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Thomson Reuters provides complete coverage of global mergers & acquisitions activity, featuring
individual deal details, comprehensive market analyses, and industry-standard league table
rankings for the dealmaking community. Thomson Reuters M&A content covers over One Million
deals, including 300,000+ US-target and 700,000+ non-US-target transactions since the 1970s.

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Global public and private M&A activity, including • The New York Times • The Wall Street Journal • Thomson Reuters Eikon
mergers of equals, leveraged buyouts, tender offers, • The Globe & Mail • South China Morning Post • Thomson ONE
reverse takeovers, divestitures, stake purchases, • The American Lawyer • Business Week • Thomson Reuters
Advanced Analytics
spinoffs (demergers), and repurchases. The Thomson • Forbes • Fortune • Thomson Reuters Deals
Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) database tracks Business Intelligence
SAMPLE WORKFLOWS
changes in economic ownership at ultimate parent • SDC Platinum™
level in going business concerns. All deals involving a • How do your fees and activity levels compare to • Custom Datafeed
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purchase of at least a 5% stake, or 3% with a value of those of your competitors?
at least US$1 million, are tracked, subject to criteria. • What is the value of options and convertibles in a
given transaction?
DATABASE STATISTICS
• How are comparable deals in the Biotech
Date Range: 1970s – Present
industry valued?
Geography: Worldwide
• How does this year’s merger volume compare to
Coverage: 1,000,000+ M&A Deals
that of the previous year?
Update Frequency: Hourly
• Which industries and regions offer the best
KEY CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS prospects for new business?
Over 1,000 data elements, including target and • Which recent stock swap mergers had a collar on
acquirer profiles (industry, location, parent company their exchange ratio?
information), deal terms (lock-ups, acquisition • Which players have been active buyers in your industry?
techniques, percent acquired, consideration offered),
SOURCES
financial and legal advisor assignments and fees, deal
Thomson Reuters comprehensive Deals content
value, stock premiums, synopsis and event history,
is sourced through direct deal submissions from
deal status, financial information on target and
global banking and legal contributors coupled with
acquirer, financial sponsors, investor group detail,
extensive research performed by a global team of
purchase and pooling accounting, attitude of the
dedicated research analysts across a broad range
seller board to bid and more.
of sources, including regulatory filings, corporate
WHO USES THE DATA statements, media, and pricing wires to attain the
Investment banks, law firms, hedge funds, most robust information pertinent to a transaction.
educational institutions, trustees and business
QUALITY AND TIMELINESS
consultants use Deals data to monitor and report on
A robust series of quality assurance checks are
transaction activity, perform market share analysis,
processed daily to ensure the highest quality content
identify new business opportunities, conduct
is available to clients.
lost business analysis, produce pitch books and
marketing, and research comparable deals. M&A content is updated hourly on Thomson Reuters
products.
Thomson Reuters M&A League Tables and
transaction information are published in leading
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS DATABASE INCLUSIONS MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS DATABASE EXCLUSIONS

• Acquisitions of private companies resulting in • Acquisition of film rights

change of control at the ultimate parent level
• Acquisition of land
• Concessions, if 20 years or more
• Acquisition of non-convertible preferred shares or
• Divestment of company, division or trading assets saving shares (non-voting)
resulting in change of control at ultimate parent
• Acquisition of ships except cruise ships and
level
drilling barges with Transaction Value of
• Dual-headed collapses and share unifications US$100 mil or less
• Equity carve-out of a wholly-owned subsidiary • Acquisitions of stakes in start up companies
only when 100% sold via IPO (companies not yet operational)
• Government equity carve-outs of any percentage • Acquisitions or mergers of wholly-owned
• Exchange offers (company offers to exchange new subsidiaries or any internal restructuring
securities for its equity securities outstanding or • Awards of licenses or rights to operate
its securities convertible into equity)
• Consolidation of multiple classes of stock
• RTC sales of failed US banks
• Conversion of a company to a limited partnership
• Acquisition of stakes in existing JVs or the
• Distribution rights from a manufacturer to
formation of a JV by merging existing assets
a distributor
• Leveraged buyouts, Management buyouts/ buy-ins
• Equity placement which would only maintain or
• Mergers reduce a shareholder stake (e.g. rights issue,
• Pharmaceuticals (post-clinical trials) and other open offer)
brand rights • Formation of JVs and cash only alliances where no
• Privatizations assets are changing hands
MORE INFORMATION • Property • Leaseback or acquisitions of operating leases or
For more detail regarding the financial leases
League Table criteria and research • Real Estate (completed buildings with a value of
methodology, please contact $100 million or above) • Mini-tender offers
the following members of the • Multiple bids in the auction, bankruptcy or
Thomson Reuters Deals team: • Recapitalizations
receivership process as individual transactions
• Reverse takeovers
Americas: • Open market share disposal unless part of a
• Rumored transactions
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• Seeking buyer transactions (e.g. auctions,
EMEA: • Re-incorporations
bankruptcy or receivership sales)
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5% stake for undisclosed value deals and
Asia Pacific: minimum 3% stake for deals with a value of
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• Tracking stock
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