David J. Kappos - MergerLinks

AcquisitionPublicMergerDomestic

target

Cigna Corporation

bidder

Anthem

£34,773m

25 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionMajority

target

Twenty-first Century Fox

bidder

The Walt Disney Company

£62,623m

105 dealmakers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Auto Parts

DisposalPrivateMajority

target

Gkn (driveline Division)

bidder

Dana Incorporated

value n/a

82 dealmakers

Israel

Electronic Components and Equipment

AcquisitionPublicMajority

target

Orbotech

bidder

Kla-tencor Corporation

£2,224m

84 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityPrivate Equity

Medical Equipment

target

Auris Health

bidder

ETHICON

£2,640m

52 dealmakers

Bermuda

Property and Casualty Insurance

PublicAcquisitionMajorityCross Border

target

Xl Group

bidder

Axa

£11,082m

100 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate EquityMajority

target

Axioma

bidder

Deutsche Boerse

£650m

73 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionMajorityDomestic

Integrated Oil and Gas

target

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

bidder

Occidental Petroleum

£43,950m

111 dealmakers

Mexico

Food Products

AcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate

target

Cholula Hot Sauce

bidder

L Catterton

value n/a

39 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomesticDisposal

target

Walt Disney (regional Sports Network)

bidder

Sinclair Broadcast Group

£8,103m

116 dealmakers

MergerAcquisitionPublicPrivate EquityPrivate EquityMajorityCross Border

Cosmetics

target

Avon Products

bidder

Natura Cosmeticos

£2,997m

52 dealmakers

Telecommunications infrastructure

AcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivateMajorityCross Border

target

Frontier Communications (northwest Us Operations)

bidder

Wavedivision Capital

£1,107m

59 dealmakers

AcquisitionPublicMajorityMerger

Specialty Chemicals

target

Omnova Solutions

bidder

Synthomer

£652m

73 dealmakers

PublicMergerMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

target

UPJOHN

bidder

Mylan

£18,106m

144 dealmakers

MajorityPublicMergerAcquisitionDomestic

target

Viacom International Media Networks

bidder

Cbs Corporation

£16,525m

122 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPublic

target

Entertainment One

bidder

Hasbro

£2,900m

129 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajority

target

Pitney Bowes (software Solutions Business)

bidder

Centerbridge Partners

£569m

51 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityPrivate EquityCross Border

target

Yes Network

bidder

Blackstone Group

£2,849m

41 dealmakers

GhanaMozambique

Integrated Oil and Gas

AcquisitionPrivateMajority

target

Anadarko (african Assets)

bidder

TOTALENERGIES

£6,676m

68 dealmakers

Switzerland

MinorityPrivateAcquisition

target

Roivant Sciences

bidder

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma

£2,437m

14 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionMajorityMerger

target

Dova Pharmaceuticals

bidder

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (sobi)

£744m

26 dealmakers

Telecommunications infrastructure

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityDomestic

target

Ap Wip Investments Holdings

bidder

Landscape Acquistion Holdings

£664m

45 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityDomestic

IT Services: Other

target

Id Analytics

bidder

Lexisnexis Risk Solutions

£288m

31 dealmakers

United StatesUnited States

Gaming

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

target

Foxnext Games

bidder

SCOPELY

value n/a

32 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionDisposalCross BorderPrivate Equity

target

EMAILAGE

bidder

Lexisnexis Risk Solutions

£382m

32 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityDisposalDomestic

target

Univision Communications

bidder

FORGELIGHT

value n/a

112 dealmakers

Brazil

Consumer Services: Other

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionCross Border

target

Grupo Zap

bidder

Prosus

£504m

23 dealmakers

Food Retailers and Wholesalers

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores

bidder

Us Foods

£758m

28 dealmakers

United StatesUnited States

MajorityPrivateMergerAcquisition

target

LETGO

bidder

OFFERUP

value n/a

50 dealmakers

PublicMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

E-commerce

target

Grubhub

bidder

Just Eat

£5,744m

81 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomestic

Auto Parts

target

R.h. Sheppard Co

bidder

KNORR-BREMSE

£120m

28 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionCross Border

Satellite

target

Oneweb

bidder

Her Majesty's Government

£840m

51 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionDomesticDisposal

Electricity Distribution

target

Direct Energy

bidder

Nrg Energy

£2,840m

72 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityDomestic

Payments / Commerce

target

World Fuel Services Corporation (multi Service Payment Solutions Business)

bidder

Corsair Capital

£267m

60 dealmakers

PublicMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

target

Momenta Pharmaceuticals

bidder

Johnson & Johnson

£4,929m

57 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionDomesticPrivate Equity

target

GRAIL

bidder

Illumina

£6,190m

107 dealmakers

MergerPrivatisationMajorityAcquisitionPublicDomestic

target

Eidos Therapeutics

bidder

Bridgebio Pharma

£757m

16 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateDisposalMajorityDomestic

target

Outfront Media (sports Marketing Busniess)

bidder

PLAYFLY

value n/a

10 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityMergerPrivateDomesticDisposalReverse TakeoverDe-SPAC

