All 8,979 M&A deals announced during 2015, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.
| # | Acquirer | Acquired | Date | Type | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SABMiller PLC
SABMiller is a brewers with more than 200 beer brands and some 70,000 employees …
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2015-10-12 | Acquisition | $103.0B | Deal → | |
| 2 |
BG Group
BG Group is a full service oil and gas company.
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2015-04-08 | Acquisition | $70.0B | Deal → | |
| 3 |
Dell EMC
Dell EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
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2015-10-11 | Acquisition | $67.0B | Deal → | |
| 4 |
Spectrum
Spectrum is a cable telecommunications company that offers a range of home enter…
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2015-05-26 | Acquisition | $56.0B | Deal → | |
| 5 |
DIRECTV
DIRECTV is an American digital entertainment services provider delivering sports…
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2015-07-24 | Acquisition | $48.5B | Deal → | |
| 6 |
Actavis
Actavis is a global, integrated specialty pharmaceutical company.
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2015-07-27 | Acquisition | $40.5B | Deal → | |
| 7 |
Precision Castparts
Precision Castparts is a metal manufacturing company that specializes in proving…
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2015-08-10 | Acquisition | $37.2B | Deal → | |
| 8 |
Broadcom
Broadcom is a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of analo…
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2015-05-28 | Acquisition | $37.0B | Deal → | |
| 9 |
Chubb
Chubb is a mortgage firm that offers risk management, property, health, personal…
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2015-06-30 | Acquisition | $28.3B | Deal → | |
| 10 |
Visa Europe
Visa Europe is a payment technology business that enables European consumers, bu…
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2015-10-30 | Acquisition | $23.3B | Deal → | |
| 11 |
Pharmacyclics
Pharmacyclics Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on disc…
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2015-03-04 | Acquisition | $21.0B | Deal → | |
| 12 |
EE
EE is a telecommunications company that provides 4G mobile and fixed fiber broad…
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2015-02-05 | Acquisition | $19.2B | Deal → | |
| 13 |
Sandisk
SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in t…
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2015-10-21 | Acquisition | $19.0B | Deal → | |
| 14 |
Cablevision Systems
Cablevision Systems Corporationis a leading telecommunications and media company…
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2015-09-16 | Acquisition | $17.7B | Deal → | |
| 15 |
Altera
Altera provides programmable logic devices and design software for various appli…
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2015-06-01 | Acquisition | $16.7B | Deal → | |
| 16 |
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent is a of provider IP and cloud networking and ultra-broadband fixe…
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2015-04-15 | Acquisition | $16.6B | Deal → | |
| 17 |
MarkWest Energy Partners
MarkWest Energy Partners processes natural gas in plays including the Marcellus …
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2015-07-13 | Acquisition | $15.8B | Deal → | |
| 18 |
Jarden
Jarden manufactures, markets, and distributes consumer products in the Unites St…
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2015-12-14 | Merge | $15.4B | Deal → | |
| 19 |
Hospira
Sahyadri Hospitals is a healthcare centre providing medical care for people.
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2015-02-05 | Acquisition | $15.0B | Deal → | |
| 20 |
Cameron
Cameron is a leading provider of flow equipment products, systems and services t…
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2015-08-26 | Acquisition | $14.8B | Deal → | |
| 21 |
Keurig Green Mountain
Keurig Green Mountain operates as a beverage company.
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2015-12-07 | Acquisition | $13.9B | Deal → | |
| 22 |
Pall
Pall Corporation is a chemical manufacturing company that provides filtration, s…
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2015-05-13 | Acquisition | $13.8B | Deal → | |
| 23 |
Airgas
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. single-source supplier of gase…
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2015-11-17 | Acquisition | $13.4B | Deal → | |
| 24 |
Omnicare
Omnicare provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and provider…
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2015-05-21 | Acquisition | $12.9B | Deal → | |
| 25 |
Catamaran Corp.
Catamaran offers a true alternative to the status quo in pharmacy benefit manage…
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2015-03-30 | Acquisition | $12.8B | Deal → | |
| 26 |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is the most global high-end hotel comp…
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2015-11-15 | Acquisition | $12.2B | Deal → | |
| 27 |
AGL Resources
AGL Resources, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 energy services holding company.
