List of Large Corporate Takeovers

February 11, 2008 1:08 PM

Where can I find a list of large corporate takeovers of the past ten years. I'm looking for deals that > $20 billion US. Offline sources are fine. Wikipedia, in their article of mergers and acquisitions lists only the top 10 or so unfortunately.
posted by storybored to work & money (10 comments total)

That Wikipedia page links to a site that also lists top M&A deals by region, including several that weren't on the Wiki page.
posted by saladin at 1:30 PM on February 11, 2008

Check out the sources of the wikipedia entry. I bet that could help you out in compiling the other half of the top 20.
posted by hal_c_on at 1:35 PM on February 11, 2008

I've checked out the list of references already, unfortunately they don't give a comprehensive list of the takeovers in the price range I'm looking at....( >$20 B)
posted by storybored at 1:52 PM on February 11, 2008

Use the list you already have as Google search terms. You'll probably track down the rest.
posted by Leon at 1:57 PM on February 11, 2008

The source that academics use is SDC Platinum from Thomson. I have access to it through my business school's subscription. It allows very detailed searches of M&A activity. I am not sure what a subscription costs, but I am sure it is pricey.
posted by bove at 2:02 PM on February 11, 2008

Dealipedia
posted by euphorb at 2:39 PM on February 11, 2008

If you check out pages 28 and 29 of this FTC report, it will tell you how many (though not the names of) mergers over certain dollar threshholds filed papers with the DOJ/FTC in 2006. There is one of these reports for each year for the last 10 years on the FTC website, here. If you poke around on the FTC adn DOJ websites further you may be able to piece things together. You might also try searching LEXIS or Westlaw databases for a law review article with merger statistics, but that might take a little time. Good luck!
posted by onlyconnect at 6:55 PM on February 11, 2008

You could pull this up on a Bloomberg as well. I think some university libraries have public terminals.
posted by mullacc at 9:57 PM on February 11, 2008

KKR bought First Data for something like 29 billion (a leveraged private equity buyout).
posted by chunking express at 6:35 AM on February 12, 2008

onlyconnect, that's an interesting FTC report. I'm impressed with the number of billion dollar transactions >200 in a single year. Too bad, no names are given....
posted by storybored at 10:29 AM on February 12, 2008