Global 5000 Company M&A Headlines
For the month of July, we tracked over 80 M&A (and spin-off) transactions for The Global 5000 companies and have updated the database to reflect them. Leading the way this month were Industrials with 18 transactions including Boeing, WestRock and Johnson Controls. There were 10 transactions in Health Care including Edwards Lifesciences, Lupin and Select […]
Carlsberg to Buy Britvic
Carlsberg has agreed a £3.3bn deal to buy Britvic, the company which makes drinks such as Robinsons squash and J20. The Danish brewer said it would create a single beverage company called Carlsberg Britvic to grow its business in the UK and western Europe.Acquisition ● Food & Beverage ● Europe Smurfit Kappa Completes Acquisition of […]
JD Sports strikes deal to buy Hibbett
JD Sports Strikes Deal to Buy Hibbett for $1.1 BillionJD Sports Fashion said it had struck an agreement to buy Alabama headquartered sportswear seller Hibbett for $1.1 billion in a deal aimed at further boosting the British retailer’s position in the U.S. market. Acquisition ● Retailers & Wholesalers ● Europe & North America Additional News BASIC […]
Global 5000 Acquisitions this week
Prysmian to acquire Encore Wire and International Paper will acquire DS Smith Plc Prysmian to Acquire Encore Wire for $290.00 Per Share in CashPrysmian announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which it will acquire Encore Wire for $290.00 per share in cash. The Transaction represents a premium of approximately 20% […]
Coupang Completes Acquisition of Farfetch
Coupang, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of global online luxury company Farfetch Holdings plc. Acquisition ● Retailers & Wholesalers ● North America Travel + Leisure Co. Continues Brand Portfolio Expansion with Acquisition of Accor Vacation ClubTravel + Leisure Co. announced an agreement to acquire the vacation ownership business of global hospitality […]
EchoStar Corporation Completes Merger with DISH Network Corporation
EchoStar Corporation announced the completion of its acquisition of DISH Network Corporation on December 31, 2023. To complete the acquisition, a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar merged with and into DISH Network, with DISH Network surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar. You can read the press release HERE.
The Global 5000 Rankings – what does it take to make the 5000?
One question we get asked regularly is — what does it take to make it into the Global 5000? The Global 5000 is based on revenue and for most years, the bottom level of revenue is just above $1 billion in annual revenue. Take a look at the chart below – the blue bars using […]
Global 5000 Database Update – YearEnd 2021 data
The Global 5000 database of the largest companies in the world continues to provide B2B marketers a timely, continually updated source of business information for business lead generation, CRM systems and ABM activity. For the fourth quarter of 2021, 31 new companies were added to the Global 5000 database. This brings our total new companies […]
Global 5000 Database Update – May 2021 data
The Global 5000 database of the largest companies in the world continues to provide B2B marketers a timely, continually updated source of business information for business lead generation, CRM systems and ABM activity. For the month of May 2021, 30 new companies were added to the Global 5000 database. This brings our total new companies […]
Global 5000 Database – Q2 2019 update
The Global 5000 database of the largest companies in the world continues to provide B2B marketers a timely, continually updated source of business information for business lead generation, CRM systems and ABM activity. For the quarter ending June 2019, 60 new companies were added to the Global 5000 database. This brings our total new adds […]