Statistics on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A;) - M&A; Courses

In this section the Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances provides you with selected, regularly updated statistics on Mergers & Acquisitions worldwide.

You find here statistics on the Top Deals:

Worldwide
Europe
Asia-Pacific
South East Asia
North America
South America
Austria
Germany
Switzerland

Also we provide data on the number and value of announced M&A transactions:

by region:
by industry:
by country:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Italy
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Vietnam

The Top Deals (Largest M&A Transactions)*

Worldwide

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in bil. USD)	(in bil. EUR)
1	1999	Vodafone AirTouch PLC	Mannesmann AG	202.8	204.8
2	2000	America Online Inc	Time Warner	164.7	160.7
3	2007	Shareholders	Philip Morris Intl Inc	107.6	68.1
4	2007	RFS Holdings BV	ABN-AMRO Holding NV	98.2	71.3
5	1999	Pfizer Inc	Warner-Lambert Co	89.2	84.9
6	1998	Exxon Corp	Mobil Corp	78.9	68.4
7	2000	Glaxo Wellcome PLC	SmithKline Beecham PLC	76.0	74.9
8	2004	Royal Dutch Petroleum Co	Shell Transport & Trading Co	74.6	58.5
9	2006	AT&T Inc	BellSouth Corp	72.7	60.2
10	1998	Travelers Group Inc	Citicorp	72.6	67.2

Europe

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in bil. USD)	(in bil. EUR)
1	1999	Vodafone AirTouch PLC	Mannesmann AG	202.8	204.8
2	2007	Shareholders	Philip Morris Intl Inc	107.6	68.1
3	2007	RFS Holdings BV	ABN-AMRO Holding NV	98.2	71.3
4	2000	Glaxo Wellcome PLC	SmithKline Beecham PLC	76.0	74.9
5	2004	Royal Dutch Petroleum Co	Shell Transport & Trading Co	74.6	58.5
6	2006	Gaz de France SA	Suez SA	60.9	44.6
7	1999	Vodafone Group PLC	AirTouch Communications Inc	60.3	51.7
8	2004	Sanofi-Synthelabo SA	Aventis SA	60.2	50.0
9	2008	InBev NV	Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc	52.2	39.7
10	1999	Total Fina SA	Elf Aquitaine	50.1	48.3

Asia-Pacific

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in bil. USD)	(in bil. EUR)
1	2000	Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd	Cable & Wireless HKT	37.4	38.4
2	2000	China Telecom Hong Kong Ltd	Beijing Mobile,6 others	34.2	39.7
3	2007	BHP Billiton Ltd	BHP Billiton Ltd	26.4	18.1
4	2008	China Unicom Ltd	China Netcom Grp(HK)Corp Ltd	25.4	16.4
5	2008	Westpac Banking Corp	St George Bank Ltd	17.9	11.6
6	2007	Shareholders	SK Corp-Petrochemical Business	17.0	12.4
7	2007	Wesfarmers Ltd	Coles Group Ltd	15.3	11.3
8	2006	Kemble Water Ltd	Thames Water PLC	14.9	11.9
9	2008	Shining Prospect Pte Ltd	Rio Tinto PLC	14.3	9.7
10	2006	Cemex SAB de CV	Rinker Group Ltd	14.2	10.6

South East Asia

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in bil. USD)	(in bil. EUR)
1	2008	Shining Prospect Pte Ltd	Rio Tinto PLC	14.3	9.7
2	2007	Singapore Investment Authority	UBS AG	9.8	6.6
3	2007	Shareholders	TM International Sdn Bhd	9.0	5.7
4	2001	SingTel	Cable & Wireless Optus Lt	8.5	9.5
5	2007	Investor Group	Alinta Ltd	7.5	5.5
6	2010	Investor Group	Plus Expressways Bhd	7.5	5.3
7	2008	Singapore Investment Authority	Citigroup Inc	6.9	4.7
8	2001	DBS Group Holdings Ltd	Dao Heng Bank Group	5.7	6.4
9	2001	UOB	Overseas Union Bank Ltd	5.5	6.4
10	2005	Shareholders	Sterling Energy-Philippine Ast	5.4	4.4

