M&A Acquisitions in 2006 — Page 2 of 20

#	Acquirer	Acquired	Date	Type	Price
51	T Travelport	W Worldspan Worldspan provides worldwide electronic distribution of travel information, Inte…	2006-12-07	Acquisition	$1.4B	Deal →
52	I Infor	S SSA Global SSA Global is a leading global provider of enterprise software applications and …	2006-05-15	Acquisition	$1.4B	Deal →
53	P PAI Partners	S Spie Spie is a firm that focuses on performance solutions for businesses.	2006-07-27	Lbo	$1.3B	Deal →
54	C Candover Investments	H Hilding Anders Hilding Anders is a privately held provider of beds and mattresses company.	2006-12-27	Lbo	$1.3B	Deal →
55	C Constellation Brands	V Vincor International Vincor International operates as a premier wine company.	2006-04-03	Acquisition	$1.3B	Deal →
56	P Publicis Groupe	D Digitas DigitasLBi operates as a marketing and technology agency that transforms busines…	2006-12-20	Acquisition	$1.3B	Deal →
57	V Valassis	A Advo Inc ADVO entered the direct mail industry as a solo mailer in 1946, and in 1980 intr…	2006-07-06	Acquisition	$1.3B	Deal →
58	A Apache Corp	B BP - Gulf of Mexico Shelf Producing Properties BP - Gulf of Mexico Shelf Producing is a provider of oil and gas production serv…	2006-04-19	Acquisition	$1.3B	Deal →
59	F Frontier Communications	C Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises operates as a telecommunications company.	2006-09-18	Acquisition	$1.3B	Deal →
60	O Oldcastle Materials, Inc.	A APAC Holdings, Inc. APAC Holdings, Inc. manufactures aggregates, asphalt, and ready-mixed concrete. …	2006-10-01	Acquisition	$1.3B	Deal →
61	C CVC Capital Partners	D DCA Group DCA Group is a Australian healthcare services company committed to the health an…	2006-09-25	Acquisition	$1.3B	Deal →
62	A Arle Capital Partners	H Hilding Anders Hilding Anders is a privately held provider of beds and mattresses company.	2006-11-02	Acquisition	$1.3B	Deal →
63	K Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.	P ProSiebenSat.1 Media ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE is a mass media company operating television, radio stat…	2006-12-15	Management Buyout	$1.3B	Deal →
64	N Nomura	I Instinet Instinet, along with its subsidiaries, provides online security brokerage and el…	2006-11-02	Acquisition	$1.2B	Deal →
65	N NRDC Equity Partners	L Lord & Taylor Lord & Taylor is a seller of clothing, handbags, jewelry, and other fashion acce…	2006-06-22	Acquisition	$1.2B	Deal →
66	B Brookdale Senior Living	A American Retirement American Retirement is a national senior living and health care services company…	2006-05-12	Acquisition	$1.2B	Deal →
67	L L'Oreal	T The Body Shop International The Body Shop International is a British cosmetics, skin care and perfume compan…	2006-03-17	Acquisition	$1.1B	Deal →
68	P Persimmon Homes	W Westbury Westbury operates as a homebuilding company.	2006-01-16	Merge	$1.1B	Deal →
69	P Permira	T Telepizza Telepizza Unique and inimitable pizzas with fresh dough and carefully selected n…	2006-01-01	Lbo	$1.1B	Deal →
70	P Permira	S Sisal Group Sisal Group operates as gaming and betting company.	2006-10-18	Lbo	$1.1B	Deal →
71	C Catlin Group	W Wellington Underwriting Wellington Underwriting specializes in underwriting solutions and services for b…	2006-10-31	Merge	$1.1B	Deal →
72	M Merck	S Sirna Therapeutics Sirna Therapeutics is a biotechnology company exploring the use of RNA interfere…	2006-10-30	Acquisition	$1.1B	Deal →
73	F Florida Bank Group	H Harbor Florida Bancshares Harbor Florida Bancshares is a newly created Delaware corporation.	2006-07-11	Acquisition	$1.1B	Deal →
74	V Veolia Environmental Solutions	V Veolia ES Cleanaway Veolia ES Cleanaway provides collection, recovery, recycling, disposal, waste tr…	2006-06-30	Acquisition	$1.1B	Deal →
75	B Bridgestone Corporation	B Bandag Tire Solutions	2006-12-05	Acquisition	$1.1B	Deal →
76	P Prospect Hill Growth Partners	A Advantage Solutions Advantage Solutions is a premier sales and committed to building brand value for…	2006-01-01	Acquisition	$1.1B	Deal →
