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
101
Wood Mackenzie
Wood Mackenzie is a research and consultancy business for the energy, chemicals,…
2015-05-19 Acquisition $2.8B Deal →
102
Axis Communications AB
Axis offers innovative video surveillance and access control solutions, backed b…
2015-02-10 Acquisition $2.8B Deal →
103
ZS Pharma
ZS Pharma develops ion trap therapies for the treatment of life-threatening medi…
2015-11-06 Acquisition $2.7B Deal →
104
Advent Software, Inc.
SS&C Advent is a software company that develops software to automate portfolio a…
2015-02-02 Acquisition $2.7B Deal →
105
TSB Banking Group
TSB Banking Group is a retail bank that provides various personal and business b…
2015-07-08 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
106
Recall Holdings
Recall is the leading global provider of digital and physical information manage…
2015-04-28 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
107
PharMEDium Healthcare
PharMEDium Healthcare is a company that was acquired by AmerisourceBergen Corpor…
2015-10-02 Acquisition $2.6B Deal →
108
PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra, the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider,…
2015-11-25 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
109
Capital Safety
One of the world's leading manufacturers of fall protection, confined space and …
2015-06-23 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
110
iBwave
iBwave offers wireless services to its clients, including design, unity, mobile,…
2015-03-31 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
111
MWI Veterinary Supply
Millard Wallace Ickes, DVM, founded MWI in Nampa, Idaho, in 1976 to address the …
2015-01-12 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
112
Guardian Financial Services
Guardian Financial Services provides closed book consolidation and capital relea…
2015-09-23 Acquisition $2.5B Deal →
113
Nexi
Nexi is the player in Italy in providing card issuing services for credit, debit…
2015-06-19 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
114
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor offers power analog, power discrete, and non-power semic…
2015-11-18 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
115
zulily
Zulily is an online retailer that offers consumers with daily product deals.
2015-08-17 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
116
Bluecoat
Blue Coat provides advanced enterprise security.
2015-05-26 Lbo $2.4B Deal →
117
Foundation Medicine
Foundation medicine is a molecular information company developing clinical diagn…
2015-01-12 Acquisition $2.4B Deal →
118
RAC
RAC has been consistently at the forefront of developing motoring services.
2015-12-02 Lbo $2.3B Deal →
119
TOP-TOY
TOP-TOY is a retailer in the Nordics of toys and other children’s products.
2015-11-02 Lbo $2.3B Deal →
120
R
Representaciones e Investigaciones Médicas (Rimsa)
Rimsa, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution company in Mexico
2015-10-01 Acquisition $2.3B Deal →
121
Shred-It
Shred-It is a document destruction provider.
2015-07-16 Acquisition $2.3B Deal →
122
H3C Technologies
H3C is a leading global supplier of IP-based products and solutions.
2015-05-21 Acquisition $2.3B Deal →
123
Ikaria
Ikaria is a critical care firm that develop innovative therapeutics and interven…
2015-03-05 Acquisition $2.3B Deal →
124
E
EFS Midstream
EFS Midstream provides gas gathering, treating, compression and condensate proce…
2015-06-01 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
125
ANN INC.
ANN INC., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a specialty retailer of wome…
2015-05-18 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
126
A
Alent
British maker of chemicals and materials
2015-07-13 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
127
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals discovers, develops and commercializes novel prescrip…
2015-06-17 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
128
Pace
Pace plc engages in the design, development, and distribution of digital receive…
2015-04-22 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
129
Landmark Aviation
Provide an unsurpassed customer experience at every location in the Landmark Avi…
2015-09-23 Acquisition $2.1B Deal →
130
Welch Allyn
Welch Allyn is a manufacturer of medical diagnostic devices.
2015-09-08 Acquisition $2.0B Deal →
131
Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield is a real estate services firm that offers retail investment…
2015-05-11 Merge $2.0B Deal →
132
Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals
Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals discovers, develops and commercializes therapies for t…
2015-11-02 Acquisition $2.0B Deal →
133
Excel Trust
Excel Trust, Inc. is a retail focused real estate investment trust that primaril…
2015-04-10 Lbo $2.0B Deal →
134
Cordis
Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company, has pioneered less invasive tre…
2015-03-02 Acquisition $2.0B Deal →
135
Envision Pharmaceutical
Envision Pharmaceutical provides pharmacy benefits management services such as c…
2015-02-11 Acquisition $2.0B Deal →
136
Diamond Foods
Diamond Foods is a snack food and culinary nut company focused on making innovat…
2015-10-28 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
137
Getrag
Getrag is one of the largest independent makers of transmission systems for pass…
2015-07-16 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
138
Wincor Nixdorf
Wincor Nixdorf AG is a Germany-based company that provides information technolog…
2015-11-23 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
139
Felix Energy
Felix Energy LLC is a private exploration and production company focused on crea…
2015-11-07 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
140
Veda Advantage
Veda is a data analytics company and the leading provider of credit information …
2015-11-01 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
141
Campus Crest Communities
Campus Crest Communities (NYSE:CCG) is a leading developer, builder, owner and m…
2015-10-19 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
142
TargetPharmacy
Target Pharmacy offers pharmacy and clinics services.
2015-06-15 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
143
Forcepoint
Forcepoint is a data protection cybersecurity firm that helps businesses in secu…
2015-04-18 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
144
Nextel Mexico
Nextel Mexico Added
2015-01-27 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
145
SourceGas
SourceGas is a natural gas local distribution utility that services nearly 415,0…
2015-07-13 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
146
Telx
Telx provides interconnection, colocation and business exchange services for the…
2015-07-14 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
147
Brit
Brit is a market global specialty insurer and reinsurer, focused on underwriting…
2015-02-17 Acquisition $1.9B Deal →
148
Montpelier Re Holdings
Montpelier Re Holdings Providing customized and innovative insurance and reinsur…
2015-03-31 Acquisition $1.8B Deal →
149
National Penn Bancshares
National Penn offers a wide range of services, including personal and business b…
2015-08-18 Acquisition $1.8B Deal →
150
Erico
Erico designs and manufactures fixing and fastening products and couplers under …
2015-08-17 Acquisition $1.8B Deal →