Every Acquisition Announced in 2003

All 1,498 M&A deals announced during 2003, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

1,498
Deals announced
$145.0B
Total value
$403.8M
Avg deal
$20.9B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
101
Zatarain's Brands, Inc.
Zatarain's Brands, Inc is the national brand focused on the unique flavors of Ne…
2003-05-08 Acquisition $180.0M Deal →
102
iManage
iManage provides work product management solutions.
2003-08-18 Merge $171.0M Deal →
103
Schoeller Arca Systems
Schoeller Arca Systems is the global market leader in rigid plastic packaging sy…
2003-09-29 Lbo $167.5M Deal →
104
Spinal Concepts
Spinal Concepts is a biotechnology company that develops spinal fixation product…
2003-06-02 Acquisition $166.0M Deal →
105
HostCentric
HostCentric is a Internet infrastructure solutions providers.
2003-06-13 Acquisition $165.0M Deal →
106
Zoneperfect Nutrition
Zoneperfect Nutrition is a marketer of healthy and nutritious products for activ…
2003-07-24 Acquisition $160.0M Deal →
107
US Bioservices
Providing trusted patient support for over 20 years, US Bioservices is Amerisour…
2003-01-17 Acquisition $160.0M Deal →
108
Adaytum
Adaytum provides Internet-based enterprise business planning software.
2003-01-01 Acquisition $160.0M Deal →
109
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Nordic Info Group
Nordic Info Group is a privately held company that provides credit and business …
2003-01-14 Acquisition $156.6M Deal →
110
Wornick
Wornick Foods is a supplier of convenience foods and military rations to institu…
2003-12-04 Lbo $155.0M Deal →
111
Okena
Okena provided enterprise security software. StormWatch, the company’s product, …
2003-01-24 Acquisition $154.0M Deal →
112
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PowerQuest
Storage utilities and enterprise-level solutions
2003-09-23 Acquisition $150.0M Deal →
113
Risdon Pharma
Risdon Pharma is a manufacturer of primary plastic packaging for the pharmaceuti…
2003-06-06 Acquisition $146.5M Deal →
114
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Atlantic Research Corp
Atlantic Research develops and manufactures solid propellant rocket motors, gas …
2003-10-17 Acquisition $144.0M Deal →
115
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IGT OnLine Entertainment Systems, Inc.
IGT OnLine Entertainment Systems operates on-line lottery systems.
2003-11-07 Acquisition $143.0M Deal →
116
Guardent
Provides security and privacy services.
2003-12-17 Acquisition $140.0M Deal →
117
Baan
Baan is a developer of enterprise business management and client server software…
2003-07-21 Acquisition $135.0M Deal →
118
Radia Communications
Radia Communications Inc., founded in May 2000, specialized in RF solutions for …
2003-07-30 $133.0M Deal →
119
Speechworks
Speech recognition, text-to-speech (TTS) and speaker verification for network an…
2003-08-11 Acquisition $132.0M Deal →
120
Percutaneous Valve Technologies (PVT)
The company develops medical devices for delivering heart valves to treat late-s…
2003-12-15 Acquisition $125.0M Deal →
121
Gmul
Gmul Investment Company Ltd. (Gmul) is an Israel-based investment company, deali…
2003-06-29 Acquisition $125.0M Deal →
122
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Chiquita Processed Foods
Chiquita Processed Foods is a privately held company which support food and heal…
2003-03-06 Acquisition $125.0M Deal →
123
Jouan SA
Jouan SA is a global supplier of equipment used by life science researchers in a…
2003-09-17 Acquisition $124.9M Deal →
124
Netro Corporation
Netro Corporation is a provider of wireless networking equipment used by telecom…
2003-03-26 Acquisition $122.0M Deal →
125
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Dana Corp. - Engine Management Division
Dana Corp. - Engine Management Division is a manufacturer of aftermarket parts i…
2003-06-30 Acquisition $121.0M Deal →
126
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HTE
HTE develops, markets, implements and supports fully-integrated enterprise-wide …
2003-02-06 Acquisition $121.0M Deal →
127
Sericol
Sericol is the world market and technology leader in screen printing inks and re…
2003-01-10 Acquisition $119.8M Deal →
128
Hoovers
Hoovers is a database providing insights and actionable information about the U.…
2003-03-03 Acquisition $119.0M Deal →
129
Georgeson
Georgeson strives to understand a company’s corporate objectives before we deliv…
2003-12-12 Acquisition $115.0M Deal →
130
One Call Care Management
One Call is a provider of healthcare solutions for the workers' compensation ind…
2003-08-29 Acquisition $115.0M Deal →
131
Kroll Factual Data
Kroll Factual Data broad range of information services to mortgage and consumer …
2003-08-21 Acquisition $115.0M Deal →
132
Century Foods International
Century Foods is a manufacturer of nutritional products, dairy proteins and blen…
2003-07-31 Acquisition $115.0M Deal →
133
Quorn Foods
Quorn Foods provides meat-free frozen foods.
2003-05-23 Lbo $114.6M Deal →
134
Nortrax
Nortrax is your John Deere Construction and Forestry Equipment Dealer.
2003-12-15 Acquisition $112.0M Deal →
135
Octave Communications
Octave Communications(R), a leader in developing and deploying hardware and soft…
2003-11-26 Acquisition $109.3M Deal →
136
Lumene
Lumene is a Finnish manufacturer of cosmetics.
2003-09-04 Lbo $109.0M Deal →
137
New Price Retail
New Price Retail is a provider of goods and services to clusters of store brands…
2003-02-01 Lbo $107.0M Deal →
138
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Premier Bancorp
Premier Bancorp provides banking services.
2003-08-01 Acquisition $103.5M Deal →
139
Gendex
Gendex, known for its reliable and innovative imaging equipment, offers a wide v…
2003-12-11 Acquisition $102.5M Deal →
140
Anderson Packaging
Anderson Packaging is a privately held contract pharmaceutical packaging company…
2003-06-24 Acquisition $102.5M Deal →
141
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Alphyra
Irish electronics payment company
2003-06-23 Acquisition $102.2M Deal →
142
Sanera Systems
Sanera Systems builds scalable storage networking for enterprises and service pr…
2003-08-27 Acquisition $102.0M Deal →
143
Applied Semantics
Applied Semantics develops software apps for the online advertising, domain name…
2003-04-28 $102.0M Deal →
144
Network Solutions
Network Solutions provides domain registration, e-commerce, SEO, online promotio…
2003-10-17 Lbo $100.0M Deal →
145
Riddell
Riddell is a premier designer and developer of protective sports equipment and a…
2003-07-07 Acquisition $100.0M Deal →
146
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Greenbacks
Greenbacks is a single-price point dollar stores.
2003-05-15 Acquisition $100.0M Deal →
147
American Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange provides exchange services in US.
2003-04-16 Lbo $100.0M Deal →
148
IntruVert
IntruVert has created the industry's first architecture for real-time detection …
2003-04-03 Acquisition $100.0M Deal →
149
AlltheWeb
AlltheWeb is an internet search engine that uses indices and powerful features t…
2003-02-02 $100.0M Deal →
150
Westward
Westward The Sea, Once It Casts Its Spell, Holds One In Its Net Of Wonder Foreve…
2003-01-22 Lbo $100.0M Deal →