List of largest mergers and acquisitions

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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 Airtouch PLC[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 89
6 1999 Vodafone Group AirTouch Communications 60 85
7 1998 Bell Atlantic[6] GTE 53.36 77
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 164.747 226
2 2000 Glaxo Wellcome Plc. SmithKline Beecham Plc. 75.961 104
3 2004 Royal Dutch Petroleum Company "Shell" Transport & Trading Co. 74.559 93
4 2006 AT&T Inc.[10][11] BellSouth Corporation 72.671 85
5 2001 Comcast Corporation AT&T Broadband 72.041 96
6 2009 Pfizer Inc. Wyeth 68 75
7 2000 Spin-off: Nortel Networks Corporation 59.974 82
8 2002 Pfizer Inc. Pharmacia Corporation 59.515 78
9 2004 JPMorgan Chase & Co.[12] Bank One Corporation 58.761 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 2015 Charter Communications[16] [N 5] Time Warner Cable 78.7 79
6 2015 Actavis Allergan, Inc 70.5 71
7 2015 Royal Dutch Shell[17] BG Group 70 70
8 2015 Dell [N 6] EMC Corporation 67 67
9 2015 Anthem Inc Cigna Corp 47 47
10 2015 Medtronic Covidien 42.3 42

Notable M&A deals from 2010s include:[18][19] 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.[20]

Year Purchaser Purchased Transaction value
(in billions USD)
2012 Johnson & Johnson Synthes 19.7
2012 Deutsche Telekom MetroPCS 29.0
2013 Softbank Sprint Corporation 21.6
2013 Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital Heinz 28.0
2014 Facebook WhatsApp 19.0
2015 Intel [21][22] Altera 16.7
2015 Berkshire Hathaway[23] [N 7] Precision Castparts 37.2
2015 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries[24][25][26][N 8] Actavis 40.5
2016 Johnson Controls Tyco International 22.0
2016 Shire Baxalta 32.0[27]

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. ↑ Largest acquisition in technology sector history, Confirmed not completed
  7. ↑ Confirmed not completed
  8. ↑ 40.5 billion = $33.75 billion in cash + $6.75 billion worth of shares

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Pfizer and Warner-Lambert agree to $90 billion merger creating the world's fastest-growing major pharmaceutical company
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  7. ↑ http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/finance/fdi/ad2000.html
  8. ↑ Online NewsHour: AOL/Time Warner Merger
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  13. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23933955
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  27. ↑ http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/146749/ma-deals-reach-record-levels.aspx
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