All 11,685 M&A deals announced during 2018, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.
| # | Acquirer | Acquired | Date | Type | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 |
Patrón Spirits International
Patrón Spirits International is a manufacturer of ultra-premium distilled spirit…
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2018-01-22 | Acquisition | $5.1B | Deal → | |
| 52 |
Costa Coffee
Costa Coffee is a British multinational coffeehouse company headquartered in Dun…
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2018-08-31 | Acquisition | $5.1B | Deal → | |
| 53 |
Equis Funds Group
Equis Funds Group is an investment firm specializing in growth capital investmen…
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2018-01-19 | Acquisition | $5.0B | Deal → | |
| 54 |
ValueInvest Asset Management
ValueInvest Asset Management is a highly specialized investment management compa…
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2018-03-12 | Acquisition | $4.9B | Deal → | |
| 55 |
Cotiviti
Cotiviti is a provider of analytics-driven payment accuracy solutions.
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2018-06-19 | Acquisition | $4.9B | Deal → | |
| 56 |
KapStone
KapStone Paper and Packaging manufactures unbleached craft paper and bags.
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2018-01-29 | Acquisition | $4.9B | Deal → | |
| 57 |
Ablynx
Ablynx is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development o…
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2018-01-29 | Acquisition | $4.8B | Deal → | |
| 58 |
LaSalle Hotel Properties
A multi-operator REIT owning a portfolio of 46 upscale, full-service hotels loca…
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2018-05-21 | Lbo | $4.8B | Deal → | |
| 59 |
Marketo
Marketo develops marketing automation software that provides inbound marketing, …
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2018-09-20 | Acquisition | $4.8B | Deal → | |
| 60 |
MB Financial
MB Financial was founded in 1911
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2018-05-21 | Acquisition | $4.7B | Deal → | |
| 61 |
Interval Leisure Group
Interval Leisure Group is a provider of non-traditional lodging, encompassing a …
|
2018-04-30 | Acquisition | $4.7B | Deal → | |
| 62 |
Sky Betting and Gaming
aiming to be the UK’s best digital business.
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2018-04-21 | Acquisition | $4.7B | Deal → | |
| 63 |
Education Realty Trust
Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the Trust) is a self-managed and self-advised real…
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2018-06-25 | Acquisition | $4.6B | Deal → | |
| 64 |
Gramercy Property Trust
Gramercy Property Trust is a commercial real estate firm based in New York.
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2018-05-07 | Acquisition | $4.4B | Deal → | |
| 65 |
Travelport
Travelport provides business services, as well as transaction processing solutio…
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2018-12-10 | — | $4.4B | Deal → | |
| 66 |
eir
Eir provides a range of broadband and wireless telecommunications services to co…
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2018-04-10 | Acquisition | $4.3B | Deal → | |
| 67 |
Peoples Natural Gas
Peoples Natural Gas is a utilities company specializing in natural gas distribut…
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2018-10-23 | Acquisition | $4.3B | Deal → | |
| 68 |
Newfield Exploration
Newfield Exploration engages in crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids …
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2018-11-01 | Acquisition | $4.2B | Deal → | |
| 69 |
Arysta Life Science
Arysta LifeScience is a platform specialty products company focused on helping i…
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2018-07-20 | Acquisition | $4.2B | Deal → | |
| 70 |
Merck Consumer Healthcare
Merck Consumer Healthcare is a pharmaceutical and chemical company producing pha…
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2018-04-19 | Acquisition | $4.2B | Deal → | |
| 71 |
Kindred Healthcare
Kindred Hospitals provides medical and rehabilitative care.
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2018-07-02 | Acquisition | $4.1B | Deal → | |
| 72 |
BTG International
BTG is a global healthcare company focused on Interventional Medicine.
