In 2002, we handled more than 100 M&A transactions valued at over $10 billion. The following are some of the year’s representative transactions:
- Aquent — sale of GovConnect to GovONE Solutions — $45 million
- Aspen Technology — acquisition of Hyprotech from AEA Technology — $99 million
- Be Free — acquisition by ValueClick — $128 million
- EMC — acquisition of Prisa Networks — $20 million
- Infinium Software — acquisition by SSA Global Technologies — $105 million
- Innoveda — acquisition by Mentor Graphics — $160 million
- Keane — acquisition of SignalTree Solutions Holdings — $62 million
- Mellon Financial — acquisition of HBV Capital Management — undisclosed
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals — acquisition of COR Therapeutics — $2 billion
- MKS Instruments — acquisition of ENI Division of Emerson Electric — $250 million
- Ocean Spray — sale of Nantucket Nectars to Cadbury Schweppes — undisclosed
- OTG Software — acquisition by Legato Systems — $455 million
- Parthus Technologies — merger with the CEVA IP licensing business of DSP Group — $700 million
- PerkinElmer — sale of detection systems business to L-3 Communications — $100 million
- Raytheon — sale of aircraft modification and integration business to L-3 Communications — $1.1 billion
- Sigma Systems — acquisition by Liberate Technologies — $62 million
- SilverStream Software — acquisition by Novell — $221 million
- SkillSoft — merger with SmartForce — $413 million
- Staples — acquisition of Medical Arts Press — $385 million
- Varian Semiconductor — sale of equity interest in Lam Research Corporation — $28 million
- Williams Companies — sale of Cove Point LNG facility to Dominion Resources — $217 million