Every Acquisition Announced in 2015

All 8,979 M&A deals announced during 2015, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

8,979
Deals announced
$1583.9B
Total value
$953.6M
Avg deal
$103.0B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
1
SABMiller PLC
SABMiller is a brewers with more than 200 beer brands and some 70,000 employees …
2015-10-12 Acquisition $103.0B Deal →
2
BG Group
BG Group is a full service oil and gas company.
2015-04-08 Acquisition $70.0B Deal →
3
Dell EMC
Dell EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
2015-10-11 Acquisition $67.0B Deal →
4
Spectrum
Spectrum is a cable telecommunications company that offers a range of home enter…
2015-05-26 Acquisition $56.0B Deal →
5
DIRECTV
DIRECTV is an American digital entertainment services provider delivering sports…
2015-07-24 Acquisition $48.5B Deal →
6
Actavis
Actavis is a global, integrated specialty pharmaceutical company.
2015-07-27 Acquisition $40.5B Deal →
7
Precision Castparts
Precision Castparts is a metal manufacturing company that specializes in proving…
2015-08-10 Acquisition $37.2B Deal →
8
Broadcom
Broadcom is a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of analo…
2015-05-28 Acquisition $37.0B Deal →
9
Chubb
Chubb is a mortgage firm that offers risk management, property, health, personal…
2015-06-30 Acquisition $28.3B Deal →
10
Visa Europe
Visa Europe is a payment technology business that enables European consumers, bu…
2015-10-30 Acquisition $23.3B Deal →
11
Pharmacyclics
Pharmacyclics Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on disc…
2015-03-04 Acquisition $21.0B Deal →
12
EE
EE is a telecommunications company that provides 4G mobile and fixed fiber broad…
2015-02-05 Acquisition $19.2B Deal →
13
Sandisk
SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in t…
2015-10-21 Acquisition $19.0B Deal →
14
Cablevision Systems
Cablevision Systems Corporationis a leading telecommunications and media company…
2015-09-16 Acquisition $17.7B Deal →
15
Altera
Altera provides programmable logic devices and design software for various appli…
2015-06-01 Acquisition $16.7B Deal →
16
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent is a of provider IP and cloud networking and ultra-broadband fixe…
2015-04-15 Acquisition $16.6B Deal →
17
MarkWest Energy Partners
MarkWest Energy Partners processes natural gas in plays including the Marcellus …
2015-07-13 Acquisition $15.8B Deal →
18
Jarden
Jarden manufactures, markets, and distributes consumer products in the Unites St…
2015-12-14 Merge $15.4B Deal →
19
Hospira
Sahyadri Hospitals is a healthcare centre providing medical care for people.
2015-02-05 Acquisition $15.0B Deal →
20
Cameron
Cameron is a leading provider of flow equipment products, systems and services t…
2015-08-26 Acquisition $14.8B Deal →
21
Keurig Green Mountain
Keurig Green Mountain operates as a beverage company.
2015-12-07 Acquisition $13.9B Deal →
22
Pall
Pall Corporation is a chemical manufacturing company that provides filtration, s…
2015-05-13 Acquisition $13.8B Deal →
23
Airgas
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. single-source supplier of gase…
2015-11-17 Acquisition $13.4B Deal →
24
Omnicare
Omnicare provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and provider…
2015-05-21 Acquisition $12.9B Deal →
25
Catamaran Corp.
Catamaran offers a true alternative to the status quo in pharmacy benefit manage…
2015-03-30 Acquisition $12.8B Deal →
26
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is the most global high-end hotel comp…
2015-11-15 Acquisition $12.2B Deal →
27
AGL Resources
AGL Resources, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 energy services holding company.
2015-08-24 Merge $12.0B Deal →
28
Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor creates microcontroller, processors, sensor, analog IC a…
2015-03-02 Acquisition $12.0B Deal →
29
Delhaize Group
Etablissements Delhaize Freres et Cie le Lion SA is a Belgium-based food retaile…
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…
2015-03-31 Acquisition $10.0B Deal →
31
SunGard
SunGard is a provider software and processing solutions for the educational and …
2015-08-12 Acquisition $9.3B Deal →
32
Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink Communications, formerly Cebridge Connections, is the 9th largest pro…
2015-05-20 Acquisition $9.1B Deal →
33
Sikorsky Aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft designs and manufactures helicopters and aircrafts and provide…
2015-07-20 Acquisition $9.0B Deal →
34
Asciano Limited
Asciano was first listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on 6 June, 2007 b…
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…
2015-11-09 Acquisition $8.4B Deal →
36
Synageva BioPharma
Synageva, a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes novel, next g…
2015-05-06 Acquisition $8.4B Deal →
37
Par Pharmaceuticals
Par Pharmaceutical develops, manufactures, and markets innovative and cost-effec…
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…
2015-10-07 Acquisition $8.0B Deal →
39
Veritas Technologies
Veritas Technologies provides informational assistance to businesses to help the…
2015-08-11 Lbo $8.0B Deal →
40
Avolon Holdings
Avolon is an international aircraft leasing company, headquartered in Ireland
2015-09-04 Acquisition $7.6B Deal →
41
HCC INSURANCE HOLDINGS
HCC is a leading provider of medical stop loss insurance through brokers, consul…
2015-06-10 Acquisition $7.5B Deal →
42
Cable & Wireless Communications
Cable & Wireless Communications delivers telecommunications to meet growing cust…
2015-11-17 Acquisition $7.4B Deal →
43
Receptos
Receptos focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of various …
2015-07-14 Acquisition $7.3B Deal →
44
PartnerRe
PartnerRe is a holding company for its international reinsurance group.
2015-08-03 Acquisition $6.9B Deal →
45
Rexam PLC
Rexam produces packaging for top name brands, helping to enhance consumer produc…
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…
2015-06-03 Acquisition $6.5B Deal →
47
TECO Energy
An energy-related holding company with regulated electric and gas utilities in F…
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 …
2015-12-03 Acquisition $6.2B Deal →
49
Strategic Hotels & Resorts
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is the preeminent owner and asset manager of th…
2015-09-08 Acquisition $6.0B Deal →
50
Homeplus
Homeplus is a Korean discount store retail chain.
2015-09-02 Lbo $6.0B Deal →