target

Premier Farnell

bidder

Avnet

£809m

13 dealmakers

target

Arm Holdings

bidder

Softbank Group Corp

£23,673m

55 dealmakers

target

Cove Energy

bidder

Ptt Exploration And Production Public Company

£1,108m

14 dealmakers

target

Cable & Wireless Worldwide

bidder

Vodafone Group

£1,144m

16 dealmakers

target

Diageo (wine Division)

bidder

Treasury Wine Estates

£422m

7 dealmakers

target

Inmarsat

bidder

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board

£4,214m

90 dealmakers

target

London Stock Exchange Group

bidder

Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing

£31,600m

73 dealmakers

target

Sophos Group

bidder

Thoma Bravo

£3,120m

67 dealmakers

target

G4s

bidder

Allied Universal

£3,820m

142 dealmakers

target

Weir Oil & Gas

bidder

CATERPILLAR

£312m

25 dealmakers

target

NORTONLIFELOCK

bidder

Avast Software Sro

£6,211m

111 dealmakers

target

U And I Group

bidder

Land Securities

£190m

20 dealmakers

target

GO-AHEAD

bidder

OPTRUST

£699m

70 dealmakers

target

Euromoney Institutional Investor

bidder

Astorg Partners

£1,660m

65 dealmakers

target

Ds Smith

bidder

International Paper Company

£7,800m

60 dealmakers