All 1,286 M&A deals announced during 2001, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.
| # | Acquirer | Acquired | Date | Type | Price | |
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| 1 |
American General Company
American General Company is a Hospitality company.
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2001-08-30 | Acquisition | $23.0B | Deal → | |
| 2 |
Citibanamex
Citibanamex provides financial products and services such as credit cards, mortg…
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2001-05-18 | Acquisition | $12.5B | Deal → | |
| 3 |
Optus
Optus is a telecommunication company that offers a range of mobile, tablet, and …
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2001-03-26 | Acquisition | $8.7B | Deal → | |
| 4 |
Tosco Corporation
Independent petroleum refining and fuel marketing corporation operating over 5,0…
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2001-02-12 | Acquisition | $7.5B | Deal → | |
| 5 |
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock
An oil refinery and gas station company
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2001-05-07 | Acquisition | $6.0B | Deal → | |
| 6 |
Veba Oel AG
Veba Oel AG engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural …
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2001-07-15 | Acquisition | $5.6B | Deal → | |
| 7 |
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Fox Family Worldwide
Fox Family Worldwide is a family-oriented entertainment company that develops, a…
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2001-07-23 | Acquisition | $5.3B | Deal → | |
| 8 |
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Sema Plc
Sema Plc provides information technology solutions to the telecommunications, ut…
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2001-02-12 | Acquisition | $5.2B | Deal → | |
| 9 |
P&G-Clairol
Clairol is a quality hair color brand with authentic looking hair color collecti…
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2001-11-16 | Acquisition | $5.0B | Deal → | |
| 10 |
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Telecorp PCS
Telecorp PCS is a telecommunication company that provides wireless communication…
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2001-10-08 | Acquisition | $4.7B | Deal → | |
| 11 |
IXnet
IXnet is a provider of communications services to the worldwide financial servic…
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2001-02-22 | Acquisition | $3.8B | Deal → | |
| 12 |
MiniMed
MiniMed is a maker of insulin pumps and wearable glucose monitors.
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2001-05-31 | Acquisition | $3.7B | Deal → | |
| 13 |
Vodafone Ireland Ltd.
Vodafone Ireland Ltd. provides mobile communications services.
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2001-01-21 | Acquisition | $3.6B | Deal → | |
| 14 |
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Anderson Exploration
Anderson Exploration is explores for and produces oil and gas.
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2001-09-04 | Acquisition | $3.4B | Deal → | |
| 15 |
IBP
IBP, Inc., the largest beef packer and number two pork processor in the U.S
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2001-01-01 | Acquisition | $3.2B | Deal → | |
| 16 |
Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas
Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas was founded on the fundamentals of natural gas and a f…
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2001-09-10 | Acquisition | $2.3B | Deal → | |
| 17 |
Sensormatic
Sensormatic offers vital loss prevention and operational improvement technologie…
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2001-08-03 | Acquisition | $2.3B | Deal → | |
| 18 |
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by …
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2001-10-11 | Acquisition | $2.0B | Deal → | |
| 19 |
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United Dominion Industries Ltd
United Dominion Industries Ltd is manufactures proprietary engineered products f…
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2001-05-24 | Acquisition | $1.8B | Deal → | |
| 20 |
COR Therapeutics Inc
COR Therapeutics is engaged in the R&D of novel therapeutic products for treatin…
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2001-12-07 | Acquisition | $1.7B | Deal → | |
| 21 |
Illuminet Holdings
Illuminet Holdings is a provider of complementary intelligent network and SS7 se…
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2001-09-23 | Acquisition | $1.4B | Deal → | |
| 22 |
Virata
Virata Corp. is a fabless semiconductor company that provides integrated circuit…
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2001-10-01 | Merge | $1.3B | Deal → | |
| 23 |
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LXN Corporation
LXN Corporation
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2001-05-09 | Acquisition | $1.3B | Deal → | |
| 24 |
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Block Drug Co., Inc.
