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Mergers & Acquisitions

Introduction to M&A and the databases that Bruno Library has to give you more information

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This guide will give you an introduction to the world of Mergers & Acquisitions.  It will provide resources that are available in the library for you to use as a student/faculty member of the University of Alabama.

Most M&A information comes from databases that are very expensive.  So, take advantage of the data while you have access to it.


***There are many differences in inclusion and valuation criteria between the vendors (in other words, what is/isn't a deal and what is the value).  If you are doing anything more than an anecdotal search for deals, CONTACT ME***

 

Top US Takeovers 2024 YTD

Date Ann Target Acquiror Val ($mil) Status
2/19/2024 Discover Financial Services Capital One Financial $34,973.11 Pending
8/14/2024 Kellanova Mars Inc $33,572.53 Pending
1/16/2024 Ansys Inc Synopsys Inc $32,108.08 Pending
5/29/2024 Marathon Oil Corp ConocoPhillips $21,636.20 Completed
7/7/2024 Paramount Global Skydance Media $21,341.12 Pending
9/5/2024 Frontier Communications Verizon Communications $19,622.73 Pending
11/19/2024 Berry Global Group Inc Amcor PLC $16,887.20 Pending
11/13/2024 Liberty Broadband Corp Charter Communications $16,755.88 Pending
2/5/2024 Catalent Inc Novo Holdings $15,583.72 Pending
12/9/2024 Interpublic Group of Cos Omnicom Group $14,645.24 Pending

As of 12/10/2024

Largest M&A Deals Announced (not terminated) Last 10 Years

Date Ann Target Acquiror Val ($mil)
10/22/2016 Time Warner AT&T $107,329.94
1/3/2019 Celgene Corp Bristol-Myers Squibb $97,138.35
6/9/2019 Raytheon United Technologies $88,515.47
12/14/2017 Twenty-First Century Fox Walt Disney Co $82,638.03
5/26/2015 Time Warner Cable Charter Communications $78,056.83
12/3/2017 Aetna Inc CVS Health $71,088.15
1/18/2022 Activision Blizzard Microsoft Corp $68,348.40
11/17/2014 Allergan Inc Actavis PLC $67,706.65
3/8/2018 Express Scripts Holding  Cigna Corp $67,441.82
5/26/2022 VMware Inc Broadcom Corporation $67,244.82
12/11/2015 EI du Pont de Nemours Dow Chemical $66,674.65
10/11/2023 Pioneer Natural Resources Exxon Mobil $64,747.68
5/18/2014 DirecTV AT&T Inc $64,186.29
10/12/2015 EMC Corp Dell Inc $63,698.82
5/23/2016 Monsanto Bayer AG $63,330.05
8/1/2018 Energy Transfer Partners Energy Transfer Equity $59,820.85
1/17/2017 Reynolds American British American Tobacco $59,636.91
10/23/2023 Hess Corp Chevron Corp $58,591.04
3/25/2015 Kraft Foods Group HJ Heinz Co $54,716.54
4/29/2018 Sprint Corp T-Mobile US Inc $54,700.84

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