FACTBOX-Top M&A deals completed, pending or intended
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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64.5 Wyeth Pfizer BofA Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley
WYE.N (PFE.N) Goldman Sachs Evercore
JPMorgan, Barclays
Citi
Status: Pending ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55.3 General Motors Vehicle Acq Rothschild Morgan Stanley
Certain Assets Holdings Evercore
[GM.UL] Blackstone
AP Services
Status: Completed ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45.9 Schering Plough Merck JP Morgan Goldman Sachs
SGP.N (MRK.N) Morgan Stanley
Status: Pending ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42.5 Anglo American Xstrata JP Morgan Cazenove UBS
(AAL.L) (XTA.L) Deutsche Goldman Sachs
Lazard Nomura
Status: Intended ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28.1 Citigroup Preferred Citi
Shareholders
Status: Completed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22.3 Lloyds Banking HM Treasury Credit Suisse JP Morgan Cazenove
(LLOY.L) Deutsche UBS, Citi
Status: Pending ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.3 Cadbury Kraft Lazard, Citi Morgan Stanley
(CBRY.L) (KFT.N) Centerview Partners Goldman Sachs
Deutsche UBS
Status: Intended ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.6 RBS HM Treasury Citi, Deutsche UBS
(RBS.L) Credit Suisse Morgan Stanley
Status: Pending ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.2 Petro-Canada Suncor CIBC World Markets RBC CapMarkets
(PCA.TO) (SU.TO) Morgan Stanley Deutsche
Status: Completed -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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