All 392 M&A deals announced during 1997, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.
| # | Acquirer | Acquired | Date | Type | Price | |
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| 1 |
Boehringer Mannheim
Boehringer Mannheim is a Germany-based maker of drugs and diagnostic products.
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1997-05-27 | Acquisition | $11.0B | Deal → | |
| 2 |
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Elk Hills Field
Elk Hills Field is a oil fields.
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1997-10-06 | Acquisition | $3.5B | Deal → | |
| 3 |
CALIBRE
CALIBRE is an employee-owned management consulting and information technology so…
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1997-10-07 | Acquisition | $2.4B | Deal → | |
| 4 |
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Nellcor Puritan Bennett
Nellcor Puritan Bennett manufactures patient monitoring instruments and disposab…
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1997-07-24 | Acquisition | $1.8B | Deal → | |
| 5 |
Octel Communications
Octel Communications is a multi-platform provider of networking solutions and vo…
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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…
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1997-02-18 | Acquisition | $1.8B | Deal → | |
| 7 |
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Centerior Energy Corp
Centerior Energy Corp operates an electric distribution system.
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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…
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1997-09-17 | Acquisition | $1.4B | Deal → | |
| 9 |
Geberit
Geberit Group offers sanitary technology and bathroom ceramics.
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1997-03-05 | Lbo | $1.2B | Deal → | |
| 10 |
Verifone
VeriFone is a California-based company that designs, markets, and services elect…
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1997-04-23 | Acquisition | $1.2B | Deal → | |
| 11 |
Renaissance Hotel Group
Renaissance Hotel Group engaged in operating or franchising its hotels and resor…
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1997-02-19 | Acquisition | $1.0B | Deal → | |
| 12 |
Amdahl Corporation
Amdahl Corporation manufactures large-scale, general-purpose computer systems, s…
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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…
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1997-04-11 | Acquisition | $850.0M | Deal → | |
| 14 |
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Logicon
A military information technology company
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1997-05-06 | Acquisition | $750.0M | Deal → | |
| 15 |
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Hudson Foods Company
Hudson Foods Company of Rogers, Arkansas, was a beef processor that was involved…
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1997-09-05 | Acquisition | $642.0M | Deal → | |
| 16 |
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Transitional Hospitals Corp.
Transitional Hospitals are operator of long-term acute care hospitals.
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1997-06-20 | Acquisition | $639.0M | Deal → | |
| 17 |
BBN Technologies
BBN Technologies is a U.S.-based high-technology company which provides research…
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1997-08-15 | Merge | $616.0M | Deal → | |
| 18 |
BBN Corporation
Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
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1997-05-06 | Acquisition | $616.0M | Deal → | |
| 19 |
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HSBC Argentina Holdings
HSBC Argentina Holdings offers commercial and personal banking services.
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1997-05-01 | Acquisition | $600.0M | Deal → | |
| 20 |
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Nelson Industries
Nelson is a filtration and exhaust manufacturer.
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1997-12-04 | Acquisition | $453.0M | Deal → | |
| 21 |
WebTV Networks
WebTV Networks
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1997-04-06 | Acquisition | $425.0M | Deal → | |
| 22 |
Chips and Technologies
Semiconductor Company
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1997-07-27 | — | $420.0M | Deal → | |
| 23 |
Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Hotmail offers Web-based email services. Its services include Hotma…
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1997-12-31 | Acquisition | $400.0M | Deal → | |
| 24 |
Hotmail
Hotmail is a provider of web-based e-mail services.
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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…
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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…
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1997-01-01 | Acquisition | $377.0M | Deal → | |
| 27 |
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TheraTx Incorporated
Theratx is a provider of rehabilitation and respiratory therapy program manageme…
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1997-02-11 | Acquisition | $354.0M | Deal → | |
| 28 |
Winthrop Resources Corporation
Winthrop Resources Corporation is a financial services company with the experien…
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1997-02-15 | Acquisition | $326.0M | Deal → | |
| 29 |
Quinta Corporation
Developing a next-generation data-storage technology.
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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…
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1997-11-01 | Management Buyout | $240.5M | Deal → | |
| 31 |
Tremco, Inc.
Tremco Incorporated is the innovator and provider of roofing and weatherproofing…
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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…
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1997-12-03 | Acquisition | $225.0M | Deal → | |
| 33 |
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Sanofi - Parenteral Products Businesses
Sanofi - Parenteral Products Businesses makes pre-filled, single-dose syringe te…
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1997-04-29 | Acquisition | $200.0M | Deal → | |
| 34 |
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Boomtown
Boomtown, LLC owns and operates casinos and hotels.
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1997-06-30 | Acquisition | $188.0M | Deal → | |
| 35 |
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Talley Industries
Talley Industries develops air-bag technology and makes aerospace products.
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1997-09-27 | Acquisition | $185.0M | Deal → | |
| 36 |
Kiva Software
Kiva Software makes software for large enterprises.
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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…
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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…
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1997-10-06 | Acquisition | $170.0M | Deal → | |
| 39 |
Sequana Therapeutics
Sequana Therapeutics is a therapeutics company that develops proprietary gene th…
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1997-11-03 | Merge | $166.0M | Deal → | |
| 40 |
LightSpeed International
LightSpeed International develops software that assists in managing voice transm…
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1997-12-22 | Acquisition | $160.0M | Deal → | |
| 41 |
Ardent Communications
Ardent provides bespoke solutions to advertising, marketing and communication ch…
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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…
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1997-06-20 | Acquisition | $155.0M | Deal → | |
| 43 |
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Versa Technologies
Versa Technologies manufactures custom engineered cylinders, hydraulic devices.
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1997-09-04 | Acquisition | $140.0M | Deal → | |
| 44 |
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Sphere Drake Holdings
Sphere Drake Holdings is an insurance company that offers property and casualty …
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1997-06-24 | Lbo | $138.0M | Deal → | |
| 45 |
Suburban Ostomy Supply Company
Suburban Ostomy Supply distributes disposable home healthcare products, primaril…
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1997-12-17 | Acquisition | $135.0M | Deal → | |
| 46 |
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Woodward-Clyde Group
Woodward-Clyde Group was an engineering firm.
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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…
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1997-11-06 | Acquisition | $130.0M | Deal → | |
| 48 |
Avocet Hardware
Avocet Hardware is a supplier of security and architectural hardware.
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1997-01-01 | Management Buyout | $129.4M | Deal → | |
| 49 |
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DAGAZ Technologies
DAGAZ Technologies is a digital subscriber line technology specialist.
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1997-07-29 | Acquisition | $126.0M | Deal → | |
| 50 |
Maxis
Maxis is a video game developer and is a subsidary or Electronic Arts (EA). They…
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1997-06-04 | Merge | $125.0M | Deal → |