Every Acquisition Announced in 1997

All 392 M&A deals announced during 1997, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

392
Deals announced
$43.5B
Total value
$468.1M
Avg deal
$11.0B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
1
Boehringer Mannheim
Boehringer Mannheim is a Germany-based maker of drugs and diagnostic products.
1997-05-27 Acquisition $11.0B Deal →
2
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Elk Hills Field
Elk Hills Field is a oil fields.
1997-10-06 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
3
CALIBRE
CALIBRE is an employee-owned management consulting and information technology so…
1997-10-07 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
4
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Nellcor Puritan Bennett
Nellcor Puritan Bennett manufactures patient monitoring instruments and disposab…
1997-07-24 Acquisition $1.8B Deal →
5
Octel Communications
Octel Communications is a multi-platform provider of networking solutions and vo…
1997-07-18 Acquisition $1.8B Deal →
6
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Horizon/CMS Healthcare
Horizon/CMS Healthcare is a provider of post-acute and long-term health care ser…
1997-02-18 Acquisition $1.8B Deal →
7
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Centerior Energy Corp
Centerior Energy Corp operates an electric distribution system.
1997-11-08 Acquisition $1.5B Deal →
8
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Salomon AG
Salomon AG designs, develops, produces, and markets athletic and sports lifestyl…
1997-09-17 Acquisition $1.4B Deal →
9
Geberit
Geberit Group offers sanitary technology and bathroom ceramics.
1997-03-05 Lbo $1.2B Deal →
10
Verifone
VeriFone is a California-based company that designs, markets, and services elect…
1997-04-23 Acquisition $1.2B Deal →
11
Renaissance Hotel Group
Renaissance Hotel Group engaged in operating or franchising its hotels and resor…
1997-02-19 Acquisition $1.0B Deal →
12
Amdahl Corporation
Amdahl Corporation manufactures large-scale, general-purpose computer systems, s…
1997-07-31 Acquisition $850.0M Deal →
13
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AT&T - Submarine Systems Inc
AT&T - Submarine Systems Inc is the leader in the design, development, manufactu…
1997-04-11 Acquisition $850.0M Deal →
14
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Logicon
A military information technology company
1997-05-06 Acquisition $750.0M Deal →
15
H
Hudson Foods Company
Hudson Foods Company of Rogers, Arkansas, was a beef processor that was involved…
1997-09-05 Acquisition $642.0M Deal →
16
T
Transitional Hospitals Corp.
Transitional Hospitals are operator of long-term acute care hospitals.
1997-06-20 Acquisition $639.0M Deal →
17
BBN Technologies
BBN Technologies is a U.S.-based high-technology company which provides research…
1997-08-15 Merge $616.0M Deal →
18
BBN Corporation
Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
1997-05-06 Acquisition $616.0M Deal →
19
H
HSBC Argentina Holdings
HSBC Argentina Holdings offers commercial and personal banking services.
1997-05-01 Acquisition $600.0M Deal →
20
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Nelson Industries
Nelson is a filtration and exhaust manufacturer.
1997-12-04 Acquisition $453.0M Deal →
21
WebTV Networks
WebTV Networks
1997-04-06 Acquisition $425.0M Deal →
22
Chips and Technologies
Semiconductor Company
1997-07-27 $420.0M Deal →
23
Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Hotmail offers Web-based email services. Its services include Hotma…
1997-12-31 Acquisition $400.0M Deal →
24
Hotmail
Hotmail is a provider of web-based e-mail services.
1997-12-31 Acquisition $400.0M Deal →
25
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Amati Communications Corporation
Amati Communications Corporation, located in San Jose, California, is a world le…
1997-11-19 Merge $395.0M Deal →
26
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Security First Group, Inc.
Security First Group design, manufacture and distribute financial services produ…
1997-01-01 Acquisition $377.0M Deal →
27
T
TheraTx Incorporated
Theratx is a provider of rehabilitation and respiratory therapy program manageme…
1997-02-11 Acquisition $354.0M Deal →
28
Winthrop Resources Corporation
Winthrop Resources Corporation is a financial services company with the experien…
1997-02-15 Acquisition $326.0M Deal →
29
Quinta Corporation
Developing a next-generation data-storage technology.
1997-07-03 Acquisition $325.0M Deal →
30
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AM Paper Group
AM Paper Group purchased a second hand machine for converting parent reels in to…
1997-11-01 Management Buyout $240.5M Deal →
31
Tremco, Inc.
Tremco Incorporated is the innovator and provider of roofing and weatherproofing…
1997-02-04 Acquisition $230.0M Deal →
32
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Max Media Properties, L.L.C.
The Max Media television stations WKEF-TV in Dayton and WEMT-TV in TriCities hav…
1997-12-03 Acquisition $225.0M Deal →
33
S
Sanofi - Parenteral Products Businesses
Sanofi - Parenteral Products Businesses makes pre-filled, single-dose syringe te…
1997-04-29 Acquisition $200.0M Deal →
34
B
Boomtown
Boomtown, LLC owns and operates casinos and hotels.
1997-06-30 Acquisition $188.0M Deal →
35
T
Talley Industries
Talley Industries develops air-bag technology and makes aerospace products.
1997-09-27 Acquisition $185.0M Deal →
36
Kiva Software
Kiva Software makes software for large enterprises.
1997-11-25 Acquisition $180.0M Deal →
37
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Opal, Inc.
Opal, Inc. is a supplier of CD-SEM systems for use in semiconductor manufacturin…
1997-01-09 Acquisition $175.0M Deal →
38
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EndoVascular Technologies
Engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of minimally invasive endova…
1997-10-06 Acquisition $170.0M Deal →
39
Sequana Therapeutics
Sequana Therapeutics is a therapeutics company that develops proprietary gene th…
1997-11-03 Merge $166.0M Deal →
40
LightSpeed International
LightSpeed International develops software that assists in managing voice transm…
1997-12-22 Acquisition $160.0M Deal →
41
Ardent Communications
Ardent provides bespoke solutions to advertising, marketing and communication ch…
1997-06-24 Acquisition $156.0M Deal →
42
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Rapid City Communications
Rapid City Communications is a privately held developer of routing switch techno…
1997-06-20 Acquisition $155.0M Deal →
43
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Versa Technologies
Versa Technologies manufactures custom engineered cylinders, hydraulic devices.
1997-09-04 Acquisition $140.0M Deal →
44
S
Sphere Drake Holdings
Sphere Drake Holdings is an insurance company that offers property and casualty …
1997-06-24 Lbo $138.0M Deal →
45
Suburban Ostomy Supply Company
Suburban Ostomy Supply distributes disposable home healthcare products, primaril…
1997-12-17 Acquisition $135.0M Deal →
46
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Woodward-Clyde Group
Woodward-Clyde Group was an engineering firm.
1997-11-17 Acquisition $132.0M Deal →
47
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Nexion
Nexion is a privately held company expertise to develop other advanced data prod…
1997-11-06 Acquisition $130.0M Deal →
48
Avocet Hardware
Avocet Hardware is a supplier of security and architectural hardware.
1997-01-01 Management Buyout $129.4M Deal →
49
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DAGAZ Technologies
DAGAZ Technologies is a digital subscriber line technology specialist.
1997-07-29 Acquisition $126.0M Deal →
50
Maxis
Maxis is a video game developer and is a subsidary or Electronic Arts (EA). They…
1997-06-04 Merge $125.0M Deal →