List of largest mergers and acquisitions

The following tables list the largest mergers and acquisitions in their respective decade. Transactions are given in the dollar value for the year of the merger as well as adjusted for inflation. The largest ever acquisition is the 1999 takeover of Mannesmann by Vodafone Airtouch PLC at $202 billion ($287 billion adjusted for inflation). Pfizer appears in these lists the most times, with four entries.

1990s

Top 10 M&A deals worldwide by value from 1990 to 1999:[1]

Rank Year Purchaser Purchased Transaction value
(in billions USD)		 Inflation adjusted
(in billions 2016 USD)
1 1999 Vodafone[2] Mannesmann 202 287
2 1999 Pfizer[3] Warner-Lambert 90 128
3 1998 Exxon[4][5] Mobil 77.2 112
4 1998 Citicorp Travelers Group 73 106
5 1999 SBC Communications Ameritech Corporation 63 90
6 1999 Vodafone Group AirTouch Communications 60 85
7 1998 Bell Atlantic[6] GTE 53.36 78
8 1998 BP[7] Amoco 53 77
9 1999 Qwest Communications US WEST 48 68
10 1997 Worldcom MCI Communications 42 62

2000s

Top 10 M&A deals worldwide by value from 2000 to 2010:[1]

Rank Year Purchaser Purchased Transaction value
(in billions USD)		 Inflation adjusted
(in billions 2016 USD)
1 2000 AOL Inc.[8][9] Time Warner 165 227
2 2007 ABN Amro BV RFS Holding BV 98 112
3 2000 Glaxo Wellcome Plc. SmithKline Beecham Plc. 76 105
4 2004 Royal Dutch Petroleum "Shell" Transport & Trading Co. 75 94
5 2006 AT&T Inc.[10][11] BellSouth Corporation 73 85
6 2001 Comcast Corporation AT&T Broadband 72 96
7 2009 Pfizer Inc. Wyeth 68 75
8 2002 Pfizer Inc. Pharmacia Corporation 60 78
9 2004 JPMorgan Chase & Co.[12] Bank One Corporation 59 74
10 2008 InBev Inc. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 52 57

2010s

Top 10 M&A deals worldwide by value from 2011 to 2020 (correct as of 31 December 2015):

Rank Year Purchaser Purchased Transaction value
(in billions USD)		 Inflation adjusted
(in billions 2016 USD)
1 2013 Verizon Communications [13] [N 1] Verizon Wireless 130 132
2 2015 Dow Chemical[14] [N 2] DuPont 130 130
3 2015 Anheuser-Busch InBev [N 3] SAB Miller 117.4 117
4 2015 Heinz[15] [N 4] Kraft 100 100
5 2016 AT&T Inc[16] [N 5] Time Warner 85.4 85
6 2015 Charter Communications[17] [N 6] Time Warner Cable 78.7 79
7 2015 Actavis Allergan, Inc 70.5 71
8 2015 Royal Dutch Shell[18] BG Group 70 70
9 2015 Dell [N 7] EMC Corporation 67 67
10 2016 Bayer Monsanto 66 66

Notable M&A deals from 2010s include:[19][20] In 2015 Pfizer sort to acquire Allergan, Plc for $160 billion, this deal was abandoned in April 2016 due to new US tax legislation coming into force.[21]

Year Purchaser Purchased Transaction value
(in billions USD)
2015 AT&T Inc[N 8] DirecTV 49
2015 Anthem Inc Cigna Corp 47
2016 British American Tobacco[N 9] R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 47
2015 Medtronic Covidien 42.3
2015 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries[22][23][24][N 10] Actavis Generics 40.5
2015 Berkshire Hathaway[25] [N 11] Precision Castparts 37.2
2016 Shire[26] Baxalta 32.0
2016 Softbank ARM Holdings 32.0
2016 Abbott Laboratories St Jude Medical 30.5
2012 Deutsche Telekom MetroPCS 29.0
2013 Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital Heinz 28.0
2016 Microsoft[27] LinkedIn 26.2
2016 Johnson Controls Tyco International 22.0
2013 Softbank Sprint Corporation 21.6
2012 Johnson & Johnson Synthes 19.7
2014 Facebook WhatsApp 19.0
2015 Intel [28][29] Altera 16.7

Largest ever deals which have failed to complete

This lists catalogues M&A deals which were confirmed, but for a number of reasons, failed to complete.

