Every Acquisition Announced in 2013

All 5,692 M&A deals announced during 2013, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

5,692
Deals announced
$549.3B
Total value
$512.4M
Avg deal
$55.0B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
1
TNK-BP
Public global oil & energy company
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…
2013-02-14 Lbo $28.0B Deal →
3
Virgin Media
Virgin Media is a UK-based company offering TV, broadband, landline phone and ce…
2013-02-05 Acquisition $23.3B Deal →
4
Yankee Candle Company
The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. is the leading designer, manufacturer, wholesale…
2013-09-03 Acquisition $15.0B Deal →
5
Onyx Pharmaceuticals
Onyx Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the l…
2013-08-24 Acquisition $10.5B Deal →
6
Kabel Deutschland
Kabel Deutschland is the largest cable television operator in Germany.
2013-06-24 Acquisition $10.4B Deal →
7
Bausch & Lomb
Bausch & Lomb is an eye health company bringing visionary Ideas to Eye Health.
2013-05-28 Acquisition $8.7B Deal →
8
Elan Corporation
Elan Corporation, plc is a biotechnology company committs to make a difference i…
2013-08-05 Acquisition $8.6B Deal →
9
Warner Chilcott
Warner Chilcott is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
2013-05-20 Merge $8.5B Deal →
10
Coventry Healthcare
Coventry Healthcare provides a full range of risk- and fee-based managed healthc…
2013-03-07 Acquisition $7.3B Deal →
11
Molex
Molex supplies electronic interconnect solutions and connectivity products for a…
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.
2013-09-03 Acquisition $7.2B Deal →
13
LSI Logic
LSI Logic provides silicon, systems and software technologies for products that …
2013-12-16 Acquisition $6.6B Deal →
14
Neiman Marcus Group
Neiman Marcus Group is a luxury fashion retail company for men and women.
2013-09-09 $6.0B Deal →
15
Maroc Telecom
Maroc Telecom, ou IAM, est le premier opérateur téléphonique pour les particulie…
2013-11-05 Acquisition $5.7B Deal →
16
Celesio
Celesio AG, an international trading company, provides logistics and services in…
2013-10-24 Acquisition $5.4B Deal →
17
Copano Energy
Copano Energy is a national natural gas distributor and supplier in the U.S..
2013-01-30 Acquisition $5.0B Deal →
18
Axalta Coating Systems
Axalta Coating Systems specializes in coatings for various industrial applicatio…
2013-02-01 Acquisition $4.9B Deal →
19
Smithfield
Smithfield Foods produces and markets packaged meats and fresh pork products for…
2013-05-29 Acquisition $4.7B Deal →
20
Unisource Energy Corporation
Unisource Energy Corporation, a utility that delivers natural gas and electric s…
2013-12-11 Acquisition $4.5B Deal →
21
Springer
Partner for Research and Practice
2013-06-19 Management Buyout $4.4B Deal →
22
ViroPharma
ViroPharma, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commerci…
2013-11-11 Acquisition $4.2B Deal →
23
Grohe
GROHE is Germany’s premier sanitary fittings brand and a world-leader in the bat…
2013-09-25 Acquisition $4.1B Deal →
24
ista International
ista International manufactures and provides energy measuring solutions.
2013-04-19 Lbo $4.0B Deal →
25
Gambro
Gambro is a medical technology company.
2013-09-06 Acquisition $3.9B Deal →
26
Springer
Partner for Research and Practice
2013-06-19 Lbo $3.3B Deal →
27
Algeta
Algeta is an oncology company, focused on developing targeted therapies for pati…
2013-12-19 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
28
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue is a fashion retailer of apparels, bags, shoes, and accessorie…
2013-11-04 Merge $2.9B Deal →
29
Lender Processing Services
Lender Processing Services provides integrated technology and outsourced service…
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…
2013-08-14 Acquisition $2.8B Deal →
31
Scout24
Scout24 operates digital marketplaces in the real estate & automotive sectors.
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…
2013-11-04 Acquisition $2.7B Deal →
33
Sourcefire
Sourcefire provides enterprise threat management solutions for IT infrastructure…
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, …
2013-07-23 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
35
AZ Electronic S.A.
AZ Electronic Materials through its subsidiaries, produces and supplies specialt…
2013-12-05 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
36
Santarus
Santarus, Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, de…
2013-11-07 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
37
Metropolitan Real Estate
Metropolitan Real Estate has exclusively sponsored and managed closed-end privat…
2013-11-01 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
38
Seara Alimentos
Seara Alimentos is a company who produces and markets processed meat, pork, and …
2013-06-10 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
39
ExactTarget
ExactTarget provides on-demand one-to-one email marketing software applications.
2013-06-04 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
40
Oxea
is a manufacturing company that provides a wide range of oxo intermediates and o…
2013-10-10 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
41
CSL
CSL develops innovative biotherapies and influenza vaccines that save lives, and…
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…
2013-01-30 Acquisition $2.3B Deal →
43
CapitalSource
CapitalSource bank offers commercial loans and depository products and services …
2013-09-01 Acquisition $2.3B Deal →
44
Coastal Energy
Coastal Energy Company engages in the exploration, development, and production o…
2013-11-19 Acquisition $2.2B Deal →
45
Caplease
Adding Quality Office & Industrial Assets
2013-05-28 Acquisition $2.2B Deal →
46
Acme Packet
Acme Packet provides voice, data and communications services and applications ac…
2013-02-04 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
47
AssuraMed
AssuraMed is a medical supply distributing company for diabetes, ostomy, wound c…
2013-02-14 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
48
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General Parts International
General Parts International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes automot…
2013-10-16 Acquisition $2.0B Deal →
49
SoftLayer
SoftLayer is a cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service provider integrating phys…
2013-06-04 Acquisition $2.0B Deal →
50
CeramTec
CeramTec is an international manufacturer and supplier of technical ceramics.
2013-06-16 Acquisition $2.0B Deal →