MergerLinks - Andrew Cole

AcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate EquityPrivate

target

Vector Solutions

bidder

Golden Gate Capital

value n/a

12 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajority

target

Cambium Learning Group

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

£543m

46 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajority

target

XIIDRA

bidder

Novartis

£4,066m

52 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajority

Defense

target

Alion Science And Technology Corp (naval Systems Business Unit)

bidder

Serco

£177m

60 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivatePrivate Equity

Medical Services

target

Capital Vision Services

bidder

West Street Capital Partners

£2,136m

28 dealmakers

Ireland

AcquisitionPublicMajority

target

Allergan

bidder

Abbvie

£67,600m

99 dealmakers

Machinery: Industrial

PrivateAcquisition

target

MILACRON

bidder

UNILOY

value n/a

12 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajority

target

Timeclock Plus

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

22 dealmakers

PrivatisationMajorityAcquisitionPublic

target

Bioverativ

bidder

Sanofi

£7,852m

45 dealmakers

Third Party Logistics (3PL)

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

Globaltranz Enterprises

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

15 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

General Mining

target

Nsc Minerals

bidder

Kissner Group Holdings

value n/a

23 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateAcquisitionMinority

target

Therapy Brands Holdings

bidder

Lightyear Capital

value n/a

15 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityPrivate Equity

target

N2y

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

22 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPublicDomestic

Medical Supplies

target

Hemacare Corporation

bidder

Charles River Laboratories International

£252m

25 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajority

target

American Institutes For Research (assessment Division)

bidder

Cambium Learning Group

value n/a

15 dealmakers

MajorityPrivate EquityAcquisitionPrivate

target

Campus Management Acquisition Corp

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

value n/a

43 dealmakers

France

PrivatePrivate EquityMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

target

Galileo Global Education

bidder

Montagu Private Equity

value n/a

70 dealmakers

MajorityPrivate EquityAcquisitionPrivate

Medical Equipment

target

Dxc Technology (us State & Local Health And Human Services Business)

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

£3,846m

43 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivateDomestic

Machinery: Specialty

target

Hillenbrand (cimcool Business)

bidder

Dubois Chemicals

£203m

22 dealmakers

Private EquityPublicAcquisitionMinorityDomestic

target

ALNYLAM

bidder

Blackstone Group

£1,604m

53 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionPrivate EquityMinorityDomestic

Commercial REITs

target

Outfront Media

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

£321m

43 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionMajorityDisposalCross Border

target

Stemline Therapeutics

bidder

Menarini Group

£541m

44 dealmakers

Spain

Telecommunications Equipment

AcquisitionPublicPrivate EquityMajorityPrivatisationCross Border

target

Masmovil Group

bidder

Cinven

£2,874m

72 dealmakers

Ireland

Medical Supplies

PublicPrivate EquityMinorityAcquisitionCross Border

target

Medtronic

bidder

Blackstone Group

£266m

20 dealmakers

PolandDenmark

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateCross BorderDisposal

target

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (otc Assets)

bidder

Orifarm Group

£530m

41 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivatePrivate EquityDomestic

target

STABILITAS

bidder

Onsolve

value n/a

11 dealmakers

Cross BorderMajorityPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Data Centers and Hosting

target

EDGECONNEX

bidder

Eqt Partners

£2,273m

46 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityCross Border

target

Takeda Consumer Healthcare Company

bidder

Blackstone Group

£1,756m

38 dealmakers

MinorityPrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityDomestic

target

Semarchy

bidder

Providence Strategic Growth (psg)

value n/a

11 dealmakers

Cross BorderMajorityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

Medical Equipment

target

Takeda (tachosil)

bidder

Gtcr

£320m

78 dealmakers

United StatesUnited States

MajorityPrivateDomesticPrivate EquityAcquisition

target

Zenimax Media

bidder

Microsoft Corp

£5,804m

53 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityDomesticAcquisition

Data Centers and Hosting

target

Neustar (registry Business)

bidder

Godaddy

value n/a

32 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityAcquisitionPublicPrivate Equity

target

Rosetta Stone

bidder

Cambium Learning Group

£593m

44 dealmakers

Finland

AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityPrivateCross Border

target

Analyste Oyj

bidder

Providence Strategic Growth (psg)

value n/a

18 dealmakers

Finland

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityCross Border

target

SMARTLY

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

£170m

46 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityCross Border

target

Flow Hospitality Training

bidder

Mapal Software

value n/a

16 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticMinorityPrivate Equity

target

SEVENROOMS

bidder

Providence Strategic Growth (psg)

