In 2001, we handled more than 125 M&A transactions valued at more than $10 billion. Listed below are selected 2001 transactions:
- Analog Devices — acquisition of Chiplogic — $99 million
- Aquent — acquisition of Renaissance Worldwide — $110 million
- Arch Wireless — sale of spectrum assets to Nextel Communications — $175 million
- Bookham Technology — acquisition of Measurement Microsystems A-Z — $47.5 million
- CareerBuilder — acquisition of HeadHunter.net — $200 million
- Chubb — sale of Tesa Hardware business to Assa Abloy — $120 million
- D&B — sale of receivable management business $90 million
- FiberMark — acquisition of Decorative Specialties International from Rexam — $140 million
- IDX Systems — sale of ChannelHealth to Allscripts — $225 million
- Keane — acquisition of Metro Information Services — $203 million
- MKS Instruments — acquisition of Applied Science and Technology — $300 million
- Netegrity — acquisition of DataChannel — $54 million
- NMT Medical — sale of Vena Cava Filter business to C.R. Bard — $50 million
- Nortel Networks — sale of 81.25% interest in Arris Interactive to Antec — $491 million
- Open Market — acquisition by Divine — $59 million
- Parthus Technologies (now CEVA, Inc.) — acquisition of Chicory Systems — $45 million plus earnout
- PerkinElmer — acquisition of Packard BioScience — $650 million
- Prodigy — acquisition by SBC Communications — $465 million
- RSA Security — acquisition of Securant Technologies — $140 million
- Stream International — acquisition by Solectron — undisclosed
- Thermo Electron — sale of Thermo Cardiosystems to Thoratec Laboratories — $572 million