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