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2015-08-24 | Merge | $12.0B | Deal → | |
| 28 |
Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor creates microcontroller, processors, sensor, analog IC a…
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2015-03-02 | Acquisition | $12.0B | Deal → | |
| 29 |
Delhaize Group
Etablissements Delhaize Freres et Cie le Lion SA is a Belgium-based food retaile…
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2015-06-23 | Acquisition | $10.4B | Deal → | |
| 30 |
Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is the sixth largest owner and operator of cable systems i…
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2015-03-31 | Acquisition | $10.0B | Deal → | |
| 31 |
SunGard
SunGard is a provider software and processing solutions for the educational and …
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2015-08-12 | Acquisition | $9.3B | Deal → | |
| 32 |
Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink Communications, formerly Cebridge Connections, is the 9th largest pro…
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2015-05-20 | Acquisition | $9.1B | Deal → | |
| 33 |
Sikorsky Aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft designs and manufactures helicopters and aircrafts and provide…
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2015-07-20 | Acquisition | $9.0B | Deal → | |
| 34 |
Asciano Limited
Asciano was first listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on 6 June, 2007 b…
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2015-08-17 | Acquisition | $8.8B | Deal → | |
| 35 |
Plum Creek Timber Company
Plum Creek is one of the largest landowners in the nation and the most geographi…
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2015-11-09 | Acquisition | $8.4B | Deal → | |
| 36 |
Synageva BioPharma
Synageva, a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes novel, next g…
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2015-05-06 | Acquisition | $8.4B | Deal → | |
| 37 |
Par Pharmaceuticals
Par Pharmaceutical develops, manufactures, and markets innovative and cost-effec…
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2015-05-18 | Acquisition | $8.1B | Deal → | |
| 38 |
BioMed Realty Trust
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on Pr…
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2015-10-07 | Acquisition | $8.0B | Deal → | |
| 39 |
Veritas Technologies
Veritas Technologies provides informational assistance to businesses to help the…
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2015-08-11 | Lbo | $8.0B | Deal → | |
| 40 |
Avolon Holdings
Avolon is an international aircraft leasing company, headquartered in Ireland
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2015-09-04 | Acquisition | $7.6B | Deal → | |
| 41 |
HCC INSURANCE HOLDINGS
HCC is a leading provider of medical stop loss insurance through brokers, consul…
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2015-06-10 | Acquisition | $7.5B | Deal → | |
| 42 |
Cable & Wireless Communications
Cable & Wireless Communications delivers telecommunications to meet growing cust…
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2015-11-17 | Acquisition | $7.4B | Deal → | |
| 43 |
Receptos
Receptos focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of various …
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2015-07-14 | Acquisition | $7.3B | Deal → | |
| 44 |
PartnerRe
PartnerRe is a holding company for its international reinsurance group.
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2015-08-03 | Acquisition | $6.9B | Deal → | |
| 45 |
Rexam PLC
Rexam produces packaging for top name brands, helping to enhance consumer produc…
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2015-02-19 | Acquisition | $6.8B | Deal → | |
| 46 |
Portugal Telecom Sgps S.A.
Altice Portugal is in the telecommunications sector and offers fixed, mobile, mu…
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2015-06-03 | Acquisition | $6.5B | Deal → | |
| 47 |
TECO Energy
An energy-related holding company with regulated electric and gas utilities in F…
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2015-09-04 | Acquisition | $6.5B | Deal → | |
| 48 |
TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.
TonenGeneral Sekiyu is a company engaged in the import, manufacture and sale of …
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2015-12-03 | Acquisition | $6.2B | Deal → | |
| 49 |
Strategic Hotels & Resorts
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is the preeminent owner and asset manager of th…
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2015-09-08 | Acquisition | $6.0B | Deal → | |
| 50 |
Homeplus
Homeplus is a Korean discount store retail chain.
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2015-09-02 | Lbo | $6.0B | Deal → |