harris Corp. (HRS) to acquire Tyco Electronics (TEL) wireless systems business | $675 mln in cash |
Holly Corp. (HOC) to acquire Sunoco's (SUN) Tulsa refinery | $65 mln in cash |
Zurich Financial to aquire 21st Century Insurance unit of AIG (AIG) | $1.9 bln in cash & notes |
Monday 4/13 |
Thoma Bravo to acquire Entrust (ENTU) | $1.85/share in cash or $114 mln |
Express Scripts (ESRX) to acquire Wellpoint's (WLP) NextRx pharm. benefits mgmt. units | $4.68 bln in cash & stock |
Thursday 4/9 |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) to acquire Tidal Software | $105 million in cash |
CVC Capital to acquire iShares from Barclays (BCS) | $4.4 billion in cash |
Wednesday 4/8 |
Pulte Homes (PHM) to acquire Centex (CTX) | stock swap valued at $10.50/share or $1.3 bln plus assumption of $1.8 bln in debt |
Spectra Energy Partners (SEP) to acquire NOARK Pipeline System | $300 mln in cash |
Tuesday 4/7 |
Elbit Systems (ESLT) to acquire Kinetics | $110 mln in cash for remaining 49% stake |
Friday 4/3 |
Charles River Labs (CRL) to acquire PPD's Piedmont Research | $46 mln in cash |
TAT Technologies (TATTF) to acquire Limco-Piedmont (LIMC) | stock swap valued at 0.5 TATTF shares for each LIMC share |
Wednesday 4/1 |
Fidelity Nat'l Information Services (FIS) to buy Metavante Tech. (MV) | stock swap valued at 1.35 FIS shares or $2.94 bln total |
Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ) to acquire Advantage Rent A Car | $33 mln in cash |
Rackable Systems (RACK) to acquire Silicon Graphics | $25 mln in cash |
Terex (TEX) to acquire Fantuzzi Industries | $232 mln in cash |
Monday 3/30 |
Advent Int'l to buy processing unit from Fifth Third (FITB) | $561 mln in cash |
Union Bankshares (UBSH) to acquire First Market Bank | stock swap valued at $105.4 million |
Western Digital (WDC) to acquire SiliconSystems | $65 million in cash |
Friday 3/27 |
Navistar (NAV) to buy Monaco Coach RV assets | $50 mln in cash |
Thursday 3/26 |
Mylan Corp. (MYL) to acquire Matrix Labs | $133 mln for remaining 28.8% stake |
Wednesday 3/25 |
Hearst Corp. offers to acquire Hearst-Argyle Television (HTV) | $4/share for remaining 33% stake |
Monday 3/23 |
Cox Enterprises to acquire Cox Radio (CXR) | $3.80/share or $69.1 mln for remaining 22% stake |
Suncor Energy (SU) to acquire Petro-Canada (PCZ) | $15.5 bln in cash |
Friday 3/20 |
Cisco Systems (CSCO) to acquire Pure Digital | $590 mln in stock |
Inverness Medical Innovations (IMA) to buy ACON Labs diagnostics unit | $200 mln in cash & stock |
Thursday 3/19 |
American Software (AMSWA) to acquire Logility (LGTY) | $5.10/share in cash for remaining 12% stake |
Wednesday 3/18 |
Acuity Brands (AYI) to acquire Sensor Switch | $205 mln in stock and cash |
Valero Energy (VLO) to acquire VeraSun Energy assets | $477 mln for 7 plants and 1 development site |
Thursday 3/12 |
Gilead Sciences (GILD) to acquire CV Therapeutics (CVTX) | $20/share in cash or $1.4 bln |
Harmonic (HLIT) to acquire Scopus Video Networks (SCOP) | $5.62/share in cash or $50 mln |
Roche to acquire Genentech (DNA) | $95/share or $46.8 bln for remaining 44% |
Monday 3/09 |
Merck (MRK) to acquire Schering-Plough (SGP) | $10.50 in cash and 0.5767 MRK shares for each SGP share. Total value $23.61/share or $41.1 bln |
Friday 3/06 |
Curtiss-Wright (CW) to acquire EST Group | $40 mln in cash |
TriNet Group (private) to acquire Gevity HR (GVHR) | $4/share in cash or $98.8 mln |
Monday 3/02 |
First Solar (FSLR) to acquire OptiSolar assets | $400 mln in stock |
IPC Holdings (IPCR) to buy Max Capital Group (MXGL) | stock swap valued at $16.34/share or $912 mln |
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