IT Services: Other

target

Software Luxembourg Holding (skillsoft)

bidder

Churchill Capital Corp Ii

£1,149m

54 dealmakers

Asset Managers and Custodians

Cross BorderMajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate

target

Institutional Shareholder Services

bidder

Deutsche Boerse

£1,374m

46 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionCross BorderMajority

target

Shadow Health

bidder

Elsevier

value n/a

11 dealmakers

MajorityCross BorderPrivateAcquisition

target

Walgreens Boots Alliance (alliance Healthcare Businesses)

bidder

Amerisourcebergen Corporation

£4,779m

57 dealmakers

MergerPublicAcquisitionMajorityCross Border

target

Gw Pharmaceuticals

bidder

Jazz Pharmaceuticals

£5,266m

85 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Cable Television

target

Hargray Communications Group

bidder

Cable One

£1,348m

51 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateCross Border

Aerospace

target

Ge Capital Aviation Services

bidder

AERCAP

£21,630m

134 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticMajority

Conventional Electricity

target

Western Power Distribution

bidder

National Grid

£14,400m

106 dealmakers

AcquisitionCross BorderPrivateMajority

Conventional Electricity

target

Narragansett Electric

bidder

Ppl Corporation

£2,738m

65 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionPublicMajority

target

Luminex Corporation

bidder

DIASORIN

£1,312m

36 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivateDomesticPrivate Equity

target

Entertainment One Music

bidder

Blackstone Group

£276m

23 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

Metro-goldwyn-mayer

bidder

Amazon.com

£5,966m

59 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

PrivateMajorityCross BorderAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

Stack Overflow

bidder

Prosus

£1,271m

33 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

Diversified Industrials

target

Appvion Operations (carbonless Rolls And Security Papers Business)

bidder

Pixelle Specialty Solutions

value n/a

8 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPublicAcquisition

Other Specialty REITs

target

New Senior Investment Group

bidder

VENTAS

£2,735m

50 dealmakers

PublicDomesticAcquisitionMajority

Gaming

target

SCIPLAY

bidder

Light & Wonder (ex Scientific Games Corporation)

value n/a

21 dealmakers

Private EquityMajorityPrivateDomesticAcquisition

Machinery: Industrial

target

Big Ass Fans

bidder

Madison Industries

£798m

23 dealmakers

Australia

FinTech

PublicSchemeAcquisitionMajorityCross Border

target

Afterpay

bidder

Block

£20,855m

67 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateDomesticMajority

target

RMS

bidder

Moody’s Corporation

£1,437m

54 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityCross Border

Machinery: Specialty

target

Critical Process Systems Group

bidder

EXYTE

value n/a

23 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionCross BorderPrivate

Chemicals: Diversified

target

Ashland (performance Adhesives Business)

bidder

Arkema

£1,199m

23 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPublicAcquisition

FinTech

target

GREENSKY

bidder

Goldman Sachs

£1,617m

28 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate

Casinos and Gambling

target

Openbet Group

bidder

ENDEAVOR

£633m

64 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticPrivatePrivate EquityMajority

Apparel Retailers

target

SPANX

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

33 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPublicDomesticPrivate Equity

Defense

target

Pacific Architects And Engineers

bidder

Amentum Holdings

£1,380m

30 dealmakers

PrivateCross BorderMajorityPrivate EquityAcquisition

Casinos and Gambling

target

Scientific Games Corporation (lottery Business)

bidder

Brookfield Business Partners

£4,391m

97 dealmakers

MexicoColombia

Cross BorderPrivateAcquisitionMajority

target

Fox Telecolombia & Estudios Telemexico

bidder

Viacomcbs

value n/a

11 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPublicDemergerSpin Off

target

Kenvue (johnson & Johnson Consumer Health Business)

bidder

Institutional Investors

£29,867m

37 dealmakers

MajorityPublicAcquisitionPrivate EquityDomestic

Data Centers and Hosting

target

Cyrusone

bidder

Kkr & Co

£11,189m

97 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionCross BorderPrivate Equity

target

Scaled Agile

bidder

Eurazeo Capital

£223m

14 dealmakers

Financial Data and Systems

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomestic

target

Cusip Global Services

bidder

FACTSET

£1,435m

35 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionCross Border

Cosmetics

target

ALCHEMEE

bidder

Taro Pharmaceutical

£74m

38 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionCross BorderMajority

target

Viatris (biosimilars Assets)

bidder

Biocon Biologics

£2,488m

75 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticPrivatePrivate EquityMinority

