Q3 2012 – Companies Added to The Global 5000 Database

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We are constantly doing research on companies that come to our attention – -scouring lists, IPO filings, M&A activity are all part of the ever-changing landscape. In order to achieve & maintain a set of 5,000 companies, as mergers happen, we need to find new candidate companies. It is never a static process.

During Q3, we added the following companies with USA, China, Italy and Canada among the leading countries. Oil & Gas, Financial Services and Industrials were the leading industries for this new group.

• Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
• Akebono Brake Industry Co.
• American Capital Strategies, Ltd
• American Railcar Industries
• Ansteel Group
• ATP Oil & Gas
• Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings
• Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group)
• Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.
• Canada Post
• Carbo Ceramics
• Ceradyne, Inc.
• China Huadian
• China Merchants Bank
• China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd
• China Power Investment
• CSR plc
• Desjardins Group
• DEVOTEAM Group
• Douglas Holding AG
• Edwards Group plc
• Epicor Software
• F.N.B. Corporation
• Federated Co-operatives
• Foster (LB) Co
• Genomma Lab Internacional
• Geox SpA
• Greenland Holding Group
• GS Caltex
• Heartland Express
• Husky Injection Molding
• Indesit Company S.p.A.
• Infogroup
• International Petroleum Investment
• Italcementi SpA
• Jim Pattison Group
• Kailuan Group
• Kia Motors
• Longfor Properties Co. Ltd
• McMoRan Exploration
• Mediengruppe M. DuMont Schauberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Michael Baker Corporation
• Michael Kors Holdings Ltd
• Neustar, Inc.
• On Assignment, Inc.
• Piaggio & C. SpA
• Pioneer Energy Services
• PostNL Holdings BV
• Power China
• RCS MediaGroup (Rizzoli Corriere Della Sera Mediagroup)
• Rottapharm Madaus SpA
• Saipem SpA
• Shandong Energy Group
• Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group
• Shanxi Coal Transportation & Sales
• Spirent Communications plc
• Swiber Holdings Ltd
• Swift Energy
• Syncrude Canada
• Tewoo Group
• Tianhe Chemicals
• Towngas China Company
• Tronox, Inc.
• Tsinghua Tongfang Co, Ltd
• USA Truck Inc.
• ValueClick, Inc.
• Yandex NV

For more info about the full Global 5000 database, visit this page.