All 2,809 M&A deals announced during 2005, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.
| # | Acquirer | Acquired | Date | Type | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 |
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Agate Petroleum
Agate Petroleum is a privately held oil and gas production company that owns oil…
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2005-01-05 | Acquisition | $40.0M | Deal → | |
| 402 |
Kingswood Learning and Leisure Group
Kingswood Learning and Leisure Group providing educationally-rich activity break…
|
2005-09-15 | Lbo | $39.7M | Deal → | |
| 403 |
Nimcat Networks
An Ottawa-based provider of peer-to-peer call processing software
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2005-09-19 | Acquisition | $39.2M | Deal → | |
| 404 |
ISC Entertainment
ISC Entertainment operates gambling Web sites.
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2005-08-02 | Acquisition | $39.0M | Deal → | |
| 405 |
a
artus
artus is a biotechnology company specialized in the development, production and …
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2005-05-31 | Acquisition | $39.0M | Deal → | |
| 406 |
CallVision.com
CallVision.com is an application service provider that offers electronic bill pr…
|
2005-01-11 | Acquisition | $38.7M | Deal → | |
| 407 |
C
Creatas LLC
Creatas LLC publishes royalty free stock photography, illustration, footage, and…
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2005-03-07 | Acquisition | $38.2M | Deal → | |
| 408 |
Airedale International Air Conditioning Ltd
Airedale International Air Conditioning Limited designs and manufactures air con…
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2005-05-19 | Acquisition | $38.0M | Deal → | |
| 409 |
RSVP
RSVP is an online dating site where singles to meet new friends, extend their so…
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2005-01-01 | Acquisition | $38.0M | Deal → | |
| 410 |
F
Fuelserv
Fuelserv operator in the independent fuel card and 'bunkering' sector by fuel vo…
|
2005-10-13 | Acquisition | $37.7M | Deal → | |
| 411 |
Techtran Group
Techtran Group Limited is a technology transfer company set up by Axiomlab Group…
|
2005-01-21 | Acquisition | $37.4M | Deal → | |
| 412 |
F
Fit-Rite Body Parts
Fit-Rite Body Parts operates in the aftermarket collision automotive replacement…
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2005-12-31 | Acquisition | $37.0M | Deal → | |
| 413 |
Teledyne RD Instruments
Teledyne RD Instruments provides acoustic Doppler innovations used for current p…
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2005-08-29 | Acquisition | $37.0M | Deal → | |
| 414 |
Troika Networks
Troika Networks provides storage network data protection and management integrat…
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2005-10-19 | Acquisition | $36.5M | Deal → | |
| 415 |
B
BioFocus DPI
BioFocus DPI develops gene-to-candidate drug discovery products and provides ser…
|
2005-09-21 | Acquisition | $36.5M | Deal → | |
| 416 |
Phonetic Systems
A provider of speech recognition solutions for telecommunications, enterprise an…
|
2005-02-01 | Acquisition | $36.1M | Deal → | |
| 417 |
Fast Channel Network
Fast Channel Network is a Digital Media company.
|
2005-12-15 | Acquisition | $36.0M | Deal → | |
| 418 |
P
Prosperity Bank & Trust
Prosperity Bank & Trust a full service independent community bank, provides bank…
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2005-10-31 | Merge | $36.0M | Deal → | |
| 419 |
A
Amusement Factory
Amusement Factory is a company that was acquired by Outerwall in 2005.
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2005-10-18 | Acquisition | $36.0M | Deal → | |
| 420 |
Chem-Dry UK
Chem-Dry UK provides carpet and upholstery cleaning services to homes and busine…
|
2005-04-14 | Acquisition | $35.6M | Deal → | |
| 421 |
B
Bolivia Integrated Energy
Bolivia Integrated Energy generates and distributes electricity.
|
2005-12-13 | Acquisition | $35.0M | Deal → | |
| 422 |
R
Redbus Film Distribution Ltd.
Redbus Film Distribution Ltd. produces and distributes motion pictures.