77	D Dana Gas	C Centurion Energy International Centurion Energy International offers oil and gas production and exploration ser…	2006-11-12	Acquisition	$1.0B	Deal →
78	S Sunbelt Rentals	N NationsRent NationsRent, Inc. offers rental equipments for construction and industrial custo…	2006-09-01	Acquisition	$1.0B	Deal →
79	C Caterpillar	P Progress Rail Services Progress Rail Services Corporation traces its roots to a recycling company found…	2006-05-16	Acquisition	$1.0B	Deal →
80	W Washington Mutual	C Commercial Capital Bancorp Commercial Capital Bancorp is one of the largest independent banking organizatio…	2006-04-23	Acquisition	$983.0M	Deal →
81	H Husqvarna	G Gardena Gardena manufactures garden tools, garden ponds and pumps, and electric garden p…	2006-12-21	Acquisition	$961.8M	Deal →
82	M MBK Partners	C China Network Systems China Network Systems is a cable television and broadband system operating compa…	2006-10-18	Acquisition	$932.0M	Deal →
83	H Hellman & Friedman	G Gartmore Investment Management Gartmore Investment Management is a Boston-based fund manager that offers asset …	2006-07-05	Acquisition	$919.1M	Deal →
84	G Genentech	T Tanox Tanox, Inc. is a a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery and developme…	2006-11-09	Acquisition	$919.0M	Deal →
85	K Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.	A Aricent Aricent, a tech and outsourcing company, provides communication services to app,…	2006-04-18	Lbo	$900.0M	Deal →
86	N Nestle	U Uncle Tobys Uncle Tobys is the breakfast cereals and other breakfast food products.	2006-05-23	Acquisition	$890.0M	Deal →
87	J Jabil	T Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Taiwan Green Point Enterprises is a manufacturer of casing for mobile phone hand…	2006-11-22	Acquisition	$875.0M	Deal →
88	P Philips	A Avent Holdings Avent Holdings is provides the design and manufacturer of baby feeding products …	2006-05-23	Acquisition	$866.2M	Deal →
89	D Deutsche Bank	B Berliner Bank Vorstellung der Berliner Filialen mit Online Banking, Brokerage.	2006-06-21	Acquisition	$856.0M	Deal →
90	T Telecom Italia	A AOL - Internet access business Germany AOL is a web portal and online service provider offering news, email (AOL Mail),…	2006-09-18	Acquisition	$854.0M	Deal →
91	D Diamond Castle Holdings	N NES Rentals Holdings NES Rentals Holdings delivers a full range of safe, reliable and productive equi…	2006-05-25	Acquisition	$850.0M	Deal →
92	M Micron Technology	L Lexar Lexar is a trusted leading global brand of memory solutions which includes memor…	2006-03-08	Acquisition	$850.0M	Deal →
93	S Smithfield	P Premium Standard Farms Premium Standard Farms was founded in 1988 with the goal of creating a standardi…	2006-09-18	Acquisition	$810.0M	Deal →
94	P Premier Foods	C Campbell Soup Company UK Campbell Soup Company UK have produced soups that have graced the cupboard shelv…	2006-03-24	Acquisition	$799.8M	Deal →
95	Q Quantum	A ADIC (Advanced Digital Information Corporation) An American manufacturer of tape libraries and storage management software	2006-08-23	Acquisition	$770.0M	Deal →
96	P Permira	A Aearo One of the leaders in the hearing, eye, face, head and respiratory protection se…	2006-02-01	Acquisition	$765.0M	Deal →
97	M Move	H Homestore.com Move Inc operates an online network of websites that enable users to find, rent,…	2006-02-22	Acquisition	$761.0M	Deal →
98	P Philips	P Philips Lifeline Philips Lifeline offers the Lifeline Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) a…	2006-01-20	Acquisition	$750.0M	Deal →
99	C Croda International	U Uniqema Nederland Uniqema Nederland develops, manufactures, and supplies oleochemicals and their d…	2006-06-29	Acquisition	$745.4M	Deal →
100	I IBM	M MRO Software MRO Software engages in the development, marketing, sale, and distribution of st…	2006-08-03	Acquisition	$740.0M	Deal →

Every Acquisition Announced in 2006