Every Acquisition Announced in 2012

All 5,599 M&A deals announced during 2012, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

5,599
Deals announced
$406.1B
Total value
$408.6M
Avg deal
$13.0B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
201
Wilsonart
Wilsonart is a manufacturer and distributor of High-Pressure Laminates and other…
2012-08-16 Acquisition $395.0M Deal →
202
Safran Power U.S.A. LLC
Safran Power U.S.A. LLC manufactures and distributes aircraft electrical generat…
2012-10-16 Acquisition $391.5M Deal →
203
North American Breweries
North American Breweries produces and sells alcoholic beverages.
2012-10-26 Acquisition $388.0M Deal →
204
ASCO Group
ASCO Group provides supply chain management services to the oil and gas sector a…
2012-01-09 Lbo $386.2M Deal →
205
Viking Range
Viking Range manufactures commercial kitchen equipment. The company offers cooki…
2012-12-31 Acquisition $380.0M Deal →
206
Gaikai
Gaikai is a video game streaming platform that utilizes cloud-based gaming techn…
2012-07-02 Acquisition $380.0M Deal →
207
NES Global Talent
NES Global Talent is a professional staffing firm with revenues exceeding $1B an…
2012-10-05 Acquisition $378.2M Deal →
208
Spring Energy Norway
Spring Energy Norway is explores, extracts, develops, and produces oil and gas p…
2012-12-11 Acquisition $372.3M Deal →
209
Gasmedi
Home healthcare
2012-07-19 Acquisition $371.7M Deal →
210
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Lepage Bakeries
Lepage Bakeries is a privately held baking company, engages in the manufacture a…
2012-07-01 Acquisition $370.0M Deal →
211
Fleet One
Fleet One is a leading provider of fuel charge cards and management information …
2012-10-08 Acquisition $369.0M Deal →
212
Specialist Distribution Group
Specialist Distribution Group is an IT company that distributes technology produ…
2012-09-05 Acquisition $361.1M Deal →
213
Plej
Plej is a provider of payment and marketing software for affinity groups and ret…
2012-12-01 Acquisition $361.0M Deal →
214
Litle & Co
Litle & Co. offers payment, e-check processing, 3D secure, international payment…
2012-10-31 Acquisition $361.0M Deal →
215
Jurlique
Jurlique is a dynamic company that specializes in offering bio-dynamic farming, …
2012-02-15 Acquisition $358.0M Deal →
216
AuthenTec
AuthenTec is a tech security company providing computer and mobile safety, ident…
2012-07-27 Acquisition $356.0M Deal →
217
Zenprise
Zenprise offers secure mobile device management, protecting all layers of the mo…
2012-12-06 Acquisition $355.0M Deal →
218
Navilyst Medical
Navilyst Medical engages in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of med…
2012-01-31 Acquisition $355.0M Deal →
219
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Deloro Stellite Group
Deloro Stellite Group is a global manufacturer and provider of alloy-based criti…
2012-01-07 Acquisition $353.2M Deal →
220
SkinMedica
SkinMedica is focused on developing, acquiring, and commercializing products tha…
2012-11-16 Acquisition $350.0M Deal →
221
Wildfire
Wildfire is a provider of enterprise social media marketing software.
2012-07-31 Acquisition $350.0M Deal →
222
Central Parking System
Central Parking System provides professional parking management.
2012-02-29 Acquisition $350.0M Deal →
223
Avila Therapeutics
Avila Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on the development of cova…
2012-01-26 Acquisition $350.0M Deal →
224
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Lodestone Holding
A global consulting firm advising international companies on strategy and proces…
2012-09-10 Acquisition $349.0M Deal →
225
MediConnect Global (MCG)
MediConnect Global provides online medical records retrieval and transmission se…
2012-03-23 Acquisition $348.6M Deal →
226
Prodigy Gold
Prodigy Gold engages in the exploration and development of gold and uranium prop…
2012-12-11 Acquisition $341.0M Deal →
227
Caribou Coffee Company
Caribou Coffee, they believe this to be true: that if passion, hard work and exc…
2012-12-17 Acquisition $340.0M Deal →
228
Orange County Container Group
Orange County Container Group Orange County Container Group is a private corruga…
2012-09-24 Acquisition $340.0M Deal →
229
IRIS International
IRIS International facilitates material sourcing for pharmaceutical, health, foo…
2012-09-17 Acquisition $338.0M Deal →
230
TMW Systems
TMW Systems develops dispatch, transportation, logistics and operations software…
2012-08-27 Acquisition $335.0M Deal →
231
Synventive Molding Solutions
Synventive Molding Solutions is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hot …
2012-08-27 Acquisition $335.0M Deal →
232
Alegeus
Alegeus is the market leader in consumer directed healthcare solutions supportin…
2012-06-25 Acquisition $335.0M Deal →
233
SeaMicro
SeaMicrois develops solutions that address power inefficiencies in data centers.
2012-02-29 Acquisition $334.0M Deal →
234
Miranda Technologies
Miranda Technologies develops, manufactures and markets high-performance hardwar…
2012-06-05 Acquisition $331.8M Deal →
235
Dunkermotoren GmbH
Dunkermotoren GmbH offers innovative, economic and high-quality drive technology…
2012-04-26 Acquisition $330.6M Deal →
236
Stofa
Stofa provides radio, cable TV, broadband, and telephony services to residential…
2012-10-25 Acquisition $329.9M Deal →
237
Gala Coral Group
Gala Coral Group is a leading betting and gaming companies, with established ret…
2012-05-12 Acquisition $329.9M Deal →
238
Fitness First UK
Fitness First UK is provides a variety of exercise and health and wellness produ…
2012-12-30 Acquisition $329.8M Deal →
239
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KA Steel Chemicals
KA Steel Chemicals is a distributor of caustic soda in North America.
2012-07-18 Acquisition $328.0M Deal →
240
Convio
Convio provides software and services enabling non-profit organizations to raise…
2012-01-17 Acquisition $325.0M Deal →
241
Amobee
Amobee is a global digital marketing technology company and a wholly owned subsi…
2012-03-05 Acquisition $321.0M Deal →
242
Young Innovations
Young Innovations consistently adheres to a three-pronged strategy for growth – …
2012-12-05 Lbo $315.0M Deal →
243
KAI Pharmaceuticals
KAI Pharmaceuticals discovers and develops novel therapeutics for cardiovascular…
2012-04-10 Acquisition $315.0M Deal →
244
Oxford Aviation Academy
Oxford Aviation Academy a.n initiation flight training network and it provides i…
2012-05-16 Acquisition $314.0M Deal →
245
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EasyLink Services International Corp
EasyLink Services International is a global provider of cloud-based electronic m…
2012-05-01 Acquisition $310.0M Deal →
246
Oridion
Oridion provides life saving solutions for patient monitoring with its Microstre…
2012-04-06 Acquisition $310.0M Deal →
247
Numara Software
IT Operations Management
2012-01-30 Acquisition $305.9M Deal →
248
Vermont Hard Cider Company, LLC
Vermont Hard Cider Company is a food & beverages company that offers hard cider.
2012-10-23 Acquisition $305.0M Deal →
249
T-Chek Systems
T-Chek Systems is helps businesses turn spending data into real business intelli…
2012-10-16 Acquisition $302.5M Deal →
250
Precision Dynamics Corporation
Precision Dynamics Corporation is a manufacturer of healthcare identification pr…
2012-12-28 Acquisition $300.0M Deal →