Semiconductors

target

Blue Current

bidder

Koch Strategic Platform

£22m

10 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateAcquisitionDomesticMajority

target

ARTEL

bidder

Patricia Industries

£109m

29 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

target

BEHAVIOSEC

bidder

Lexisnexis Risk Solutions

value n/a

9 dealmakers

Private EquityMajorityAcquisitionPrivateDomestic

Insurance Brokers

target

Nsm Insurance Group

bidder

The Carlyle Group

£1,439m

20 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate

target

AUTOGRID

bidder

Schneider Electric

value n/a

14 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticPrivateMajority

Education Services

target

OSMOSIS

bidder

Elsevier

value n/a

8 dealmakers

Cross BorderMajorityPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Delivery Services

target

Access Usa Shipping (myus)

bidder

ARAMEX

£211m

31 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivate

IT Services: Other

target

INTERFOLIO

bidder

Elsevier

value n/a

12 dealmakers

PrivatisationAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityPublicDomestic

target

Convey Health Solutions

bidder

Tpg Capital

£898m

36 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionPrivateMajority

E-commerce

target

BORDERFREE

bidder

GLOBAL-E

£81m

15 dealmakers

Cross BorderMajorityPrivateAcquisition

target

Yumanity Therapeutics (product Candidates)

bidder

Johnson & Johnson

£21m

11 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPublicDomestic

target

Global Blood Therapeutics

bidder

Pfizer

£4,472m

52 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivatePrivate EquityCross Border

Specialty Contracting

target

Westinghouse Electric Company

bidder

Cameco Corporation

£7,138m

85 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityPublicAcquisition

target

Famy Life Sciences

bidder

VIATRIS

£659m

58 dealmakers

Cross BorderMajorityAcquisitionPrivate

target

Envase Technologies

bidder

Wisetech Global

£185m

13 dealmakers

Third Party Logistics (3PL)

MajorityPrivatePrivate EquityAcquisitionDomestic

target

Blume Global

bidder

Wisetech Global

£342m

41 dealmakers

Telecommunications Equipment

AcquisitionDomesticPrivateMajority

target

Mimosa Networks

bidder

Jio Platforms

£50m

16 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

Washington Commanders

bidder

Josh Harris

£4,818m

27 dealmakers

AcquisitionCross BorderMajorityPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Tzield Royalty Interest

bidder

Sanofi

value n/a

9 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPublic

target

Reata Pharmaceuticals

bidder

Biogen

£5,659m

60 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

Entertainment One

bidder

Lionsgate Entertainment Corp

£392m

36 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityMergerPublic

Mobile

target

Echostar Corporation

bidder

Dish Network

£1,460m

54 dealmakers

Telecommunications Services: Other

Private EquityPublicAcquisitionDomesticMajority

target

Consolidated Communications Holdings

bidder

Searchlight Capital Partners

£1,683m

76 dealmakers

MajorityCross BorderAcquisitionPrivate

Recreational Products

target

Vista Outdoor (sporting Products)

bidder

Czechoslovak Group

£1,572m

20 dealmakers

Sweden

MajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityPublicCross Border

target

Olink Proteomics Group

bidder

Thermo Fisher Scientific

£2,545m

81 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateDomestic

Insurance Brokers

target

Bamboo Ide8 Insurance Services

bidder

White Mountains Insurance Group

£234m

9 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivateDomestic

target

Outfront Media (canadian Business)

bidder

Bell Media

£246m

28 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate

Real Estate Services

target

Situamc (commercial Real Estate Valuation Services Business)

bidder

Altus Group

£183m

12 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityAcquisitionMergerPrivate

Risk and Compliance

target

Jacobs Solutions (cms And C&i Businesses)

bidder

Amentum Holdings

value n/a

34 dealmakers

MajorityPublicAcquisitionCross Border

target

Vista Outdoor

bidder

Colt Cz

£1,390m

12 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityDomesticMajorityPrivate

target

Zimvie (spine Business)

bidder

Hig Capital

£295m

17 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

Cigna (medicare Businesses And Careallies)

bidder

Health Care Service Corporation

£2,600m

34 dealmakers

Building Materials: Other

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityDomesticInfrastructurePrivate Equity

target

Blue Water Industries (certain Aggregates Operations)

bidder

Martin Marietta

£1,622m

22 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate

Digital Services

target

CBTS

bidder

Towerbrook Capital Partners

£530m

31 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticAcquisitionPublicPrivate Equity

target

Vista Outdoor

bidder

Mnc Capital

£2,371m

19 dealmakers

Building: Climate Control

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateDomesticJoint Venture

target

Ge Vernova/ Montana Technologies Joint Venture

bidder

Ge Vernova

value n/a

13 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateAcquisitionMinority

target

Capital Rx

bidder

Prime Therapeutics

value n/a

11 dealmakers