Synopsys to Acquire Ansys

Synopsys and Ansys announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Synopsys will acquire Ansys. Under the terms of the agreement, Ansys shareholders will receive $197.00 in cash and 0.3450 shares of Synopsys common stock for each Ansys share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $35 billion based on the closing price […]

Sekisui House and M.D.C. Holdings Announce Combination

Sekisui House, Ltd. and M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. announced a definitive agreement pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sekisui House will acquire MDC in an all-cash transaction with an equity value of US$4.9 billion. Sekisui House has revenue of $22 billion while M.DC.’s revenue is nearly $6 billion.

HPE to Acquire Juniper Networks

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks, Inc. announced thatthe companies have entered a definitive agreement under which HPE will acquire Juniper in an all cash transaction for $40.00 per share, representing an equity value of approximately $14 billion. 

APA Corporation to Acquire Callon Petroleum

APA Corporation and Callon Petroleum Company have entered into a definitive agreement under which APA will acquire Callon in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Read the press release

Aon to Acquire NFP as Independent, Connected Platform

Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire NFP, a leading middle market property and casualty broker, benefits consultant, wealth manager and retirement plan advisor – Read Announcement

Pfizer Completes Acquisition of Seagen

In the combination of 2 companies in the Global 5000, Pfizer Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Seagen Inc. Pfizer completed its acquisition of all outstanding common stock of Seagen for $229 in cash per share, for a total enterprise value of approximately $43 billion. Additional News BASIC MATERIALSSolvay Marks New Era After Syensqo […]

Global 5000 Database Updates – February 2020

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 February 2020, 15 new companies were added to the Global 5000 database. This brings our total new adds […]

Global 5000 Database Update – February 2018

As the beginnings of financial results for 2017 have started to be posted, we have completed updating the database for February. At this point, the database currency is 100% – all 5,000 records have had an update within the past 12 months. Just like what we saw in the previous month, February also had its […]

Is This the Year of the Big Merger ?

By the looks of things so far in 2015 could turn out to be the year of the big merger. A few examples of note include: Kraft & Heinz Safeway and Albertsons Ahold merging with Delhaize And last week Aetna and Humana announced they will get together It is mergers of this size that make […]

M&A Activities for The Global 5000 Companies – July 2013

Each month we track the corporate activity for the Global 5000 companies as they acquire new businesses or divest of various operations.  These ‘comings and goings’ are interesting and shape markets over time. In the short run, there are real implications for companies serving these large organizations and national account programs where various teams are […]