£38m

13 dealmakers

Private EquityMajorityAcquisitionDomesticPrivate

Personal Products

target

NUTRISYSTEM

bidder

Msd Partners

£444m

38 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticMergerPrivate EquityPublic

Recreational Services

target

TOPGOLF

bidder

Callaway Golf Co

£1,955m

56 dealmakers

PrivateVenture CapitalPrivate EquityDomesticAcquisitionMinority

target

DOUBLEVERIFY

bidder

Fidelity Management & Research Company

£268m

14 dealmakers

Household Equipment and Products

MajorityCross BorderPrivate EquityAcquisitionPublicPrivatisation

target

Dorel Industries

bidder

Cerberus Capital Management

£257m

27 dealmakers

Cross BorderPrivateMinorityAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Health Care Facilities

target

Unified Women's Healthcare

bidder

Ares Management

value n/a

7 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Northrop Grumman (mission Support Services Business)

bidder

PERATON

£2,545m

21 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityCross BorderDisposal

Auto Parts

target

Truck Hero

bidder

Mubadala Investment Company

value n/a

60 dealmakers

MajorityPublicAcquisitionCross Border

target

Alexion Pharmaceuticals

bidder

Astrazeneca

£29,441m

63 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPublicPrivate Equity

target

Prevail Therapeutics

bidder

Eli Lilly And Company

£778m

36 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivate

Medical Equipment

target

Agios Pharmaceuticals (oncology Business)

bidder

Servier International

£1,500m

28 dealmakers

AcquisitionPublicDomesticMajorityPrivate Equity

target

HMS

bidder

Gainwell Technologies

£2,514m

45 dealmakers

PrivateDomesticAcquisitionMinorityPrivate Equity

target

365 Retail Markets

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

20 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateDomesticAcquisition

Medical Supplies

target

BYTE

bidder

Dentsply Sirona

£764m

27 dealmakers

Turkey

Satellite

PrivateCross BorderMajorityAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

DIGITURK

bidder

Bein Media Group

value n/a

41 dealmakers

MergerPrivate EquityPrivateMajorityDomesticDe-SPACReverse Takeover

Household Appliance

target

The Hillman Group

bidder

Landcadia Holdings Iii

£1,899m

72 dealmakers

Private EquityDomesticPublicMajorityAcquisition

target

Perspecta

bidder

PERATON

£5,845m

58 dealmakers

Private EquityDomesticAcquisitionMajorityPublicPrivatisation

Transportation Services

target

Cubic Corporation

bidder

Evergreen Coast Capital

£2,182m

145 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityAcquisitionPublic

Tires

target

Cooper Tires

bidder

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

£1,760m

59 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate Equity

Chemicals: Diversified

target

Pq Group Holdings (performance Chemicals Business)

bidder

Koch Minerals & Trading

£789m

60 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionCross BorderPrivate EquityMajority

target

NODE4

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

51 dealmakers

Telecommunications Services: Other

AcquisitionMajorityPrivatePrivate EquityDomesticMergerDe-SPACReverse Takeover

target

Kore Wireless Group

bidder

Cerberus Telecom Acquisition Corp

£727m

31 dealmakers

Spain

Telecommunications Services: Other

AcquisitionPublicPrivate EquityMajorityDomestic

target

Euskaltel

bidder

Masmovil Group

£3,019m

81 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticAcquisitionPrivate EquityPublicPrivatisation

target

Cotiviti Holdings

bidder

Verscend Technologies

£3,697m

15 dealmakers

Cross BorderPublicMajorityPrivate EquityAcquisition

Auto Parts

target

Abc Technologies Holdings

bidder

Apollo Global Management

£201m

23 dealmakers

Private EquityMajorityPrivateDomesticAcquisition

target

Xrm Software (foundation And Matching Software Solutions)

bidder

ANTHOLOGY

value n/a

13 dealmakers

AcquisitionCross BorderMajorityPrivate

target

Takeda Pharmaceutical (non-core Assets)

bidder

HASTEN

£230m

13 dealmakers

Reverse TakeoverPrivateCross BorderAcquisitionMajorityMergerDe-SPAC

target

Babylon Health

bidder

Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp

£2,536m

60 dealmakers

Denmark

Private EquityAcquisitionCross BorderMinorityPrivate

target

ELOOMI

bidder

Great Hill Partners

£38m

11 dealmakers

United Arab Emirates

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate EquityPrivate

target

United Eastern Medical Services

bidder

Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners

value n/a

19 dealmakers

Third Party Logistics (3PL)

AcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityMergerPrivateDomestic

target

Globaltranz Enterprises

bidder

Worldwide Express

£3,021m

91 dealmakers

Real EstateAcquisitionCross BorderPrivate EquityPrivateMajority

Hotels and Motels

target

Dorsett City London

bidder

Highgate Hotels

value n/a

13 dealmakers

France

Banks

PrivatePrivate EquityMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

target

Hsbc (retail Banking In France)

bidder

Cerberus Capital Management

value n/a

53 dealmakers

United StatesUnited States

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionCross Border

target

Fisher Theatre

bidder

Ambassador Theatre Group

value n/a

16 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMinorityPrivate EquityPrivate

E-commerce

target

SWEETWATER

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

48 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Engineering Consulting

target

Alion Science And Technology Corp

bidder

Huntington Ingalls Industries

£1,191m

35 dealmakers

Private EquityCross BorderPrivateAcquisitionMajority

Electrical Components

target

Promark Electronics

bidder

Electrical Components International

value n/a

35 dealmakers

MajorityPrivatePrivate EquityDomesticAcquisition

E-commerce

target

PARTSSOURCE

bidder

Bain Capital Private Equity

value n/a

12 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate EquityDomestic

Facilities Technology

target

Red River

bidder

Cerberus Capital Management

value n/a

14 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate

target

Lighthouse Autism Center

bidder

Cerberus Capital Management

value n/a

40 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityDomesticPrivate EquityAcquisition

Computer Hardware

target

Source Code

bidder

Cerberus Capital Management

value n/a

28 dealmakers

DomesticPrivate EquityAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

Dovel Technologies

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

£596m

36 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateAcquisitionMajorityDomesticVenture Capital

target

MINERALTREE

bidder

Global Payments

£363m

15 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMinorityDomesticPrivate Equity

target

NMI

bidder

Insight Partners

value n/a

20 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityDomesticPrivate

target

Blackboard

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

£2,266m

43 dealmakers

PrivateDomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

Specialty Retailers

target

Brooklyn Bedding

bidder

Cerberus Capital Management

value n/a

34 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateMinorityPrivate EquityVenture CapitalAcquisition

Medical Services

target

Ivx Health

bidder

Great Hill Partners

£73m

11 dealmakers

MinorityDomesticPrivatePrivate EquityVenture CapitalAcquisition

target

TOTANGO

bidder

Benhamou Global Ventures

£73m

11 dealmakers

MajorityPrivatePrivate EquityDomesticAcquisition

target

TENSTREET

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

29 dealmakers

Venture CapitalCross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivatePrivate Equity

Health Care Facilities

target

Eating Recovery Center

bidder

Oak Hc/ft

£1,057m

18 dealmakers

DomesticMergerMajorityAcquisitionPublic

target

Aspen Technology

bidder

Emerson Electric Co

£8,081m

49 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPrivateMergerAcquisition

target

Sard Verbinnen & Co

bidder

Finsbury Glover Hering

£241m

62 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivatePrivate EquityDomestic

target

Confidio

bidder

Advent International Corporation

value n/a

26 dealmakers

Cross BorderPrivateMajorityPrivate EquityAcquisition

target

Tnp (the Nav/365people)

bidder

NODE4

value n/a

22 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

MajorityPrivate EquityAcquisitionPrivateDomestic

target

CLEARWAVE

bidder

Great Hill Partners

value n/a

15 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMinorityPrivate EquityCross Border

target

Auvik Networks

bidder

Great Hill Partners

£180m

11 dealmakers

PublicPrivate EquityMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

Hotels and Motels

target

Corepoint Lodging

bidder

Highgate Capital

£1,111m

70 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateAcquisitionMinorityPrivate Equity

Private Equity

target

Great Hill Partners

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

15 dealmakers

Customer Relationship Management

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPrivatePrivate Equity

target

PRODEGE

bidder

Great Hill Partners

value n/a

18 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivateDomesticMajority

target

Athenahealth

bidder

Hellman & Friedman

£12,634m

53 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionCross BorderPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Tes Global

bidder

Onex Corporation

value n/a

27 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateAcquisitionMinorityDomestic

target

Seesaw Learning

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

27 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityPublic

Auto Parts

target

Abc Technologies Holdings

bidder

Oaktree Capital Management

£100m

11 dealmakers

DomesticVenture CapitalMinorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate

target

Domino Data Lab

bidder

Coatue Management

£75m

15 dealmakers

Spain

Online and Social Platforms

MajorityDomesticPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

Haya Titualcion

bidder

Beka Finance

value n/a

12 dealmakers

Brazil

Telecommunications infrastructure

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionCross BorderPrivate Equity

target

São Paulo Cinco Locação De Torres Ltda

bidder

Ihs Towers

£232m

42 dealmakers

Private EquityMergerDomesticMajorityAcquisitionPublic

Airlines

target

Spirit Airlines

bidder

Jetblue Airways

£6,294m

128 dealmakers

MajorityPrivate EquityAcquisitionPublicTender OfferDomestic

target

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

£2,469m

41 dealmakers

PublicPrivate EquityMajorityDomesticPrivatisationAcquisition

target

Tivity Health

bidder

Stone Point Capital

£1,471m

24 dealmakers

PublicDomesticMajorityAcquisition

target

Antares Pharma

bidder

HALOZYME

£737m

59 dealmakers

Turkey

Private EquityAcquisitionPrivateCross BorderMajority

target

AIRTIES

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

43 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityDomesticPrivateMajority

Security Services

target

NETCENTRICS

bidder

Cerberus Capital Management

value n/a

12 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateMajorityAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

Finalsite Holdings

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

value n/a

15 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionDomesticPrivate Equity

target

VISTAGE

bidder

Gridiron Capital

value n/a

25 dealmakers

PrivateDomesticPrivate EquityMinorityAcquisition

Media Agencies

target

The North Road Company

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

£460m

29 dealmakers

PrivateDomesticPrivate EquityMajorityAcquisition

Auto Services

target

Sequa Corporation

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

value n/a

26 dealmakers

Food Retailers and Wholesalers

AcquisitionPrivatisationDomesticMajorityPublicPrivate Equity

target

ALBERTSONS

bidder

Kroger Co

£21,965m

93 dealmakers

Electronic Components and Equipment

MajorityDomesticAcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Caes Space Systems

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

value n/a

17 dealmakers

PrivateMinorityAcquisitionDomesticPrivate Equity

Media Agencies

target

Wasserman Media Group

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

30 dealmakers

Private EquityPublicAcquisitionPrivatisationDomesticMajority

Full Line Insurance

target

Trean Insurance Group

bidder

Altaris Capital Partners

£136m

21 dealmakers

Information / Data Services

MajorityDomesticAcquisitionPrivate

target

ROSETTE

bidder

Veritas Capital Partners

value n/a

12 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivateDomesticMajority

target

Accelerate Learning

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

41 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate Equity

target

School Specialty (literacy And Math Solutions Division)

bidder

Excolere Equity Partners

value n/a

10 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticAcquisitionPublic

target

Seagen

bidder

Pfizer

£35,705m

67 dealmakers

Business Process Outsourcing

PublicAcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate Equity

target

Hyve Group

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

£524m

72 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateCross BorderPrivate EquityAcquisition

target

N2y

bidder

Five Arrows Principal Investments

value n/a

75 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMinorityPrivate EquityDomestic

target

Fusion Risk Management

bidder

Great Hill Partners

value n/a

12 dealmakers

MajorityPublicAcquisitionDomestic

target

Amedisys

bidder

Optum

£2,657m

61 dealmakers

Germany

Electronic Equipment: Other

AcquisitionCross BorderPrivateMajorityPrivate Equity

target

D&b Audiotechnik

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

61 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPublic

target

Abcam

bidder

Danaher Corporation

£4,530m

41 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Brillstein Entertainment

bidder

Wasserman Media Group

value n/a

35 dealmakers

MinorityPrivatePrivate EquityAcquisitionCross Border

Recreational Services

target

Liverpool Fc

bidder

Dynasty Equity

value n/a

15 dealmakers

DomesticPrivatePrivate EquityMinorityAcquisition

Construction Services

target

Decks & Docks

bidder

Ccmp Growth Advisors

value n/a

23 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticAcquisitionPublic

target

Mirati Therapeutics

bidder

Bristol Myers Squibb Company

£3,840m

54 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

Longview Communications

bidder

Wpp

value n/a

14 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateAcquisitionMinorityPrivate Equity

Recreational Services

target

Populous Holdings

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

value n/a

15 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPublic

Hotels and Motels

target

Wyndham Hotel Group

bidder

Choice Hotels International

£8,043m

28 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateDomesticPrivate Equity

Machinery: Specialty

target

Innovative Refrigeration Systems

bidder

Ccmp Growth Advisors

value n/a

28 dealmakers

PrivateCross BorderPrivate EquityAcquisitionMinority

FinTech

target

One

bidder

Nordic Capital

value n/a

17 dealmakers