Mergers - case list 2005 index
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A
- A.S. Watson (P&C U. K.) Limited / Merchant Retail Group plc
- ABF plc / Cargill plc
- Acco World Corporation / General Binding Corporation
- Actuant Corporation / Hydratight Sweeney Business of Dover Diversified Inc
- Adobe Inc / Macromedia Inc
- Advanced Medical Optics Inc / VISX Inc
- Agrolinz Melamine International GMBH / Eurotecnica
- Alphyra Holdings / PostTS UK Limited and An Post Transaction Services S.A.U.
- Ardagh International Holdings Ltd / Rexam Glass Barnsley Ltd
- Arriva plc / Meadowhall Limited (trading as Merseyline)
- Asda Stores Limited / Safeway / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- Associated British Foods plc / Littlewoods stores
- Augean plc / Atlantic Waste Holdings Ltd and Zero Waste Holdings Ltd
B
- BAE Systems plc / United Defense Industries Inc
- Bakkavor Group Hf / Geest plc
- Bank of America / MBNA
- Bestway (Holdings) Limited / Batleys Limited
- Blackstone Group / NHP plc
- Blackstone Group / UGC Cinemas Holdings Limited
- Blackstone Group / Southern Cross Healthcare Holdings Limited
- Brenntag (UK) Ltd / Aquacryl Limited
- Bridgepoint Capital Group Limited / Tunstall Holdings Limited
- Britannic Assurance plc / Allianz Cornhill Insurance plc's life operations
- Britannic Group plc / Resolution Life Group Limited
- British Land Company plc / Pillar Property plc
- British Salt Limited / New Cheshire Salt Works Ltd
- BSkyB Broadband Services Limited / Easynet Group plc
- Bucher Industries AG / Johnston Sweepers Limited
C
- Cable and Wireless plc / Chelys Limited
- Cadbury Schweppes plc / Green & Black's Limited
- Cardpoint plc / Moneybox plc
- Carlyle European Partners II / Britax Childcare Limited
- Cegedim SA / Enigma Health UK plc
- Celesio AG / Healthcare Services Group plc
- CGU International Insurance plc / Gresham Insurance Company Limited
- Chemring Group plc / Comet GmbH
- Chrysalis Radio Holdings Ltd / Century Radio 106 Ltd
- Cinema Holdings Limited / 11 cinemas owned by Terra Firma Investments
- Cinema Holdings 2 Limited / 6 cinemas owned by the Blackstone Group
- Clinisys Solutions Limited / Torex Laboratory Systems Limited
- Clinton Cards Limited / Birthdays Limited
- Cooltrader Acquisitions Limited / Cooltrader (Holdings) Limited
- Cott Beverages Limited / Macaw (Holdings) Limited
- CRA International (UK) Limited / Competition & Litigation Limited
- Creative Broadcast Services Limited / BBC Broadcast Limited
D
- Dairy Crest Group plc / Express Foodservice business in London of Arla Foods UK Limited
- Dairy Crest Group plc / Midlands Cooperative Society Limited
- Dairy Crest Group plc / Starcross Foods Limited
- Danaher Corporation / LEM Instruments from LEM Holdings SA
- Dennis's of Dukinfield / Stagecoach Manchester
- Deutsche Borse AG / London Stock Exchange plc
- Diageo plc / 'Old Bushmills' Distillery Company Limited
- DSG Retail Limited / Equanet Holdings Limited
- Dubai International Capital, LLC / The Tussauds Group Limited
- Dupont / Part of Rhodia's Refrigerant Fluorcarbon Business
- Durlacher Corporation plc / Panmure Gordon & Co Ltd
E
- E-Crossnet / ITG
- E.ON Ruhrgas AG / Caledonia Oil & Gas Limited
- Economy Power Limited / E.ON UK plc
- Emap plc / Scottish Radio Holdings
- EnerSys Inc / FIAMM SpA
- Enfield Energy Centre Limited / E.ON UK plc
- Ennstone plc / Johnston Group plc
- Euronext NV / London Stock Exchange plc
- EWS Components Limited / Probotec Limited
F
