| LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS | ARCHIVES:AUG | JUL | JUN | MAY | APR | MAR |
| COMPANIES | DEAL TERMS |
Friday 10/31 |
Odyssey Investment Partners to acquire SM&A (WINS) | $6.25/share in cash or $119.6 mln |
Thursday 10/30 |
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to acquire Genelabs Technologies (GNLB) | $1.30/share in cash or $57 million |
Monday 10/27 |
CenturyTel (CTL) to acquire Embarq (EQ) | stock swap valued at $40.42/share or $5.8 bln |
Friday 10/24 |
PNC Financial Services (PNC) to buy National City (NCC) | $5.2 bln in stock, valued at $2.23/share, plus $384 mln in cash |
Tuesday 10/21 |
Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to buy acerno | $95 mln in cash |
Glaxo Smithkline (GSK) to acquire Biotene from Laclede | $170 mln in cash |
Novartis AG (NVS) to buy pulmonary unit of Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) | $115 mln in cash |
Monday 10/20 |
Adrenalina offers to buy Pacific Sunwwear (PSUN) | cash & stock valued at $4.50/share or $296 mln |
Exelon (EXC) offers to buy NRG Energy (NRG) | stock swap valued at $6.2 bln |
Syngenta (SYT) to acquire Goldsmith Seeds | $74 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. |
Thursday 10/16 |
Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO) to acquire Zygo | $173 mln in stock |
Monday 10/13 |
Adidas to buy Ashworth (ASHW) | $1.90/share in cash or $28.1 mln |
Banco Santander (STD) to acquire Sovereign Bancorp (SOV) | stock swap valued at $3.81/share or $1.9 bln for remaining 75% |
Wednesday 10/08 |
Symantec (SYMC) to acquire MessageLabs | $695 million in cash |
Monday 10/06 |
eBay (EBAY) to acquire Bill Me Later | $820 mln in cash & $125 mln in options |
Eli Lilly (LLY) to acquire Imclone (IMCL) | $70/share in cash or $6.1 billion |
GSI Commerce (GSIC) to acquire Innotrac (INOC) | $52 mln in stock & cash |
MasTec (MTZ) to acquire Wanzek Construction for $200 mln | $200 mln in cash |
Last week's announcements
Friday 10/03 |
Wells Fargo (WFC) to acquire Wachovia (WB) | stock swap valued at $15.1 billion |
Wednesday 10/01 |
Elliott Assoc. & Elliot Int'l offer to buy Epicor Software (EPIC) | $9.50/share or $566 million in cash |
GameStop (GME) to acquire Micromania | $700 million including debt assumption |
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) to buy Lefthand Networks | $360 million in cash |
Nuance Communicaitons (NUAN) to buy speech recognition unit of Royal Philips | $96 million in cash |
Monday 09/29 |
Basic Energy (BAS) to acquire Azurite Services | $60 million in cash |
Citigroup (C) to buy Wachovia (WB) banking operations
| FDIC in loss-sharing arrangement on loan pool, purchase terms not disclosed |
Footlocker (FL) to buy Delia's (DLIA) CCS direct-to-consumer unit | $102 million in cash |
Friday 09/26 |
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) to acquire WaMu banking assets (WM) | $1.9 billion |
Thursday 09/25 |
Lineage Power Holdings to acquire Cherokee Int'l (CHRK) | $3.20/share or $105 million in cash |
Medtronic (MDT) to buy Cryocath | $380 million in cash |
Tuesday 09/23 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) offers to buy ImClone Systems (IMCL) | $62/share in cash, offer directly to shareholders |
Cameron (CAM) to acquire KB Industries | $85 million in cash |
Monday 09/22 |
McAfee (MFE) to acquire Secure Computing (SCUR) | $5.75/share in cash or $465 million |
Past announcements
Friday 09/19 |
Information Handling Services (IHS) to acquire Global Insight | $200 million in cash & stock |
Kohlberg & Co. to acquire Centerplate (CVP) | $4/unit incl. debt |
Thursday 09/18 |
Actuant (ATU) to acquire Cortland Cos. | $230 million in cash |
MidAmerican Energy Holdings to buy Constellation Energy (CEG) | $26.50/share or $5.7 billion in cash & stock |
Wednesday 09/17 |
Ezcorp Inc. (EZPW) to buy Value Financial Services | $79.8 million in cash and stock |
Barclays (BCS) to acquire Lehman Brothers (LEH) i-banking & trading ops | $250 million |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) to acquire Coria Labs | $95 mln in cash |
Tuesday 09/16 |
Getinge to acquire Datascope (DSCP) | $53/share in cash or $865 mln |
Monday 09/15 |
BASF to acquire Ciba (CSBHY) | $5.35 bln in cash |
Best Buy (BBY) to acquire Napster (NAPS) | $2.65/share or $126.8 million in cash |
Wabtec (WAB) to acquire Standard Car Truck | $300 million in cash |
WebMD Health (WBMD) to buy QualityHealth.com | $50 mln in cash plus up to $25 mln in future performance-related payments |
Sunday 09/14 |
Bank of America (BAC) to acquire Merrill Lynch (MER) | stock swap valued at $29/share or $50 bln based on exchange ratio of 0.8595 BAC for MER |
Friday 09/12 |
Quest Software (QSFT) to acquire Netpro Computing | $78.7 mln in cash |
Tuesday 09/09 |
Global Payments (GPN) to acquire ZAO United Card Service | $120 mln in cash |
Monday 09/08 |
Manitou to acquire Gehl Co. (GEHL) | $30/share in cash or $450 mln |
Altria Group (MO) to acquire UST (UST) | $69.50/share in cash or $10.3 bln |
Friday 09/05 |
Gerber Scientific (GRB) to acquire Virtek Vision International | $33.1 million in cash |
Red Hat (RHT) to acquire Qumranet | $107 million in cash |
Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) to acquire Abbott Spine unit from Abbott Labs (ABT) | $360 million in cash |
Thursday 09/04 |
Open Text (OTEX) to acquire Captaris (CAPA) | $4.80/share in cash or $131 mln |
Wednesday 09/03 |
Coca-Cola (KO) to acquire China Huiyuan Juice | $2.5 bln in cash |
Tuesday 09/02 |
Shionogi & Co. to buy Sciele Pharma (SCRX) | $31/share or $1.4 bln in cash |
Teradyne (TER) to acquire Eagle Test Systems (EGLT) | $15.65/share or $250 mln net of cash |
Unitrin (UTR) to acquire Direct Response | $220 mln in cash |
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