Every Acquisition Announced in 2011

All 5,317 M&A deals announced during 2011, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

5,317
Deals announced
$459.1B
Total value
$485.3M
Avg deal
$29.1B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
1
Medco Health Solutions
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) is pioneering the world's most advanced…
2011-07-21 Merge $29.1B Deal →
2
El Paso Corporation
El Paso Corporation provides natural gas and related energy products in a safe, …
2011-10-18 Acquisition $21.1B Deal →
3
Nycomed Pharma
Nycomed is a privately owned global pharmaceutical company with a diversified po…
2011-05-19 Acquisition $13.7B Deal →
4
Pharmasset
Developing and commercializing novel drugs to treat viral infections.
2011-11-21 Acquisition $11.0B Deal →
5
Foster Hospitality Group
Foster Hospitality Group provides life-enriching communities that emphasize exce…
2011-09-22 Acquisition $10.0B Deal →
6
Cairn India Ltd
Cairn India Limited engages in the exploration, development, and production of o…
2011-12-08 Acquisition $8.7B Deal →
7
Skype
Skype provides a telecommunications platform that offers free video chat and voi…
2011-05-10 $8.5B Deal →
8
Constellation Energy
Constellation Energy is an energy company that provides natural gas and renewabl…
2011-04-28 Merge $7.9B Deal →
9
Equinox Minerals
Equinox Minerals engages in the mining and exploration of mineral properties.
2011-04-25 Acquisition $7.7B Deal →
10
Cephalon
Cephalon is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, develop…
2011-05-02 Acquisition $6.8B Deal →
11
Beckman Coulter
Beckman Coulter develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify & auto…
2011-02-07 Acquisition $6.8B Deal →
12
Nalco Holding Company
Nalco Holding Company is a water solutions provider for industrial markets to sa…
2011-07-21 Merge $5.4B Deal →
13
Del Monte Foods
Del Monte Foods is one of the country's largest and most well-known producers, d…
2011-03-08 Lbo $5.3B Deal →
14
De Beers
De Beers offers diamond exploration, diamond mining, and diamond retail.
2011-11-04 Acquisition $5.1B Deal →
15
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates designs, manufactures, markets, and of…
2011-05-04 Acquisition $4.9B Deal →
16
Rhodia
Rhodia specializes in fine chemistry, synthetic fibers, and polymers.
2011-04-04 Acquisition $4.8B Deal →
17
DPL, Inc.
DPL Inc. is a regional energy company.
2011-04-20 Acquisition $4.7B Deal →
18
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Kabel Baden-Württemberg
Kabel Baden-Württemberg is a Germany’s first large triple-play provider, offerin…
2011-03-22 Lbo $4.5B Deal →
19
Brigham Exploration
Brigham is an independent exploration and production company.
2011-10-17 Acquisition $4.4B Deal →
20
Diversey
Diversey offers a vast range of commercial cleaning, sanitation, and hygiene sol…
2011-06-01 Acquisition $4.3B Deal →
21
Baldor Electric Company
Baldor is a leading marketer, designer and manufacturer of energy-saving industr…
2011-01-27 Acquisition $4.2B Deal →
22
Northumbrian Water
Northumbrian Water provides water and sewage services and offers extra support a…
2011-08-02 Acquisition $3.9B Deal →
23
Cigna HealthSpring
HealthSpring is a health service company offering personalized healthcare soluti…
2011-01-01 Acquisition $3.8B Deal →
24
NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems is a high-performance intelligent semiconductor solution t…
2011-09-12 Acquisition $3.7B Deal →
25
Phadia
Phadia develops, manufacture complete blood test systems to support the clinical…
2011-05-20 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
26
SuccessFactors
SuccessFactors provides cloud-based human capital management software solutions …
2011-12-03 Acquisition $3.4B Deal →
27
International Coal Group
International Coal Group produces coal in northern and central Appalachian regio…
2011-06-15 Acquisition $3.4B Deal →
28
Novellus Systems
Novellus Systems, Inc. (Novellus), together with its subsidiaries, develops, man…
2011-12-15 Acquisition $3.3B Deal →
29
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is a music company with the interests of recording and publis…
2011-05-06 Acquisition $3.3B Deal →
30
Envision Healthcare
Envision Healthcare offers array of healthcare-related services to consumers and…
2011-05-25 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
31
Converteam
Converteam is a worldwide specialist in Power Conversion engineering with the cl…
2011-03-29 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
32
Spie
Spie is a firm that focuses on performance solutions for businesses.
2011-05-31 Lbo $3.0B Deal →
33
Insight Communications
Insight Communications is a cable operator that specializes in cable offerings, …
2011-08-15 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
34
Change Healthcare
Change Healthcare is a healthcare technology company that focuses on revenue and…
2011-08-04 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
35
Global Crossing
Global Crossing is a telecommunications company providing integrated fiber optic…
2011-04-11 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
36
Dresser
Dresser is a manufacturer of infrastructure products for the energy industry.
2011-02-01 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
37
Quadra FNX Mining
Quadra FNX Mining produces and explores for copper, nickel, platinum, palladium,…
2011-12-07 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
38
American Medical Systems
American Medical Systems is a supplier of medical devices and procedures to cure…
2011-06-20 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
39
Beacon Holding
Beacon Holding is an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and funds advis…
2011-09-30 Lbo $2.8B Deal →
40
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AXA Canada
AXA Canada offers home, auto and business insurance as well as life insurance pr…
2011-05-31 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
41
CenturyLink Technology Solutions
Savvis provides cloud and managed solutions for enterprises and government clien…
2011-04-27 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
42
European Goldfields
European Goldfields Ltd. was an EU focused, Whitehorse based Canadian precious m…
2011-12-19 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
43
GSI Commerce
GSI Commerce is a tech and services company providing e-commerce, multichannel, …
2011-06-20 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
44
Elektro
Elektro provides transport and sustainable management solutions to its clients.
2011-01-21 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
45
Landis+Gyr
Landis+Gyr is focused on metering and other technologies related to the manageme…
2011-05-19 Acquisition $2.3B Deal →
46
Crucell Holland BV
Crucell researches and develops products and markets vaccines, proteins and anti…
2011-02-22 Acquisition $2.3B Deal →
47
Mey Icki
Mey Icki is an alcoholic beverage producer.
2011-08-24 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
48
Husky Injection Molding Systems
Husky Injection Molding Systems is a supplier of injection molding equipment and…
2011-05-03 Lbo $2.1B Deal →
49
Elkem
Advanced material solutions shaping a better and more sustainable future.
2011-01-11 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
50
Telvent Git
Telvent Git provides IT solutions and information services for customers in the …
2011-06-01 Acquisition $2.0B Deal →