Company | Transactions |
|---|
| Bank of Scotland | $40 billion merger with Halifax creating HBOS |
| AT&T Communications | $22 billion sale to SBC Communications |
| MFS Communications | $14 billion merger with WorldCom |
| ITT Corporation | $14 billion merger with Starwood Lodging |
| Level 3 Communications | $10 billion reorganization and spin-off from Peter Kiewit Sons’ |
| American Home Products | $10 billion acquisition of American Cyanamid |
| RJR Nabisco | $9 billion proxy solicitation defense |
| Student Loan Corp | $8.7 billion sale of assets to Citi |
| WebMD | $8 billion merger with Healtheon |
| Momentive Performance Materials | $7.5 billion merger with Hexion |
| Blue Circle Industries plc | $6 billion successful hostile offer defense |
| BAE Systems plc | $4.2 billion acquisition of United Defense Industries |
| BAE Systems plc | $3.8 billion disposal of 20% interest in Airbus to EADS |
| Sanford C. Bernstein | $3.5 billion merger with Alliance Capital Management |
| ConAgra | $2.9 billion acquisition of International Home Foods |
| Farnell Electronics plc | $2.8 billion acquisition of Premier Industrial |
| The Dial Corp | $2.8 billion spin-off of its Consumer Products Business |
| MFS Communications | $2.7 billion spin-off from Peter Kiewit Sons’ |
| General Dynamics | $2.3 billion acquisition of Jet Aviation Management |
| MFS Communications | $2.2 billion tax-free acquisition of UUNet Technologies |
| Apollo Management | $1.8 billion acquisition of EGL, Inc. |
| PHH Corporation | $1.8 billion sale to General Electric and Blackstone |
| BAE Systems | $1.6 billion sale of BVT Surface Fleet to BAE |
| Quick & Reilly Group | $1.6 billion merger with Fleet Financial Group |
| ConAgra | $1.4 billion sale of Swift fresh meats business to Hicks Muse |
| Potash Corporation | $1.4 billion acquisition of Arcadian |
| Newport News Shipbuilding | $1.2 billion spin-off from Tenneco |
| Gold Kist | $1.1 billion sale to Pilgrim’s Pride |
| Garantia | $1.1 billion merger with Credit Suisse First Boston |
| CalEnergy | $1.1 billion acquisition of Magma Power |
| GN Great Nordic | $1.1 billion acquisition of Photonetics |
| Colgate-Palmolive | $1.1 billion acquisition in South America |
| Thermadyne | $811 million sale to DLJ Merchant Banking Partners |
| Crystal River | $792 million sale to Brookfield Asset Management |
| Cox Radio | $765 million sale to COX Enterprises |
| BAA Plc | $751 million acquisition of Duty Free International |
| ConAgra | $670 million divestiture of ConAgra Poultry to Pilgrim’s Pride |
| British Airways Plc | $625 million divestiture of equity interest in US Airways |
| ConAgra | $600 million divestiture of United Agri Products to Apollo Management |
| Spirent Communications | $590 million sale of Networks Product Division |
| Monsanto | $580 million divestiture of ABS Styrenics Plastics |
| CKX | $550 million sale to Apollo Global Management |
| Siemens | $530 million divestiture of Pacesetter |
| Silverleaf Resorts | $500 million sale to Cerberus Capital Management |
| GN Great Nordic | $465 million acquisition of Beltone |
| PennEngineering | $306 million sale to Tinicum Capital Partners |
| Farnell Electronic Services | $300 million divestiture of Farnell InOne to Arrow Electronics |
| LJL BioSystems | $290 million sale to Molecular Devices |
| Mearl | $273 million sale to Engelhard |
| PepsiCo | $250 million divestiture of casual dining restaurant businesses |
| GKN | $244 million acquisition of Airbus’ Filton Manufacturing Operations by GKN |
| JLG Industries | $203 million acquisition of Gradall Industries |
| Hosiery Corp. of America | $200 million sale to Kelso & Co. |
| London & Overseas Freighters | $200 million merger with Frontline Ltd. |
| Mack Printing Group | $200 million sale to Cadmus Communications |
| Westmoreland Coal | $179 million acquisition of Kemmerer Mine from Chevron |
| Wright Medical | $140 million recapitalization by Warburg Pincus |
| Elk Horn Coal | $120 million sale to Rhino Resource Partners |
| Thermadyne | $115 million divestiture of Clarke Holding Corporation to Incentive AB |
| ATC Group Services | $106 million sale to Cardno |
| Simon Storage | $102 million sale to Siena Investments |
| JLG Industries | $100 million purchase of OmniQuip business from Textron |
| Thermadyne | $100 million divestiture of Deloro Stellite to Morgan Grenfell Development Capital |
| Xinhua Finance Ltd | $94 million sale of Mergent to Carousel Capital Partners |
| Simon Engineering | $90 million sale of Simon Access division to Terex |
| Scientific Games | $87 million sale of SG Racing to Sportech |
| Edward S. Gordon | $75 million sale to Insignia Financial |
| Xinhua Finance | $46 million sale of Glass Lewis to Ontario Teachers Pension Plan |
| New Mountain Capital | Acquisition of majority stake in SNL Financial |
| Tomkins plc | Acquisition of Selkirk Americas |
| Forstmann Little & Co. | Acquisition of International Management Group |
| Xinhua Finance Ltd. | Acquisitions of Taylor Rafferty, Mergent Inc. and G7 Group |
| Emerging Sovereign Group | Sale of a majority stake to the Carlyle Group |
| NGP Energy Capital Management | Sale of 40% stake to Barclays Capital |
| National Express | Sale of Stewart Airport |
| Collegiate Licensing Corp. | Sale to International Management Group |
| Evolvent Technologies Inc. | Sale to ManTech International |
| AIG | Sale of financial institutions business to Aegon |
| Sir Michael Bishop | Sale of his shareholding in bmi to Lufthansa |