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% […]

Cisco Acquires Splunk

Cisco announced it completed the acquisition of Splunk, setting the foundation for delivering visibility and insights across an organization’s entire digital footprint.Acquisition  ●   Technology   ●   North America Additional News BASIC MATERIALSJohnson Matthey Signs Agreement to Sell Its Medical Device Components Business for US$700m BUSINESS  SERVICESAccenture Acquires Flo GroupClarivate Acquires AI Start MotionHallWSP Acquires Communica CONSTRUCTIONCarlisle Companies to […]

Saint-Gobain to Acquire CSR Limited

Saint-Gobain announces it has entered into a definitive agreement with CSR Limited to acquire all of the outstanding shares of CSR by way of an Australian scheme of arrangement for A$9.00 per share, in cash, corresponding to an enterprise value of A$4.5 billion and a net enterprise value of A$3.2bn post short to mid-term monetizable property value of at least A$1.3bn.  […]

Capital One to acquire Discover Financial

Capital One Financial Corporation and Discover Financial Services announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Capital One will acquire Discover in an all-stock transaction valued at $35.3 billion. Walmart to acquire Vizio  Walmart and VIZIO announced they have entered into an agreement for Walmart to acquire VIZIO for $11.50 per share […]

16 Acquisitions Announced for Global 5000 Companies

This past week we noted and posted activity related to M&A at 16 Global 5000 companies in Business Services, Consumer Services, Healthcare, Oil & Gas — a variety of industries.  Announcement details and links posted below. All of these will affect the revenue of the companies mentioned when they are complete. Global 5000 Company News […]

Owens Corning Announces Acquisition of Masonite

Owens Corning and Masonite International Corporation announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Owens Corning will acquire all outstanding shares of Masonite for $133.00 per share in cash, representing an approximate 38% premium to Masonite’s closing share price on February 8, 2024 and an approximate 46% premium to Masonite’s 20-day volume-weighted average price. Acquisition  […]

The Profile of The Global 5000 Companies

With our latest update, here’s a snapshot of how the Global 5000 companies shake out by industry and country. First is the database sliced by revenue for Global 5000 companies – total revenue by country. Shown here are the top 12 countries and dollar value in billions. You can see that the ranking of countries […]

Global 5000 Database Update – May 2023

Continuing our regular updating of the Global 5000 database, we have completed updating over 520 records for the month of May. During the month, we also welcomed 10 new companies to the Global 5000 replacing some who were acquired (or their revenue fell back too far to make it into the 5000. That brings the […]

Global 5000 Database Update – for April 2021

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 April 2021, 27 new companies were added to the Global 5000 database. This brings our total new companies […]

Global 5000 B2B Company Database Update – March 2021

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 2021, 23 new companies were added to the Global 5000 database. This brings our total new companies […]