Every Acquisition Announced in 2014

All 7,395 M&A deals announced during 2014, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

7,395
Deals announced
$1142.3B
Total value
$718.4M
Avg deal
$70.5B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
51
Claritev Corporation
Claritev Corporation is a healthcare technology company that provides affordabil…
2014-02-17 Acquisition $4.4B Deal →
52
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles designs, engineers, manufactures, and sells vehicles a…
2014-01-02 Merge $4.3B Deal →
53
TIBCO
TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smart…
2014-09-29 Lbo $4.3B Deal →
54
Glimcher Realty Trust
Glimcher Realty Trust (NYSE: GRT) is one of the country's leading retail real es…
2014-09-17 Acquisition $4.3B Deal →
55
URS Corporation
URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical…
2014-07-13 Acquisition $4.0B Deal →
56
Jazztel
Jazztel is a telecommunications firm that offers and operates mobile telephony a…
2014-09-15 Acquisition $3.9B Deal →
57
Idenix Pharmaceuticals
Idenix Pharmaceuticals is focused on the discovery and development of drugs for …
2014-06-09 Acquisition $3.9B Deal →
58
Publicis Sapient
Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
2014-11-03 Acquisition $3.7B Deal →
59
Arysta Life Science
Arysta LifeScience is a platform specialty products company focused on helping i…
2014-10-20 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
60
Riverbed Technology
Riverbed Technology is an information technology company that develops network a…
2014-12-15 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
61
Avanir Pharmaceuticals
Avanir Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on providing medic…
2014-12-01 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
62
Trulia
Trulia is a home and neighborhood site for buyers and renters to find homes and …
2014-07-28 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
63
Nutreco
Nutreco produces and sells animal nutrition and acqafeed.
2014-10-20 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
64
Comdata
Comdata Group, with 331 million revenues in FY 2015 and 16,500 employees.
2014-08-12 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
65
Motorola Solutions - Enterprise Business
Motorola Solutions - Enterprise Business is in mobile computing and advanced dat…
2014-04-15 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
66
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, Inc. is a publicly registered, non-traded r…
2014-08-05 Acquisition $3.4B Deal →
67
OneWest Bank
OneWest Bank is focused on delivering personalized, relationship-based banking t…
2014-07-22 Acquisition $3.4B Deal →
68
Ranbaxy Laboratories
Ranbaxy Laboratories is a pharmaceutical company that manufactures and markets a…
2014-04-06 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
69
Nest Labs
Nest Labs is a home automation company manufacturing sensor-driven, Wi-Fi-enable…
2014-01-01 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
70
United Biscuits
United Biscuits is a company that provides biscuits.
2014-11-01 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
71
Nets
Nets is a provider of payments, card, and information services with an ambition.
2014-03-24 Acquisition $3.1B Deal →
72
Amec Foster Wheeler
Amec Foster Wheeler designs, delivers, and maintains strategic assets for its cu…
2014-01-13 Merge $3.1B Deal →
73
Flokk
Flokk design, development and production of workplace furniture.
2014-07-07 Lbo $3.1B Deal →
74
AltaLink
AltaLink is Alberta’s largest regulated electricity transmission company.
2014-05-02 Acquisition $3.1B Deal →
75
Rottapharm
Rottapharm’s long history of success began in 1961 with the creation of a small …
2014-07-31 Acquisition $3.1B Deal →
76
International Rectifier
International Rectifier Corporation (IR) designs, manufactures and markets power…
2014-08-20 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
77
QR Energy
QR Energy is focused on the low-risk development of mature, conventional assets …
2014-07-24 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
78
WILD Flavors
WILD focuses on outstanding flavor, functionality, quality, and safety of its pr…
2014-07-07 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
79
Beats Electronics
Beats Electronics offers premium consumer headphones, earphones and speakers, so…
2014-05-28 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
80
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC)
International Lease Finance Corporation provides fleet management services and a…
2014-05-15 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
81
Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
Motorola exists to invent, build and deliver the best mobile devices on the plan…
2014-01-29 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
82
Sky Deutschland
Sky Deutschland AG is the pay-TV company in Germany and Austria.
2014-07-25 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
83
CFR Pharmaceuticals
CFR Pharmaceuticals develops, manufactures and commercializes branded specialty …
2014-05-15 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
84
Aptalis Pharma
Aptalis Pharma develops and markets therapies for the treatment of gastrointesti…
2014-01-08 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
85
Firth Rixson
Firth Rixson is a world-leading provider of Seamless Rolled Rings, Closed Die Fo…
2014-06-26 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
86
Salt Mobile
Salt Mobile (formerly Orange Switzerland) provides mobile communications service…
2014-12-18 Lbo $2.8B Deal →
87
Taminco
Taminco (NYSE: TAM) is a global specialty chemical company, with a clear focus o…
2014-09-11 Acquisition $2.8B Deal →
88
TriZetto
TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management. With technology solutions…
2014-09-15 Acquisition $2.7B Deal →
89
Russell Investments
Russell Investment Group a global leader in multi-manager investment services, p…
2014-06-24 Acquisition $2.7B Deal →
90
Sivantos
Sivantos Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hearing aids.
2014-11-06 Acquisition $2.7B Deal →
91
AGR
AGR is a global energy services and software company operating in all major hydr…
2014-07-21 Lbo $2.6B Deal →
92
D
Danaher - Communications
Danaher - Communications is a global cybersecurity and IT management company.
2014-10-13 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
93
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AUXL) was founded in 1999 to develop and marke…
2014-09-16 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
94
OpenTable
OpenTable operates as an online restaurant booking service that enables guests t…
2014-06-13 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
95
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust is focused on acquiring and owning a ba…
2014-06-02 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
96
Susquehanna
Susquehanna is a regional financial services holding company with assets of appr…
2014-11-12 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
97
Iusacell compañía
Iusacell fue la primera empresa en introducir a México la telefonía celular,
2014-11-07 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
98
Mojang Studios
Mojang is a Swedish game developer creating independent video games such as Mine…
2014-09-15 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
99
Compuware
Compuware provides enterprise software and IT services for IT portfolio manageme…
2014-09-02 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
100
Catalina
Catalina’s personalized digital media drives loyalty and measurable sales outcom…
2014-03-24 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →