Monday, May 25, 2009

The 10 largest merger and acquisition deals so far in 2009

Indian cellphone network operator Bharti Airtel Ltd and South Africa's MTN Group said on Monday they had restarted merger talks on a deal that could be worth more than $23 billion, according to Bharti

Below is a list of the top 10 announced merger deals of 2009, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Target
Acquirer
Size (billion)
Wyeth
Pfizer
$64.5
Schering-Plough
Merck
$46
MTN
Bharti
$23
Lloyd's Banking Group
HM Treasury
$22.3
Royal Bank of Scotland
HM Treasury
$18.6
Petro-Canada
Suncor Energy
$18.2
Liberty Entertainment
DirecTV
$14.5
Endesa
Enel
$14.2
Essent
RWE AG
$12.4
Nuon
Vattenfall
$10.9

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