Rank Year Purchaser Purchased Transaction value
(in billions USD)		 Inflation adjusted
(in billions 2016 USD)
1 2015 Pfizer[30] Allergan, plc 160 160
2 2008 BHP Billiton[30] Rio Tinto 148 163
3 1999 MCI WorldCom[30][31] Sprint 129 184
4 2014 Pfizer[30] Astra Zeneca 123 123
5 1999 MCI WorldCom[30] Sprint 111 158
6 2004 Comcast[32] Disney 66 83
7 2014 AbbVie[33] Shire 54 54
8 2016 Halliburton[34] Baker Hughes 38 38
9 2014 Omnicom[35] Publicis 35 35

Notes

  1. ↑ Verizon purchased the 45% stake in Verizon Wireless owned by Vodafone for $130 billion.[79] The deal closed on February 21, 2014, becoming the third largest corporate deal ever signed, giving Verizon Communications sole ownership of Verizon Wireless
  2. ↑ Merger of equals, Confirmed not completed
  3. ↑ Largest acquisition in brewing sector history, Confirmed not completed
  4. ↑ 51/49% merger with Kraft shareholders receiving $16.50 special dividend
  5. ↑ Confirmed not competed
  6. ↑ Confirmed not competed
  7. ↑ Largest acquisition in technology sector history, Confirmed not completed
  8. ↑ $67.1 billion with assumed debt
  9. ↑ $47 billion for 57.8%, giving a total value of $81.3 billion
  10. ↑ 40.5 billion = $33.75 billion in cash + $6.75 billion worth of shares
  11. ↑ Confirmed not completed

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Mannesmann to accept bid - February 3, 2000". CNN. February 3, 2000.
  3. ↑ Pfizer and Warner-Lambert agree to $90 billion merger creating the world's fastest-growing major pharmaceutical company
  4. ↑ "Exxon, Mobil mate for $80B - December 1, 1998". CNN. December 1, 1998.
  5. ↑ "FINANCE: EXXON-MOBIL MERGER COULD POISON THE WELL". Retrieved 28 August 2015.
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  10. ↑ "AT&T To Buy BellSouth For $67 Billion". CBS News. March 5, 2006.
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  12. ↑ "J. P. Morgan to buy Bank One for $58 billion". CNNMoney.com. 2004-01-15.
  13. ↑ "Vodafone sells Verizon stake for $130bn". 2 September 2013 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Dow Chemical, DuPont reach deal on merger". USA TODAY. 11 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Heinz to merge with Kraft to create US food giant". Telegraph.co.uk. 25 March 2015.
  16. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37742991
  17. ↑ "EX-99.1".
  18. ↑ Javier Blas and Rakteem Katakey (8 April 2015). "Shell Will Buy BG Group for $70 Billion in Cash, Shares". Bloomberg.com.
  19. ↑ "The Biggest M&A Deals of 2011 - A running tally - Businessweek". Images.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  20. ↑ "Johnson & Johnson's $19.7B Synthes Deal: A Surprise Earnings Boost". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  21. ↑ Cynthia Koons,Michelle Cortez (22 November 2015). "Pfizer and Allergan to Combine With Joint Value of $160 Billion". Bloomberg.com.
  22. ↑ "Allergan Accelerates Transformation to Branded Growth Pharma Leader by Divesting Global Generics Business to Teva for $40.5 Billion". Allergan. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
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  26. ↑ "M&A Deals Reach Record Levels".
  27. ↑ "Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn | News Center". news.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  28. ↑ IntelPR. "Intel Completes Acquisition of Altera". Intel Newsroom.
  29. ↑ Andy Giegerich (29 December 2015). "Intel Corp. completes Altera Corp. purchase - Albuquerque Business First". Albuquerque Business First.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 "M&A Boom Implodes, US Deal Failures in 2016 Worst Ever". 7 April 2016.
  31. ↑ "European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Commission prohibits merger between MCI WorldCom and Sprint".
  32. ↑ "Comcast walks away from Disney bid".
  33. ↑ Brodbeck, Laura (31 December 1969). "(SHPG), (ABBV) - 10 Giant M&A Deals That Almost Happened...But Fell Through At The Last Minute".
  34. ↑ http://fortune.com/2016/06/30/broken-deal-mergers-acquisitions-2016/
  35. ↑ "Battle for control destroyed $35-billion Omnicom-Publicis merger". 9 May 2014 – via Reuters.
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