M&A experience
2012 ι 2011 ι 2010 ι 2009 ι 2008 ι 2007 and earlier
MandA-2008-12-Aberdeen
December 2008
Acquisition of parts of Credit Suisse's Global Investors business
£250m
MandA-2008-10-TUI
October 2008
Sale of Hapag-Lloyd
€.4bn
MandA-2008-09-HCL
September 2008
Proposed acquisition of Axon Group
£422m
MandA-2008-07-Santander
July 2008
Acquisition of Alliance & Leicester plc
£1.3bn
MandA-2008-06-Staples
June 2008
Acquisition of Corporate Express N.V.
€3.1bn
MandA-2008-05-CadburySchweppes
May 2008
Demerger of Dr Pepper Snapple group
US$7.51bn
MandA-2008-04-ICAP
April 2008
Acquisition of The Link Asset and Securities Company Ltd
£250m
MandA-2008-03-Regeringskansliet
March 2008
Sale of V&S to
Pernod Ricard SA
€5.6bn
MandA-2008-02-WasteAcquisitionCo
February 2008
Acquisition of Biffa plc
£1.6bn
MandA-2008-02-Chinalco
February 2008
Acquisition of 12% stake in Rio Tinto plc
£7.1bn