Food Industry Acquisitions
This past week there were two major acquisitions in the food industry — Mars will be acquiring snack maker Kellanova in one announcement while food distributors Performance Food Group has entered into an agreement to combine with Cheney Brothers. Mars to Acquire Kellanova Mars and Kellanova announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under […]
3 Major Acquisitions Last Week Among Global 5000 Companies
SES to Acquire IntelsatSES S.A. and Intelsat S.A. announce an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) and certain contingent value rights. Acquisition ● Telecommunications ● Europe Uniti to Merge with WindstreamUniti Group Inc. announced it has entered into […]
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% […]
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
Global M&A Activity for February 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 […]
Global M&A Activity for January 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 […]
More Big(ger) Pharma
This week, Pfizer (#163 of the Global 5000 list) announced it was acquiring King Pharmaceuticals (#2441 on our list). This will add another $1.7 billion of revenue to Pfizer and move them up a few notches on our list. As always, those who sell products and services to King will now have to monitor the […]
Deals, Deals, Deals
The news wires were alive at the start of the week with announcements of three big deals among Global 5000 firms. Unilever (#129) announced it is acquiring Alberto Culver (#2518) WalMart (#3) is acquiring South Africa’s Massmart retailing organization. Southwest Airlines (#831) is acquiring AirTran (#1933) It has been well covered in the business press […]