Mergers and Acquisitions 2018 for General Knowledge Preparation for IIFT / XAT / SNAP
Monday, October 15th, 2018
Mergers and Acquisitions have always formed an important part of General Knowledge section of exams like IIFT / XAT/ SNAP and various other Management entrance exams as well. Typically, the questions are based on the acquiring company or the company that is being acquired. It is not focused on the amount of money involved but on how significant the merger is and also – how popular the merger is. Unfortunately, there are no such lists easily and readily available. Most of the merger and acquisitions lists either focus on the deal amount or are limited to the technology sector.
Keeping that in mind, I thought I would create a few lists of my own that would help students of our General Knowledge course.
Important Mergers and Acquisitions: Global (2018)
| Purchaser | Purchased | Value |
| Teleperformance | Intelnet | 1 Billion $ |
| Bayer | Monsanto | 66 Billion $ |
| AT & T | Time Warner | 108 Billion $ |
| Diageo | Casamigos (George Clooney) | |
| CVS | Atena | 69 Billion $ |
| Oath (Verizon) | Yahoo and AOL | |
| Disney | 21st Century Fox | |
| Meredith | Time Inc | 2.9 Billion $ |
| Walmart | Bonobos | 310 Million $ |
Important Mergers and Acquisitions: India (2018)
| Purchaser | Purchased | Value |
| Walmart | Flipkart | 16 Billion $ |
| PVR | SPI (Sathyam, Escape, Pallazo) | Rs 633 Crore |
| United Phosphorus | Arysta LifeScience | 4 Billion $ |
| Hindalco | Aleris | 2.58 Billion $ |
| Flipkart | Liv.Ai | 40 Million $ |
| Tata Steel | Bhushan Steel (First insolvency) | Rs 35200 Crore |
| Bharti | Telenor | |
| Airtel | Tikona | |
| Tata Steel | Thyssenkrupp |
Important Mergers and Acquisitions: Global (2017)
| Purchaser | Purchased | Value |
| Cisco | App Dynamics | 3.7 Billion $ |
| Amazon | Whole Foods | 13.6 Billion $ |
| Hewlett Packard | SimplyVity, Nimble Storage | 650 Million $, 1 Billion $ |
| Apple | Workflow | |
| Kaggle | ||
| Intel | MobileEye (Israel, Driverless Cars) | 15.3 Billion $ |
| British American Tobacco | R J Reynolds Tobacco | 49 Billion $ |
| Luxxotica | Essilor | 49 Billion $ |
| Qualcomm | NXP Semiconductors | 47 Billion $ |
Important Mergers and Acquisitions: India (2017)
| Purchaser | Purchased | Value |
| Flipkart | E-bay India | |
| Axis Bank | Freecharge | 60 Million $ |
| Vodafone | Idea | |
| Airtel | Telenor, Tikona Digital | |
| Halli Labs | ||
| Sony | Ten Sports (from Zee) | 300 Million $ |
| Havells | Lloyds | Rs. 1600 Crore |
| IndusInd Bank | Bharat Financial (SKS Microfinance) | |
| State Bank of India | Bhartiya Mahila Bank, SB of Bikaner and Jaipur, SB of Patiala, SB of Travencore | |
| ONGC | HPCL | Rs. 33000 Crore |
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Important Mergers and Acquisitions : Global (2016)
| Purchaser | Purchased | Transaction Value |
| Shire | Baxalta | 32 B $ |
| Softbank | ARM Holdings | 32 B $ |
| Microsoft | 26.2 B $ | |
| Marriott Internation | Starwood Hotels | 13 B $ |
| Johnson Controls | Synthes | 19.7 B $ |
| Didi Chuxing | Uber | |
| Jhonson & Jhonson | Abbott Eye Care | 4.33 B $ |
| Bayer | Monsanto | 66 B $ |
| Pfizer | Medivation | 14 B $ |
| General Electric | Alstom | 10.3 B $ |
| Tesla | Solar City | 2.6 B $ |
| Verizon | Yahoo | 4.8 B $ |
Important Mergers and Acquisitions: India (2016)
| Purchaser | Purchased |
| Quikr | Commonfloor |
| Future Group | FabFurnish |
| Titan | Carat Lane |
| Sony Pictures | Ten Sports (from Zee) |
| Myntra | Jabong |
| PayU | Citrus Pay |
| Reliance | Aircel |
| HCL Technologies | Geometric |
| Vodafone | YOU Broadband |
| First Cry | Mahindra’s Baby Oye |
Important Mergers and Acquisitions (2015)
| Purchaser | Purchased | Transaction Value |
| ZipDial (Indian) | 30 M $ | |
| NewsCorp | Big Decisions | |
| Berkshire Hathaway | Precision Castparts | 37.2 BÂ $ |
| Ola | Taxi4Sure | 200 M $ |
| Charter Communications | Time Warner Cable | 79 B $ |
| Snapdeal | Freecharge | 400 M $ |
| Heinz | Kraft Foods | 55 B $ |
| Dell | EMC | 67 B $ |
| Intel | Altera | 16.7 B $ |
Important Mergers and Acquisitions (2014)
| Purchaser | Purchased | Value |
| WhatsApp, Oculus VR, Littler Eye Labs (India) | ||
| Flipkart | Myntra | 370 M $ |
| Amazon | Twitch | 970 M $ |
| Comcast | Time Warner Cable | 45.2 B $ |
| SAP | Concur Technologies | 8.3 B $ |
| AT & T | DirecTV | 67.1 B $ |
| Sun Pharma | Ranbaxy | 4 B $ |
| Yahoo | BrightRol, Bookpad (India) | |
| Asian Paints | Ess Ess Bathroom Products | |
| Merck | Sigma | 17 B $ |
Important Mergers and Acquisitions around the Globe (2011-13)
| Purchaser | Purchased | Value |
| Microsoft | Skype | 8.50 B $ |
| Microsoft | Yammer | 1.2 B $ |
| Microsoft | Nokia Handset & Services Business | 7.20 B $ |
| Meebo, QuickOffice, Sparrow, VirusTotal, Viewdle, BufferBox | ||
| Wavii, Makani Power, Waze, Bump, Flutter | ||
| Yahoo! | Snip.it, Summly, Astrid, Qwiki, Rockmelt, Bread, Tumblr | |
| Instagram, Tagtile, Lightbox, Face, Spool | ||
| Slideshare | 119 M $ | |
| Pulse | 90 M $ | |
| Naspers (Ibibo) | RedBus | 138 M $ |
| Unilever | HUL | 3.6 B $ |
| Softbank | Sprint Corporation | 21.60 B $ |
| Berkshire Hathaway | H. J. Heinz Company | 28.00 B $ |
| Jeff Bezos (Amazon) | Washington Post | 250 M $ |
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