All 5,692 M&A deals announced during 2013, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.
| # | Acquirer | Acquired | Date | Type | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TNK-BP
Public global oil & energy company
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2013-03-21 | Acquisition | $55.0B | Deal → | |
| 2 |
Kraft Heinz (formerly H.J. Heinz Company).
The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company manufactures thou…
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2013-02-14 | Lbo | $28.0B | Deal → | |
| 3 |
Virgin Media
Virgin Media is a UK-based company offering TV, broadband, landline phone and ce…
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2013-02-05 | Acquisition | $23.3B | Deal → | |
| 4 |
Yankee Candle Company
The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. is the leading designer, manufacturer, wholesale…
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2013-09-03 | Acquisition | $15.0B | Deal → | |
| 5 |
Onyx Pharmaceuticals
Onyx Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the l…
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2013-08-24 | Acquisition | $10.5B | Deal → | |
| 6 |
Kabel Deutschland
Kabel Deutschland is the largest cable television operator in Germany.
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2013-06-24 | Acquisition | $10.4B | Deal → | |
| 7 |
Bausch & Lomb
Bausch & Lomb is an eye health company bringing visionary Ideas to Eye Health.
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2013-05-28 | Acquisition | $8.7B | Deal → | |
| 8 |
Elan Corporation
Elan Corporation, plc is a biotechnology company committs to make a difference i…
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2013-08-05 | Acquisition | $8.6B | Deal → | |
| 9 |
Warner Chilcott
Warner Chilcott is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
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2013-05-20 | Merge | $8.5B | Deal → | |
| 10 |
Coventry Healthcare
Coventry Healthcare provides a full range of risk- and fee-based managed healthc…
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2013-03-07 | Acquisition | $7.3B | Deal → | |
| 11 |
Molex
Molex supplies electronic interconnect solutions and connectivity products for a…
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2013-09-09 | Acquisition | $7.2B | Deal → | |
| 12 |
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Nokia - Devices & Services Business
Nokia - Devices & Services Business develops and manufactures mobile phones.
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2013-09-03 | Acquisition | $7.2B | Deal → | |
| 13 |
LSI Logic
LSI Logic provides silicon, systems and software technologies for products that …
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2013-12-16 | Acquisition | $6.6B | Deal → | |
| 14 |
Neiman Marcus Group
Neiman Marcus Group is a luxury fashion retail company for men and women.
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2013-09-09 | — | $6.0B | Deal → | |
| 15 |
Maroc Telecom
Maroc Telecom, ou IAM, est le premier opérateur téléphonique pour les particulie…
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2013-11-05 | Acquisition | $5.7B | Deal → | |
| 16 |
Celesio
Celesio AG, an international trading company, provides logistics and services in…
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2013-10-24 | Acquisition | $5.4B | Deal → | |
| 17 |
Copano Energy
Copano Energy is a national natural gas distributor and supplier in the U.S..
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2013-01-30 | Acquisition | $5.0B | Deal → | |
| 18 |
Axalta Coating Systems
Axalta Coating Systems specializes in coatings for various industrial applicatio…
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2013-02-01 | Acquisition | $4.9B | Deal → | |
| 19 |
Smithfield
Smithfield Foods produces and markets packaged meats and fresh pork products for…
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2013-05-29 | Acquisition | $4.7B | Deal → | |
| 20 |
Unisource Energy Corporation
Unisource Energy Corporation, a utility that delivers natural gas and electric s…
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2013-12-11 | Acquisition | $4.5B | Deal → | |
| 21 |
Springer
Partner for Research and Practice
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2013-06-19 | Management Buyout | $4.4B | Deal → | |
| 22 |
ViroPharma
ViroPharma, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commerci…
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2013-11-11 | Acquisition | $4.2B | Deal → | |
| 23 |
Grohe
GROHE is Germany’s premier sanitary fittings brand and a world-leader in the bat…
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2013-09-25 | Acquisition | $4.1B | Deal → | |
| 24 |
ista International
ista International manufactures and provides energy measuring solutions.
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2013-04-19 | Lbo | $4.0B | Deal → | |
| 25 |
Gambro
Gambro is a medical technology company.
