The Brief
With today’s news that Burger King is buying Canadian coffee-and-donut chain Tim Horton’s for $11.4 billion, we began to reminisce about some of the other eye-catching mergers and acquisitions we’ve seen this year. From Apple and Beats to Facebook and WhatsApp, here are the corporate relationships we’ve been following so far in 2014. Which do you think will prove most fruitful?
With today’s news that Burger King is buying Canadian coffee-and-donut chain Tim Horton’s for $11.4 billion, we began to reminisce about some of the other eye-catching mergers and acquisitions we’ve seen this year. From Apple and Beats to Facebook and WhatsApp, here are the corporate relationships we’ve been following so far in 2014. Which do you think will prove most fruitful?
1. Actavis and Forest Labs
Acquisition Cost: $26B – $27B
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Activis
Annual Revenue: $8.68B Employees Worldwide: 19.2K Investment Advisor*: Greenhill & Co |
Forest Labs
$3.65B Annual Revenue 6200 Employees Worldwide Investment Advisor: Goldman Sachs Group |
*In many cases more than one investment advisor contributed to a deal. We only include one name here for concision. To see all of the listed parties, please login to your relsci account or, if you’re not a client, request a free profile here.
2. Amazon and Twitch
Acquisition Cost: $970M
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Amazon
Annual Revenue: $74.5B Employees Worldwide: 117K Investment Advisor: N/A |
Twitch
Annual Revenue: N/A Employees Worldwide: 80 Investment Advisor: Qatalyst Partners |
3. Apple and Beats
Acquisition Cost: $3B – $3.1B
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Apple
Annual Revenue: $171B Employees Worldwide: 80.2 Investment Advisor: N/A |
Beats
Annual Revenue: $1.5B Employees Worldwide: 700 Investment Advisor: N/A |
4. Criteo and Tedemis
Acquisition Cost: N/A
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Criteo
Annual Revenue: $591M Employees Worldwide: 800 Investment Advisor: N/A |
Tedemis
Annual Revenue: $5M – $10M Employees Worldwide: 20 – 50 Investment Advisor: Daiwa Corporate Advisory Ltd. |
5. Comcast and Time Warner Cable
Acquisition Cost: $69B – $70B
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Comcast
Annual Revenue: $64.7B Employees Worldwide: 136K Investment Advisor: Barclays Bank PLC |
Time Warner Cable
Annual Revenue: $22.1B Employees Worldwide: 51.6K Investment Advisor: Allen & Company LLC |
6. DirecTV and AT&T
Acquisition Cost: $65B – $66B
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DirecTV
Annual Revenue: $31.8B Employees Worldwide: 31.7K Investment Advisor: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
AT&T
Annual Revenue: $129B Employees Worldwide: 247K Investment Advisor: Lazard Ltd. |
7. Facebook and WhatsAPP
Acquisition Cost: $19B – $20B
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Facebook
Annual Revenue: $7.87B Employees Worldwide: 7185 Investment Advisor: Allen & Co. LLC |
WhatsAPP
Annual Revenue: N/A Employees Worldwide: 55 Investment Advisor: Morgan Stanley |
8. Google and Nest
Acquisition Cost: $3.2B – $3.3B
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Google
Annual Revenue: $59.7B Employees Worldwide: 44.8K Investment Advisor: Lazard Freres & Co. LLC |
Nest
Annual Revenue: ~$300M Employees Worldwide: ~460 Investment Advisor: N/A |
9. Reynolds American and Lorillard
Acquisition Cost: $26B – $27B
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Reynolds American
Annual Revenue: $8.24B Employees Worldwide: 5290 Investment Advisor: Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Lorillard
Annual Revenue: $4.97B Employees Worldwide: 2900 Investment Advisor: Barclays Bank PLC |
10. Verizon and Vodafone
Acquisition Cost: N/A
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Verizon
Annual Revenue: $100M + Employees Worldwide: 178K Investment Advisor: Barclays Plc |
Vodafone
Annual Revenue: $63.9B Employees Worldwide: 89.1K Investment Advisor: Citigroup, Inc. |
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