Top 10 Merger and Acquisitions(M&A) of 2008 and 2009

Here I posted an article on the Top 10 Merger and Acquisitions(M&A) in 2008 and 2009 and Tech Merger and Acquisitions(M&A) in 2009

Top 10 Merger and Acquisitions(M&A) of 2008

Acquirer Company

Targeted Company

Deal Value (In Billions)

Industry

Altria shareholders.

Philip Morris International

$113

Tobacco

InBev

Anheuser-Busch

$60.4

Beverages

Bank of America

Merrill Lynch

$48.8

Banking and Financial

Roche Holding

Genentech Inc

$43.7

Pharmaceutical

Share Holders

Time Warner media

$42.1

Media

Verizon Wireless

Alltel

$28.1

Tele-communication

Novartis AG

Alcon-Nestle(77%)

$27.7

Pharmaceutical

UK Government

Royal Bank of Scotland Group

$26.1

Banking and Financial

Lloyds TSB

Halifax Bank of Scotland

$25.4

Banking and Insurance

Mars Inc

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co

$23.2

Food Processor

Top 10 Merger and Acquisitions(M&A) of 2009

Acquirer Company	Targeted Company	Deal Value (In Billions)	Industry
Pfizer	Wyeth	$64.5	Pharmaceuticals
Merck	Schering-Plough	$46	Pharmaceuticals
Bharti Group	MTN	$23	Tele-communication
HM Treasury	Lloyd's Banking Group	$22.3	Banking and Financial
HM Treasury	Royal Bank of Scotland	$18.6	Banking and Financial
Suncor Energy	Petro-Canada	$18.2	Oil and Gas
DirecTV	Liberty Entertainment	$14.5	Entertainment
ENEL	Endesa	$14.2	Public Utility
RWE AG	Essent	$12.4	Utility
Vattenfall	Nuon	$10.9	Energy

Top 10 Tech Merger and Acquisitions(M&A) of 2009

Acquirer Company	Targeted Company	Deal Value (In Millions)	Acquirer Company
Oracle Corporation	Sun Microsystems	$7.4	Oracle Corporation
Xerox	Affiliated Computer Services	$5.75	Xerox
Panasonic	Sanyo	$4.6	Panasonic
The Walt Disney Company	Marvel Entertainment	$4.0	The Walt Disney Company
Dell	Perot Systems	$3.9	Dell
Cisco	Tandberg	$3.4	Cisco
Liberty Global	Unity media	$3.0	Liberty Global
Cisco	Starent Networks	$2.9	Cisco
Hewlett-Packard	3Com	$2.7	Hewlett-Packard
EMC Corporation	Data Domain	$2.1	EMC Corporation