- Findel plc / GLS Educational Supplies Limited
- First Milk Limited / Robert Wiseman Dairies plc
- First West Yorkshire Limited / Black Prince Buses Limited
- FirstGroup plc / Greater Western Passenger Rail Franchise
- Firstgroup plc / Integrated Kent Rail Franchise
- Fluid and Air Distribution division / Cobham plc's Aerospace Systems by Eaton Corporation
- Foster's Group Limited / Southcorp Limited
- Francisco Partners LP / G International Inc
- Future plc / Highbury House plc
- Future plc / Highbury House Communications plc
- Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (publ) / Old Mutual plc
G
- GB Oils Ltd / Shell Direct UK Ltd
- Geest plc / G's Marketing Limited
- General Electric Company / Invision Technologies Inc
- Giant Bidco Limited / Big Food Group plc
- Go-Ahead Group plc / Southern Vectis plc
- Great South Eastern Railway Limited / Integrated Kent rail franchise
- Greene King plc / Belhaven Group plc
- Greene King plc / TD Ridley & Sons
- GUS plc / Index / Littlewoods Limited
- GVA Grimley LLP / Mappin Planning and Development
H
- Hanson Building Products Limited / Marshalls Clay Products Limited
- Harmony Gold Mining Company / Gold Fields Limited
- Hill and Smith Holdings plc / Lionweld Kennedy Ltd
- Hilton Group plc / Ladbroke Racing (Reading) Limited / Jack Brown (Bookmaker) Limited
- HJ Heinz Company / HP Foods Group
- HMV Group plc through Waterstone's plc / Ottakar's plc
- House of Fraser plc / James Beattie plc
- HSA Group Limited / Health Innovations Services Group Limited
- Huntsworth plc / Incepta Group plc
I
- IDEXX Laboratories Limited / Vetlab Services Limited
- Impress Group BV / Alcan Packaging Sutton Ltd
- Industrial Funds Ltd / Ashtenne Holdings plc
- ITV plc / SDN Limited
J
- J Sainsbury plc / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- Johnston Press plc / Score Press Limited
- Johnston Press plc / Thorne and District Gazette and associated titles
- JP Morgan plc / Cazenove Group
K
- Kaupthing Holdings UK Limited / Singer and Friedlander Group plc
- KCI Konecranes plc / Morris Material Handling Limited
- Kellen Acquisitions Limited / East Surrey Holdings plc
- Kellen Venture Limited / British Gas Connections Limited
- Kewill Systems plc / Perwill plc
- Koninklijke DSM N.V. / Avecia Holdings B.V
L
- Lafarge Cement UK / Port Land Cement Company Limited
- Lafarge Cement UK / West Thurrock Cement Terminal from Castle Cement Ltd
- Land Securities Group plc / Tops Estates plc
- LBO France Gestion, S.A.S / Actaris Metering Systems II S.A. / Actaris Metering Systems, S.A.
- Lex Vehicle Leasing Limited / HSBC Bank plc
- LGC Investments Limited / Forensic Alliance Limited
- Lightflower Limited / Urbium plc
- Limagrain / Advanta European Seed Business
- Lindab AB / Astron Buildings SA
- LINK Interchange Network Limited / Transaction Network Services (UK) Limited
- Lloyds Pharmacy Limited / part of the Cohens and Scholes pharmacy chains
- Lockheed Martin Corporation / Stasys Limited
M
- Macquarie Airports Ltd / Ferrovial Aeropuertos SA / Exeter and Devon Airport Ltd
- Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund / Wightlink Shipping Limited
- Marshalls plc / Paver Systems (Carluke) Limited and Jamestown Stone and Concrete Ltd
- Mayne Pharma plc / Intra-Tech Healthcare Ltd
- Mean Fiddler Music Group / Clear Channel Entertainment (Music) Limited and Gaiety Investments Limited
- MGN Networks Limited / Wales and West Gas Distribution Network from Transco plc
- Microsoft Corporation / Sybari Software Inc.