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2013-09-06 | Acquisition | $3.9B | Deal → | |
| 26 |
Springer
Partner for Research and Practice
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2013-06-19 | Lbo | $3.3B | Deal → | |
| 27 |
Algeta
Algeta is an oncology company, focused on developing targeted therapies for pati…
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2013-12-19 | Acquisition | $2.9B | Deal → | |
| 28 |
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue is a fashion retailer of apparels, bags, shoes, and accessorie…
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2013-11-04 | Merge | $2.9B | Deal → | |
| 29 |
Lender Processing Services
Lender Processing Services provides integrated technology and outsourced service…
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2013-05-28 | Acquisition | $2.9B | Deal → | |
| 30 |
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Ameristar Casinos
Ameristar Casinos, Inc. develops, owns, and operates casinos and related facilit…
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2013-08-14 | Acquisition | $2.8B | Deal → | |
| 31 |
Scout24
Scout24 operates digital marketplaces in the real estate & automotive sectors.
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2013-12-21 | Lbo | $2.7B | Deal → | |
| 32 |
Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company
Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company is a construction company and a real estate dev…
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2013-11-04 | Acquisition | $2.7B | Deal → | |
| 33 |
Sourcefire
Sourcefire provides enterprise threat management solutions for IT infrastructure…
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2013-07-23 | Acquisition | $2.7B | Deal → | |
| 34 |
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Longview Timber
Longview Timber as well as produces and sells log products, such as cabin logs, …
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2013-07-23 | Acquisition | $2.6B | Deal → | |
| 35 |
AZ Electronic S.A.
AZ Electronic Materials through its subsidiaries, produces and supplies specialt…
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2013-12-05 | Acquisition | $2.6B | Deal → | |
| 36 |
Santarus
Santarus, Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, de…
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2013-11-07 | Acquisition | $2.6B | Deal → | |
| 37 |
Metropolitan Real Estate
Metropolitan Real Estate has exclusively sponsored and managed closed-end privat…
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2013-11-01 | Acquisition | $2.6B | Deal → | |
| 38 |
Seara Alimentos
Seara Alimentos is a company who produces and markets processed meat, pork, and …
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2013-06-10 | Acquisition | $2.5B | Deal → | |
| 39 |
ExactTarget
ExactTarget provides on-demand one-to-one email marketing software applications.
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2013-06-04 | Acquisition | $2.5B | Deal → | |
| 40 |
Oxea
is a manufacturing company that provides a wide range of oxo intermediates and o…
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2013-10-10 | Acquisition | $2.4B | Deal → | |
| 41 |
CSL
CSL develops innovative biotherapies and influenza vaccines that save lives, and…
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2013-12-20 | Acquisition | $2.4B | Deal → | |
| 42 |
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Impress Metal Packaging Ltd.
Impress Metal Packaging Ltd provides metal packaging solutions for consumer good…
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2013-01-30 | Acquisition | $2.3B | Deal → | |
| 43 |
CapitalSource
CapitalSource bank offers commercial loans and depository products and services …
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2013-09-01 | Acquisition | $2.3B | Deal → | |
| 44 |
Coastal Energy
Coastal Energy Company engages in the exploration, development, and production o…
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2013-11-19 | Acquisition | $2.2B | Deal → | |
| 45 |
Caplease
Adding Quality Office & Industrial Assets
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2013-05-28 | Acquisition | $2.2B | Deal → | |
| 46 |
Acme Packet
Acme Packet provides voice, data and communications services and applications ac…
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2013-02-04 | Acquisition | $2.1B | Deal → | |
| 47 |
AssuraMed
AssuraMed is a medical supply distributing company for diabetes, ostomy, wound c…
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2013-02-14 | Acquisition | $2.1B | Deal → | |
| 48 |
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General Parts International
General Parts International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes automot…
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2013-10-16 | Acquisition | $2.0B | Deal → | |
| 49 |
SoftLayer
SoftLayer is a cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service provider integrating phys…
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2013-06-04 | Acquisition | $2.0B | Deal → | |
| 50 |
CeramTec
CeramTec is an international manufacturer and supplier of technical ceramics.
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2013-06-16 | Acquisition | $2.0B | Deal → |