Every Acquisition Announced in 2016

All 11,435 M&A deals announced during 2016, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

11,435
Deals announced
$1475.5B
Total value
$753.2M
Avg deal
$85.4B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
1
WarnerMedia
Time Warner is a media and entertainment company that creates, packages, and del…
2016-10-22 Merge $85.4B Deal →
2
Monsanto
Monsanto is an agriculture company that offers agricultural products.
2016-05-23 Acquisition $62.5B Deal →
3
Syngenta
Syngenta is an agriculture company provides products and solutions to help farme…
2016-02-04 Acquisition $43.0B Deal →
4
Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications is an international communications company developing IP …
2016-10-31 Acquisition $34.0B Deal →
5
Arm Holdings
Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, an…
2016-07-18 Acquisition $32.2B Deal →
6
Baxalta
Baxalta Incorporated (NYSE: BXLT) is a $6 billion global biopharmaceutical leade…
2016-01-11 Acquisition $32.0B Deal →
7
Spectra Energy
Spectra Energy Corp, a FORTUNE 500 company, is one of North America’s leading pi…
2016-09-06 Lbo $28.0B Deal →
8
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to create business …
2016-06-13 Acquisition $26.2B Deal →
9
St. Jude Medical
St. Jude Medical is a medical device company that manufactures remote monitoring…
2016-04-28 Acquisition $25.0B Deal →
10
Energy Transfer Partners
Energy Transfer owns and operates a platform of crude oil, natural gas, and natu…
2016-11-21 Acquisition $21.0B Deal →
11
Linear Technology
Linear Technology Corporation has built a reputation as the premier analog semic…
2016-07-26 Acquisition $14.8B Deal →
12
Sky UK
Sky is an entertainment company, serving 22 million customers across satellite, …
2016-12-09 Acquisition $14.1B Deal →
13
Medivation
Medivation, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the rapid development…
2016-08-22 Acquisition $14.0B Deal →
14
P
P&G Specialty Beauty Business
P&G Specialty Beauty Business includes fragrance, color cosmetics, salon profess…
2016-10-03 Merge $12.5B Deal →
15
WhiteWave Foods
The WhiteWave Foods Company engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution,…
2016-07-07 Acquisition $12.5B Deal →
16
Westar Energy
Westar Energy provides safe, reliable electric energy to nearly 700000 Kansans.
2016-05-31 Acquisition $12.2B Deal →
17
Valspar
Valspar is a manufacturer and distributor of paints and coatings materials.
2016-03-20 Acquisition $11.3B Deal →
18
ITC Holdings
ITC is working to limit energy losses by upgrading the nation's transmission gri…
2016-02-09 Acquisition $11.3B Deal →
19
V
Verizon Wireline Operations
Verizon Wireline Operations provides services to residential, commercial and who…
2016-04-01 Acquisition $10.5B Deal →
20
C
CIT Group - aircraft leasing business
CIT Group - aircraft leasing business provides aircraft leasing and lease manage…
2016-10-07 Acquisition $10.3B Deal →
21
Columbia Pipeline Group
Columbia Pipeline Group is interstate pipeline, gathering and processing.
2016-03-17 Acquisition $10.2B Deal →
22
NetSuite
NetSuite is cloud computing company dedicated to delivering business application…
2016-07-28 Acquisition $9.3B Deal →
23
Quintiles
Quintiles is a provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourc…
2016-05-03 Acquisition $9.0B Deal →
24
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Software harnesses the power of convergence, virtuali…
2016-09-08 Acquisition $8.8B Deal →
25
B/E Aerospace
B/E Aerospace is the worldwide leading manufacturer of aircraft passenger cabin …
2016-10-23 Acquisition $8.6B Deal →
26
Supercell
Supercell is a video game development company for tablets and smart phones.
2016-06-21 Acquisition $8.6B Deal →
27
Harman
​​Harman designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, …
2016-11-14 Acquisition $8.0B Deal →
28
Port of Melbourne
Port of Melbourne is Australasia’s largest maritime hub for containerized, autom…
2016-09-19 Acquisition $7.3B Deal →
29
Meda
Meda AB is an international specialty pharmaceutical company, headquartered in S…
2016-02-10 Acquisition $7.2B Deal →
30
Uber China
Uber China is a Chinese unit of Uber, a mobile app connecting passengers with dr…
2016-08-01 Acquisition $7.0B Deal →
31
ADT
ADT is a security company that provides smart home solutions and business securi…
2016-02-16 Lbo $7.0B Deal →
32
Quironsalud
Quironsalud is a private healthcare operator.
2016-09-06 Acquisition $6.4B Deal →
33
Western Refining
Western Refining independent oil refiner and marketer,
2016-11-17 Acquisition $6.4B Deal →
34
Endurance Specialty Holdings
Endurance Specialty Holdings is a global specialty provider of insurance and rei…
2016-10-04 Acquisition $6.3B Deal →
35
TeamHealth
Team Health is a healthcare organization providing administrative support and ma…
2016-10-31 Lbo $6.1B Deal →
36
Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro is a provider of technology products and supply chain management se…
2016-02-17 Acquisition $6.0B Deal →
37
Toshiba Medical Systems
Toshiba Medical Systems is the Global supplier of Medical Imaging.
2016-12-19 Acquisition $5.9B Deal →
38
Brocade Communications Systems
Brocade Communications Systems Brocade offers data center networking solutions t…
2016-11-02 $5.9B Deal →
39
Stemcentrx
Stemcentrx provides pharmaceutical services.
2016-04-28 Acquisition $5.8B Deal →
40
Capsugel
Capsugel develops and manufactures capsule-based dosage solutions used in pharma…
2016-12-12 Acquisition $5.5B Deal →
41
Cabela's
Cabelas is the nation’s largest direct marketer, and a leading specialty retaile…
2016-10-03 Acquisition $5.5B Deal →
42
GE Appliances
General Electric Appliances, a subsidiary of General Electric, develops smart gr…
2016-01-15 Acquisition $5.4B Deal →
43
Alere
Alere provides diagnostics and health management solutions for infectious, heart…
2016-02-02 Acquisition $5.3B Deal →
44
Talen Energy
Talen Energy operates as an energy and power generation and marketing company.
2016-06-03 Acquisition $5.2B Deal →
45
Anacor Pharmaceutical
Anacor Pharmaceutical is a biopharmaceutical company developing small-molecule t…
2016-05-16 Acquisition $5.2B Deal →
46
TNT Express
TNT Express is one of the world's largest express delivery companies with a glob…
2016-04-07 Acquisition $5.0B Deal →
47
Bluecoat
Blue Coat provides advanced enterprise security.
2016-06-13 Acquisition $4.7B Deal →
48
Equity One
Equity One, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT), which owns, manages, …
2016-11-14 Merge $4.6B Deal →
49
Leidos Cyber
Leidos Cyber secures industrial control systems and critical infrastructure for …
2016-08-16 Acquisition $4.6B Deal →
50
GE Money Bank
GE Money Bank is a French consumer credit business.
2016-06-23 Acquisition $4.6B Deal →