Block Drug Co., Inc. manufactures denture care products, oral health care produc…
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2001-01-16 | Acquisition | $1.2B | Deal → | |
| 25 |
Telenor Hungary
Telenor Hungary provides mobile voice, data, and broadband services to consumers…
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2001-10-29 | Acquisition | $1.2B | Deal → | |
| 26 |
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Simplex Time Recorder Company
Simplex Time Recorder Company is manufactures a leading brand of fire and securi…
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2001-01-05 | Acquisition | $1.1B | Deal → | |
| 27 |
Webtrends
Webtrends is a digital marketing company providing measurement, optimization and…
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2001-01-17 | Acquisition | $1.0B | Deal → | |
| 28 |
ServerWorks
To provide the silicon-based building blocks that allow our customers to build s…
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2001-01-08 | Acquisition | $957.0M | Deal → | |
| 29 |
Matéris
Matéris is a privately held company that is in specialty construction chemicals.…
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2001-01-01 | Acquisition | $834.8M | Deal → | |
| 30 |
Avant!
Avant! is an IT service company that develops, markets, and supports integrated …
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2001-12-03 | Acquisition | $830.0M | Deal → | |
| 31 |
Sanitec
Sanitec is the clear market leader in bathroom ceramics in Europe
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2001-04-27 | Management Buyout | $811.2M | Deal → | |
| 32 |
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Bryant Group
Bryant Group is a housebuilding companies.
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2001-01-23 | Acquisition | $809.2M | Deal → | |
| 33 |
Xircom
Xircom is a provider of mobile networking and information access solutions for m…
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2001-01-15 | — | $748.0M | Deal → | |
| 34 |
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Adtranz
Adtranz is the former DaimlerChrysler AG train building arm. Adtranz specializes…
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2001-05-01 | Acquisition | $725.0M | Deal → | |
| 35 |
Geneva Technology
Geneva Technology is a flexible, convergent billing system for the telecommunica…
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2001-03-06 | Acquisition | $692.6M | Deal → | |
| 36 |
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Paragon Trade Brands
Paragon Trade Brands is a global supplier of infant disposable diapers and other…
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2001-12-03 | Acquisition | $650.0M | Deal → | |
| 37 |
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AB Liquidating
AB Liquidating supplies data communications transmission equipment.
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2001-01-10 | Acquisition | $645.0M | Deal → | |
| 38 |
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Ice Cream Partners
Ice Cream Partners is a novelty ice cream business.
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2001-12-26 | Acquisition | $641.0M | Deal → | |
| 39 |
F&G Annuities & Life
F&G Annuities & Life provides annuity and life insurance products designed to su…
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2001-09-28 | Acquisition | $635.0M | Deal → | |
| 40 |
Liberty Surf Group
Liberty Surf Group, SA provides Internet access services. It proposes its connec…
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2001-01-09 | Acquisition | $612.3M | Deal → | |
| 41 |
PrimeCo
PrimeCo is a Southern California-based company providing construction and painti…
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2001-06-26 | Acquisition | $600.0M | Deal → | |
| 42 |
Morrison Healthcare
Morrison Healthcare is a privately held company that provides food and nutrition…
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2001-02-06 | Acquisition | $563.0M | Deal → | |
| 43 |
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Fritz Companies
Fritz Companies, Inc. provides logistics services and related information servic…
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2001-05-24 | Acquisition | $554.0M | Deal → | |
| 44 |
VxTel
VxTel provides silicon solutions for next-generation carrier networks. The compa…
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2001-02-26 | Acquisition | $550.0M | Deal → | |
| 45 |
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General Semiconductor
General Semiconductor engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of se…
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2001-08-02 | Acquisition | $538.9M | Deal → | |
| 46 |
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EniChem S.p.A.
EniChem S.p.A. is a polyurethanes and polyurethane systems products.
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2001-02-09 | Acquisition | $500.0M | Deal → | |
| 47 |
Craegmoor Group
Craegmoor provides nursing and healthcare home services in the UK.
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2001-07-01 | Lbo | $493.4M | Deal → | |
| 48 |
Henkel-Ecolab
Henkel-Ecolab has operated as a 50-50 joint venture of Ecolab and Henkel, provid…
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2001-09-28 | Acquisition | $452.9M | Deal → | |
| 49 |
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Dia Met Minerals
Dia Met Minerals offers mineral exploration services
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2001-04-03 | Acquisition | $434.8M | Deal → | |
| 50 |
Amber Networks
Amber Networks develops telecommunications equipment for service provider’s IP a…
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2001-07-25 | Acquisition | $421.0M | Deal → |