FACTBOX-Top M&A deals completed, pending or intended

Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:02am EDT
 
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 Sept 25 (Reuters) - Global merger and acquisition activity fell 41 per cent
in the first three quarters of the year, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Still, plenty of blockbuster deals were completed or proposed.
 Here are the 10 largest for the year so far:
 Value   Target          Acquirer      Acquirer Adviser     Target Adviser
 ($bln)
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  64.5   Wyeth            Pfizer       BofA Merrill Lynch   Morgan Stanley
     WYE.N          (PFE.N)       Goldman Sachs        Evercore
                                    JPMorgan, Barclays
                                    Citi
      Status: Pending
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  58.0   Rio Tinto        BHP Billiton Goldman Sachs        Morgan Stanley
      iron ore         (BHP.AX)     Gresham Partners
      assets           (BLT.L)      Lazard
      (RIO.L) (RIO.AX)
      Status: Pending
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  55.3   General Motors   Vehicle Acq  Rothschild           Morgan Stanley
      Certain Assets   Holdings                          Evercore
      [GM.UL]                                            Blackstone
                                                         AP Services
      Status: Completed
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  45.9   Schering Plough  Merck        JP Morgan            Goldman Sachs
      SGP.N          (MRK.N)                           Morgan Stanley
      Status: Pending
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  42.5   Anglo American   Xstrata      JP Morgan Cazenove   UBS
     (AAL.L)           (XTA.L)      Deutsche             Goldman Sachs
                                    Lazard               Nomura    
      Status: Intended
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  28.1   Citigroup        Preferred                         Citi
                       Shareholders
      Status: Completed
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  22.3   Lloyds Banking   HM Treasury  Credit Suisse        JP Morgan Cazenove
     (LLOY.L)                       Deutsche             UBS, Citi
      Status: Pending                                  
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 19.3    Cadbury          Kraft        Lazard, Citi         Morgan Stanley
     (CBRY.L)         (KFT.N)       Centerview Partners  Goldman Sachs
                                    Deutsche             UBS           
      Status: Intended
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 18.6    RBS              HM Treasury  Citi, Deutsche       UBS
     (RBS.L)                        Credit Suisse        Morgan Stanley
      Status: Pending
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 18.2    Petro-Canada     Suncor       CIBC World Markets   RBC CapMarkets
     (PCA.TO)       (SU.TO)         Morgan Stanley       Deutsche
      Status: Completed
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 Source: Thomson Reuters
 (Compiled by Victoria Howley; Editing by Ted Kerr)
 (For a collection of stories and FACTBOXES on M&A activity so far this year
click on [ID:nN24461018]. For more M&A news and our DealZone blog, go to
www.reuters.com/deals)


 

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