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2005-10-19 | Acquisition | $35.0M | Deal → | |
| 423 |
A
AirLogix
AirLogix is a disease management, provides asthma management and chronic obstruc…
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2005-07-21 | Acquisition | $35.0M | Deal → | |
| 424 |
Vivant Medical
Vivant Medical is a developer of blation technology for the minimally invasive a…
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2005-07-05 | Acquisition | $35.0M | Deal → | |
| 425 |
A
ASTRAC
ASTRAC is a developer of Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Mining software sol…
|
2005-06-15 | Acquisition | $35.0M | Deal → | |
| 426 |
P
Pets International
Pets International manufactures and markets small animal habitats and pet bird p…
|
2005-06-02 | Acquisition | $35.0M | Deal → | |
| 427 |
Webhire
Webhire which operates Internet recruiting services Yahoo Resumes and Yahoo Recr…
|
2005-12-19 | Acquisition | $34.0M | Deal → | |
| 428 |
Ashcroft
Ashcroft is an industrial automation company that manufactures pressure and temp…
|
2005-09-06 | Lbo | $34.0M | Deal → | |
| 429 |
Millitech
Millitech designs and manufactures millimeter-wave technology products and offer…
|
2005-09-22 | Acquisition | $33.5M | Deal → | |
| 430 |
Calendra
Calendra has pioneered the advancement of Web-based Directory Content Management…
|
2005-01-28 | Acquisition | $33.1M | Deal → | |
| 431 |
Quallaby
Quallaby is a privately-held company.
|
2005-04-08 | Acquisition | $33.0M | Deal → | |
| 432 |
ISG Technology
ISG Technology is a provider of IT services.
|
2005-03-18 | Lbo | $32.6M | Deal → | |
| 433 |
Serco Ryan Ltd.
Serco Ryan Ltd. operates as a supplier of fasteners, fixings, cutting tools, sea…
|
2005-09-21 | Acquisition | $32.6M | Deal → | |
| 434 |
C
Cameron Systems Pty Ltd.
Cameron Systems Pty Ltd. provides financial information exchange.
|
2005-12-28 | Acquisition | $32.0M | Deal → | |
| 435 |
A
Aerogen, Inc.
Aerogen, Inc. operates as a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manu…
|
2005-10-21 | Acquisition | $32.0M | Deal → | |
| 436 |
L
LiveBridge
LiveBridge is a customer interaction services company, provides multi-channel co…
|
2005-07-05 | Acquisition | $32.0M | Deal → | |
| 437 |
Farran Technology
Farran Technology designs and produces its own millimetre-wave sensors.
|
2005-02-15 | Acquisition | $31.2M | Deal → | |
| 438 |
LPI Media
LPI Media
|
2005-11-05 | Acquisition | $31.1M | Deal → | |
| 439 |
Smythson
Smythson is a British manufacturer of luxury stationery, leather goods, diaries,…
|
2005-05-01 | Management Buyout | $30.6M | Deal → | |
| 440 |
U
Umetrics
Umetrics is a in multivariate data analysis and modeling software.
|
2005-12-15 | Acquisition | $30.4M | Deal → | |
| 441 |
P
Pharmakon
Pharmakon is a healthcare communications company focused on the marketing of eth…
|
2005-10-10 | Acquisition | $30.0M | Deal → | |
| 442 |
N
NetSift
NetSift, Inc., a network security company, develops content processing technolog…
|
2005-06-27 | — | $30.0M | Deal → | |
| 443 |
goZing
Zing Wireless, a direct marketing company that allows consumers to earn money in…
|
2005-02-01 | Acquisition | $30.0M | Deal → | |
| 444 |
Moreover.com
The largest online news and consumer generated social media aggregator.
|
2005-10-18 | Acquisition | $29.7M | Deal → | |
| 445 |
R
Rathbones Bakeries Ltd
Rathbones Bakeries Ltd manufactures and sells bread and baked goods to the retai…
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2005-05-03 | Acquisition | $29.3M | Deal → | |
| 446 |
Nexus Energy Software
Nexus Energy Software has developed a number of innovative software applications…
|
2005-11-29 | Acquisition | $29.0M | Deal → | |
| 447 |
P
Premium Logistics
Premium Logistics is provides logistics and general and specialized cargo transp…
|
2005-10-10 | Acquisition | $29.0M | Deal → | |
| 448 |
CET
CET UK is a supplier of outsourced services to the construction and insurance se…
|
2005-01-01 | Lbo | $28.9M | Deal → | |
| 449 |
Del Mar DataTrac
Del Mar Datatrac, doing business as Del Mar Database, provides mortgage lending …
|
2005-04-03 | Acquisition | $28.0M | Deal → | |
| 450 |
H
Hedley Purvis Holdings
Hedley Purvis Holdings is a designer and manufacturer of torque wrenches.
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2005-01-20 | Acquisition | $28.0M | Deal → |