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2018-11-20 | Acquisition | $4.0B | Deal → | |
| 73 |
WildHorse Resource Development
WildHorse Resource Development Corporation is an independent oil and natural gas…
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2018-10-30 | Acquisition | $4.0B | Deal → | |
| 74 |
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK CH India)
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare is a science based Fast Moving Healthcare C…
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2018-12-03 | Merge | $3.7B | Deal → | |
| 75 |
Waste Industries
Waste Industries has proudly provided its customers with the highest quality, co…
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2018-10-12 | Acquisition | $3.6B | Deal → | |
| 76 |
Raycom Media
Raycom Media is a privately owned media broadcaster that owns and operates radio…
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2018-06-25 | Acquisition | $3.6B | Deal → | |
| 77 |
Nexperia
A global leader in discretes, logic and MOSFET devices
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2018-10-25 | Acquisition | $3.6B | Deal → | |
| 78 |
Esterline
Esterline Corporation (Esterline) is a manufacturing company principally serving…
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2018-10-10 | Acquisition | $3.6B | Deal → | |
| 79 |
Pandora
Pandora is an ad-supported audio entertainment streaming marketplace that provid…
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2018-09-24 | Acquisition | $3.5B | Deal → | |
| 80 |
Verifone
VeriFone is a California-based company that designs, markets, and services elect…
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2018-04-09 | Lbo | $3.4B | Deal → | |
| 81 |
S
Sterling Urban Infraprojects
Sterling Urban Infraprojects is inolved in Real estate activities with own or le…
|
2018-03-08 | Acquisition | $3.4B | Deal → | |
| 82 |
EnerCare
EnerCare, they believe that intelligent energy solutions can benefit everyone.
|
2018-08-01 | Acquisition | $3.3B | Deal → | |
| 83 |
J
Jacobs - Chemicals and Resources business
Jacobs - Chemicals and Resources strength is delivering technically-complex chem…
|
2018-10-22 | Acquisition | $3.3B | Deal → | |
| 84 |
Sunoco
Sunoco transport gallons of transportation fuel, crude oil, and other products t…
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2018-01-23 | Acquisition | $3.3B | Deal → | |
| 85 |
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston provides non-credit life insurance prod…
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2018-01-19 | Acquisition | $3.3B | Deal → | |
| 86 |
INNIO Group
INNIO Group is a global producer of reciprocating gas engines for power generati…
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2018-06-25 | Lbo | $3.2B | Deal → | |
| 87 |
Finisar
Finisar is a technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and network performanc…
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2018-11-09 | Merge | $3.2B | Deal → | |
| 88 |
SodaStream
SodaStream, a PepsiCo subsidiary, is a top global sparkling water maker brand.
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2018-08-20 | Acquisition | $3.2B | Deal → | |
| 89 |
DenizBank
DenizBank was founded in 1938 as a state-owned bank in order to provide funding …
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2018-05-22 | Acquisition | $3.2B | Deal → | |
| 90 |
KLX, Inc.
KLX Inc. provides mission critical products and complex logistical solutions to …
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2018-05-01 | Acquisition | $3.2B | Deal → | |
| 91 |
Financial Engines
Financial Engines is an online investment manager providing retirement account s…
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2018-04-30 | Acquisition | $3.2B | Deal → | |
| 92 |
Orbotech
Orbotech designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services automated optical…
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2018-03-19 | Acquisition | $3.2B | Deal → | |
| 93 |
Enovis Surgical
Enovis Surgical is a manufacturer and distributor of medical devices for musculo…
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2018-11-19 | Acquisition | $3.1B | Deal → | |
| 94 |
SendGrid
SendGrid is a cloud-based customer communication platform that drives engagement…
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2018-10-15 | Acquisition | $3.0B | Deal → | |
| 95 |
Boyd
Boyd is a energy management and environmental sealing solutions for large OEMs.
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2018-07-11 | Lbo | $3.0B | Deal → | |
| 96 |
Fortive Automation & Specialty companies
Fortive Automation & Specialty companies includes Kollmorgen, Thomson, Portescap…
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2018-03-08 | Acquisition | $3.0B | Deal → | |
| 97 |
UFINET
UFINET is a neutral fiber optic operator in the wholesale telecommunications mar…
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2018-05-14 | Acquisition | $3.0B | Deal → | |
| 98 |
Yaxia Jituan
Yaxia Jituan is a car dealership company.
|
2018-05-06 | Acquisition | $2.9B | Deal → | |
| 99 |
SUPERVALU Pharmacies
SuperValu Pharmacy operates 950 pharmacies in Shop 'n Save, Hornbacher's, Farm F…
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2018-10-22 | Acquisition | $2.9B | Deal → | |
| 100 |
Supervalu
Super Value Market is a retail company serving customers through a network of ov…
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2018-07-26 | Acquisition | $2.9B | Deal → |