- Mikohn Gaming Corporation / End X Group Limited
- MTR Laing Railway Company Limited / Thameslink/Great Northern Franchise
N
- National Express Group plc / Thameslink/Great Northern passenger rail franchise
- National Express Group plc / Greater Western Passenger Rail Franchise
- Netto Foodstores Ltd / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- Norfolkline Shipping B.V. / Norse Merchant Group Limited
- Northgate Information Solutions plc / Service and Systems Solutions Ltd
- NTL Incorporated / Telewest Global, Inc
O
P
- Parker Hannifin Corporation / Domnick Hunter Group plc
- Peel Ports Ltd / Mersey Docks and Harbour Company...
- Pentland Group plc / The John David Group plc
- Persimmon plc / Westbury plc
- Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Limited / East Anglian Pharmaceuticals Limited
- Phoenix Medical Supplies / Numark plc
- Poster Publicity Group Ltd / WPP Group plc
- Premier Direct Group plc / Greenwich Direct
- Premier Direct Group plc / The Laughing Gull Company Limited
- Premier Foods plc / Kraft Foods Inc
- Premier Foods plc / Marlow Food Holdings
- Premier International Foods UK Ltd / Apeejay International Tea Ltd
- Punch Taverns plc / Avebury Holdings Ltd
- Pura Foods Limited / Princes Limited
Q
R
- Rank Hovis Limited / Finedon Mill from Finedon Mill Limited
- Red Football Ltd / Manchester United plc
- Robert Wiseman Dairies plc / Scottish Milk Dairies Limited
- RPC Group plc / Nampak Plastic Europe
S
- Sainsbury's / Budgens store at Wootton Bassett
- SBC Communications Inc / AT&T Corporation
- Scotia Gas Network plc / Scotland and South of England gas distribution networks from National Grid Transco
- Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund UK LP / South Downs Capital, parent company of Portsmouth Water
- Serco Group plc / ITNET plc
- Smiths Group plc / Medvest Holding Corporation Inc / Medex Inc
- Somerfield / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- Somerfield plc / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- South Eastern Railways Limited / the Integrated Kent rail franchise
- Southern Cross Healthcare Group Limited / Cannon Capital Ventures Limited
- Southern Syringe Services Limited / Hospital Management and Supplies Limited
- Stagecoach Group plc / Brunel Trains Ltd. / Greater Western Passenger Rail Franchise
- Stagecoach Group plc / Thameslink/Great Northern Franchise
- Sunrise Medical Inc / Lomax Mobility Limited
- Superior Essex Inc / Nexans S.A.
- Synergy Healthcare plc / Shiloh plc
T
- The Fluid and Air Distribution division of Cobham plc's Aerospace Systems / Eaton Corporation
- T&F Informa plc / IIR Holdings Limited
- Talisman Energy Resources Limited / Paladin Resources plc
- Teddington Studios Limited / Pinewood Shepperton plc
- Teeside Power Holdings Limited / Midlands Power (TPL) Limited
- Terra Firma Investments (GP) 2 Ltd / United Cinemas International (UK) Limited and Cinema International Corporation (UK) Limited
- Tesco plc / Property in Redruth (Woolworths)
- Tesco plc of a store in Cam, Gloucestershire / The Oxford Swindon & Gloucester Co-operative Society Limited
- Tesco Store Limited / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- Tesco plc / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- Thames Rail Corridor Limited / Thameslink / Great Northern Rail Franchise
- Thameslink/Great Northern Franchise / FirstGroup plc
- Thomson SA / ContentGuard
- Torex Retail plc / Anker plc / XN Checkout Holdings plc
- Transdev plc / Bournemouth Transport plc
- Travis Perkins plc / Wickes Ltd
- Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited / PJ Scott & Sons
U
- United Business Media plc / Mondiale Publishing Limited
- United Co-Operatives Limited / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- University of Manchester / Victoria University of Manchester / University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- Utilities Trust of Australia / Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund of Swan Group (holding company of mid Kent water)
V
- Vertex Data Science Limited / Marlborough Stirling plc
- Vue Entertainment Holdings (UK) Limited / A3 Cinema Limited
W
- Waitrose Limited / Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
- Wavin b.v. / Hepworth Building Products (Holdings) Limited
- William Hill / Stanley plc
Y
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