Every Acquisition Announced in 2000

All 1,526 M&A deals announced during 2000, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

1,526
Deals announced
$536.0B
Total value
$1.4B
Avg deal
$162.0B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
51
Silicon Spice
Silicon Spice, Inc. builds platform solutions that enable networking and telecom…
2000-08-07 Acquisition $1.2B Deal →
52
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Hekimian Laboratories
Hekimian Laboratories is a provider of telecommunications network and service as…
2000-11-17 Acquisition $1.2B Deal →
53
I
Imperial Bancorp
Imperial Bancorp is a Banking company.
2000-11-02 Acquisition $1.2B Deal →
54
HomeGrocer.com
On-line grocery store offering high quality name brand food and non-food items d…
2000-06-27 Acquisition $1.2B Deal →
55
General Healthcare Group
A leading provider of independent healthcare services and private acute care in …
2000-09-04 Management Buyout $1.2B Deal →
56
North Limited
North Limited explores and extracts iron ore, uranium, copper-gold, and gold fro…
2000-08-05 Acquisition $1.2B Deal →
57
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AppNet
AppNet provides Internet and electronic commerce professional services and solut…
2000-06-21 Acquisition $1.2B Deal →
58
Solect Technology Group
Solect Technology Group is a computer software company that provides IP billing …
2000-03-01 Acquisition $1.1B Deal →
59
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USA Broadcasting
USA Broadcasting is an American television broadcasting company.
2000-12-08 Acquisition $1.1B Deal →
60
GelTex Pharmaceuticals
GelTex Pharmaceuticals develops and markets non-absorbed polymer drugs.
2000-09-11 Acquisition $1.0B Deal →
61
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American National Can
Beverage cans manufacturer.
2000-04-04 Acquisition $995.0M Deal →
62
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Bush Boake Allen, Inc.
Bush Boake Allen, Inc is produces flavors, including compound flavors, essential…
2000-10-02 Acquisition $970.0M Deal →
63
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American Freightways
American Freightways Corporation was a scheduled, for-hire carrier of less-than-…
2000-11-14 Acquisition $950.0M Deal →
64
Direct Energy
Direct Energy is a retail provider of electricity, natural gas, and home and bus…
2000-07-07 Acquisition $912.0M Deal →
65
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Shorewood Packaging Corp
Shorewood Packaging Corp is a value-added provider of high quality printing and …
2000-02-17 Acquisition $875.0M Deal →
66
Altitun
Altitun is the provider of the world’s most complete tunable laser product line.
2000-05-05 Acquisition $872.0M Deal →
67
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Mynd Corporation
Mynd Corporation is Provides enterprise software and electronic commerce systems…
2000-12-21 Acquisition $815.0M Deal →
68
Qeyton Systems
Qeyton Systems is a developer of technology that boosts the capacity of fibre op…
2000-05-12 Acquisition $800.0M Deal →
69
SightPath
SightPath, Inc. provides appliances for creating intelligent content delivery ne…
2000-03-19 Acquisition $800.0M Deal →
70
Andover.net
Andover.Net owns and operates a network of web sites.
2000-02-03 Acquisition $800.0M Deal →
71
Morgan Keegan & Company
Morgan Keegan & Company is an investment products and services, and investment p…
2000-12-18 Acquisition $789.0M Deal →
72
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Wesley Jessen Visioncare
Developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty soft contact lenses.
2000-05-30 Acquisition $785.0M Deal →
73
I
Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps
Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps manufactures pumps used in industrial, commercial and mu…
2000-12-28 Acquisition $775.0M Deal →
74
B
Biomatrix
Genzyme Biosurgery Corporation was engaged in the , manufacture, marketing, and …
2000-12-18 Acquisition $738.0M Deal →
75
TravelCenters of America
TravelCenters of America is a publicly traded full-service travel center network…
2000-06-01 Acquisition $731.0M Deal →
76
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Westburne Supply, Inc.
Westburne is a distributor of plumbing, heating, and waterworks supplies.
2000-07-21 Acquisition $725.0M Deal →
77
TMD Friction
TMD Friction Holdings GmbH manufactures and sells brake friction materials for a…
2000-08-01 Management Buyout $714.1M Deal →
78
Sensors Unlimited
Sensors Unlimited offers a complete line of products for image sensing in the sh…
2000-10-18 Acquisition $700.0M Deal →
79
Acuson
Acuson is a large manufacturer and service provider of diagnostic medical ultras…
2000-09-27 Acquisition $700.0M Deal →
80
MySimon
MySimon operates a comparison-based shopping website that provides shopping reco…
2000-01-20 Acquisition $700.0M Deal →
81
Schein Pharmaceutical
Schein Pharmaceutical develops, manufactures, and markets generic product lines …
2000-05-25 Acquisition $674.0M Deal →
82
Rightworks
Cloud services provider purpose-built for accounting firms and professionals
2000-03-08 Acquisition $657.0M Deal →
83
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Thomas Cook Financial Services
Thomas Cook Financial Services is a provider of diversified financial services.
2000-11-08 Acquisition $630.0M Deal →
84
Mobile Systems International
MSI has a rich history in Telecommunications & Security spanning both Defence & …
2000-04-20 Acquisition $618.0M Deal →
85
OnLink
OnLink Inc. is a provider of eCommerce sales and marketing applications.
2000-08-07 Acquisition $607.5M Deal →
86
Element 14 Inc
Startup DSP company, became DSL chipset company
2000-11-01 Acquisition $600.0M Deal →
87
Takko Fashion
Takko Fashion is a value clothing retailer.
2000-03-01 Management Buyout $586.4M Deal →
88
Suppliermarket.com
SupplierMarket.com is an online marketplace for buying and selling manufactured …
2000-06-26 Acquisition $580.0M Deal →
89
Liposome Company
Liposome Company manufactures commercialized drug delivery systems based on lipo…
2000-03-07 Acquisition $575.0M Deal →
90
MoreCom
MoreCom networking software solutions merge digital television with Internet con…
2000-06-23 Acquisition $561.0M Deal →
91
Wynn's International
Wynn's International, Inc., founded in 1939, is a worldwide leader in sealing pr…
2000-06-13 Acquisition $497.0M Deal →
92
Exactis
Exactis.com's clients, primarily in the media, financial services and e-commerce…
2000-02-29 Acquisition $490.0M Deal →
93
American Seafoods Group
American Seafood Co is a packaging and containers company based out of 1801 W Ga…
2000-02-01 Acquisition $485.0M Deal →
94
Tradeum
Tradeum, an infrastructure marketplace provider for business-to-business and fin…
2000-03-08 Acquisition $475.0M Deal →
95
enCommerce
enCommerce is an email marketing platform that provides its users with provides …
2000-04-20 Acquisition $470.0M Deal →
96
C
CORT Business Services Corporation
CORT Business Services Corporation is a company that was acquired by Berkshire H…
2000-01-14 Acquisition $467.0M Deal →
97
B
Burns International Services
Burns International Services provider of physical security and related services.
2000-08-03 Acquisition $457.0M Deal →
98
Innovent Systems
Innovent Systems is a Bluetooth and WiFi chip maker.
2000-06-13 Acquisition $457.0M Deal →
99
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NuSpeed Internet Systems
Nuspeed Internet Systems develops communications storage router products.
2000-07-27 Acquisition $450.0M Deal →
100
B
Basis Communications
Basis Communications is a company that was acquired by Intel in 2000.
2000-03-21 $450.0M Deal →