North America

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in bil. USD)	(in bil. EUR)
1	2000	America Online Inc	Time Warner	164.7	160.7
2	1999	Pfizer Inc	Warner-Lambert Co	89.2	84.9
3	1998	Exxon Corp	Mobil Corp	78.9	68.4
4	2006	AT&T Inc	BellSouth Corp	72.7	60.2
5	1998	Travelers Group Inc	Citicorp	72.6	67.2
6	2001	Comcast Corp	AT&T Broadband & Internet Svcs	72.0	85.1
7	2009	Pfizer Inc	Wyeth	67.3	51.9
8	1998	SBC Communications Inc	Ameritech Corp	62.6	56.5
9	1998	NationsBank Corp,Charlotte,NC	BankAmerica Corp	61.6	56.7
10	1999	Vodafone Group PLC	AirTouch Communications Inc	60.3	51.7

South America

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in bil. USD)	(in bil. EUR)
1	2006	Cia Vale do Rio Doce SA	Inco Ltd	17.2	13.5
2	1999	Repsol SA	YPF SA	13.2	12.4
3	2008	Bolsa Brasileira de Mercadorias	Bovespa Holding SA	10.3	6.5
4	2000	Telefonica SA	Telecommunicacoes de Sao Paulo	10.2	10.0
5	2010	Telefonica SA	Brasilcel NV	9.7	7.5
6	2008	Banco Itau Holding Financeira	Unibanco Holdings SA	8.5	6.7
7	2004	Ambev	John Labatt Ltd	7.8	6.4
8	2010	Sinopec Group	Repsol YPF Brasil SA	7.1	5.2
9	2010	Bridas Corp	Pan American Energy LLC	7.1	5.3
10	1997	Investor group	Correo Argentino SA	6.2	5.7

Austria

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in bil. USD)	(in bil. EUR)
1	2000	Bayerische Hypo- und Vereins	Bank Austria AG	7.3	7.8
2	2009	Volkswagen AG	Porsche Holding Salzburg	5.1	3.6
3	2005	Erste Group Bank AG	Banca Comerciala Romana	4.7	3.7
4	2006	Investor Group	BAWAG	4.2	3.2
5	1997	Lafarge SA	Perlmooser Zementwerke AG	3.6	3.4
6	2007	Voestalpine AG	Boehler-Uddeholm AG	3.5	2.6
7	2008	Austria	Erste Group Bank AG	3.5	2.7
8	2005	Unicredito Italiano SpA	Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG	3.3	2.7
9	2004	Investor Group	BUWOG,WAG,Linzer,Villacher	2.9	2.4
10	1998	Telecom Italia SpA	Telekom Austria AG	2.4	2.0

Germany

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in bil. USD)	(in bil. EUR)
1	1999	Vodafone AirTouch PLC	Mannesmann AG	202.8	204.8
2	1998	Daimler-Benz AG	Chrysler Corp	40.5	36.3
3	2011	AT&T Inc.	T-Mobile US Inc.	39.0	27.6
4	2000	Deutsche Telekom AG	VoiceStream Wireless Corp	29.4	30.8
5	1999	Rhone-Poulenc SA	Hoechst AG	21.9	20.5
6	2006	Bayer AG	Schering AG	21.4	17.0
7	2001	Allianz AG	Dresdner Bank AG	19.7	22.5
8	2005	Unicredito Italiano SpA	Bayerische Hypo- und Vereins	18.3	15.1
9	2007	Continental AG	Siemens VDO Automotive AG	15.6	11.4
10	2007	E ON AG	Endesa Italia	14.3	9.1

Switzerland

Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	Transaction Value
Rank	Year	Acquiror**	Target**	(in. bil. USD)	(in. bil. EUR)
1	2007	Shareholders	Philip Morris Intl Inc	107.6	68.1
2	2008	Roche Holding AG	Genentech Inc	46.7	29.3
3	2008	Novartis AG	Alcon Inc	38.3	24.4
4	1996	Sandoz AG	Ciba-Geigy AG	30.1	24.0
5	1997	Union Bank of Switzerland	Schweizerischer Bankverein	23.0	20.7
6	2011	Swiss Reinsurance Co Ltd	Swiss Reinsurance Co Ltd	21.4	15.7
7	2007	Shareholders	British American Tobacco PLC	19.8	12.9
8	2008	Zurich Allied AG	Allied Zurich PLC	19.4	20.4
9	2000	Xstrata PLC	Falconbridge Ltd	17.4	13.5
10	2006	Zurich Versicherungs GmbH	BAT Industries PLC-Financial	17.1	15.2