JANUARY ANNOUNCEMENTS | ARCHIVES: JAN | DEC | NOV | OCT LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS
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| COMPANIES | DEAL TERMS |
Thursday 01/31 |
| Amazon.com (AMZN) to acquire Audible Inc. (ADBL) | $11.50/share or $300 mln in cash |
Wednesday 01/30 |
| Aurora Capital (private) to acquire NuCO2 Inc (NUCO) | $30/share in cash or $487 mln |
Tuesday 01/29 |
| Consol Energy (CNX) to acquire CNX Gas (CXG) | stock swap valued at $932 mln |
Monday 01/28 |
| Paypal unit of eBay (EBAY) to acquire Fraud Sciences | $169 mln in cash |
| Greenbrier Cos. (GBX) to acquire American Allied Railway Equipment | $83 mln in cash |
| Inverness Medical Innovations (IMA) to acquire Matria Healthcare (MATR) | $900 million or $39/share in stock & cash |
| 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. |
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Thursday 01/24 |
| Allis-Chalmers Energy (ALY) to acquire Bronco Drilling (BRNC) | $437.8 million in cash and stock |
| GSI Commerce (GSIC) to acquire e-Dialog | $157 million in cash and stock |
Wednesday 01/23 |
| American Int'l Group (AIG) to acquire Equity One U.S. consumer finance business of Popular (BPOP) | $1.5 billion |
| Ciena Corp. (CIEN) to acquire World Wide Packets | $290 million in cash and stock |
Tuesday 01/22 |
| Multi-Color Corporation (LABL) to acquire Collotype International Holdings | $175 million |
| Roche Holding AG to acquire Ventana Medical Systems (VMSI) | $89.50/share or $3.4 bln |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) to acquire CoGenesys | $400 million in cash |
Friday 01/18 |
| Blackstone Group (BX) & Wellspring Capital (private) to acquire Performance Food Group (PFGC) | $34.50/share in cash or $1.3 bln |
| Dominion Homes Inc (DHOM) taken private by CEO-led group | $0.65/share in cash or $5.5 mln |
Thursday 01/17 |
| NYSE Euronext (NYX) to acquire American Stock Exchange | $260 million in stock |
| Wednesday 01/16 |
| Motorola Inc. (MOT) to acquire Vertex Standard | $112 mln in cash |
| Oracle (ORCL) to acquire BEA Systems (BEAS) | $19.375/share in cash or $7.85 bln |
| Sun Microsystems (JAVA) to acquire MySQL AB | $800 mln in cash plus $200 mln in assumed options |
| Warburg Pincus affiliates (private) to acquire Lifecore Biomedical (LCBM) | $17/share or $229.5 mln |
| Tuesday 01/15 |
| AngloGold Ashanti (AU) to acquire Golden Cycle Gold Corp (GCGC) | stock swap valued at $149 mln |
| Bain Capital Partners (private) to acquire Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (BFAM) | $48.25/share in cash or $1.3 bln |
| Blackboard Inc. (BBBB) to acquire NTI Group | $182 mln in cash & stock |
| Terex Corp. TEX to acquire A.S.V. Inc. (ASVI) | $488 mln in stock |
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| Friday 01/11 |
Bank of America BAC to acquire Countrywide Financial (CFC)
| stock swap valued at .1822 BAC shares or $4 bln |
| Rock-Tenn Co. RKT to acquire Southern Container Corp. | $851 mln in cash |
| Thursday 01/10 |
| Affiliated Computer Services ACS to acquire Syan Holdings Ltd. | $60 mln in cash
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| Blackstone Group BX to acquire GSO Capital Partners | $620 mln plus up to $310 mln over 5 years |
| Employers Holdings EIG to acquire AmCOMP Inc (AMCP) | $12.50/share in cash, $230 mln incl. debt |
| Tuesday 01/08 |
| Joy Global JOYG to acquire Continental Global | $270 mln |
| Microsoft Corp. MSFT to acquire Fast Search & Transfer | $1.2 bln in cash |
| MutualFirst Financial MFSF to acquire MFB Corp. (MFBC) | $41/share or 2.59 MFSF shares for each MFB share. Total value $52.7 mln |
Technitrol TNL to acquire Sonion A/S
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$385 mln
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| Monday 01/07 |
Compass Diversified Holdings CODI to acquire Fox Factory
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$85 mln
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White Mountains Insurance Group WTM to acquire Helicon Re Holdings
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$150 mln
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| Friday 01/04 |
Hasbro Inc. HAS to acquire Cranium Inc.
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$77.5 mln
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Monster Worldwide MNST to acquire Affinity Labs
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$61 mln
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| Thursday 01/03 |
WuXi PharmaTech WX to acquire AppTec Laboratory Services
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$151 mln
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| Wednesday 01/02 |
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions MDRX to acquire Extended Care Information Network
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$90 mln in cash |
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