1、1 Ratner, Juliana. “The nightmare on Wall Street continues MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS BADYEAR FOR BANKERS, GOOD YEAR FOR BUYOUTS: * DEBT MARKETS HOLD UP WELL:* RESTRUCTURING EXPERTS IN DRIVING SEAT” Financial Times, December 23, 2002. p.23.Order Code RS21147Updated January 3, 2003Largest Mergers and Acq
2、uisitions byCorporations: 2002John WilliamsonTechnical Information SpecialistResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryThe worldwide rate of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity declinedduring 2001, and 2002 was a year of serious consolidation as corporations sought torestructure
3、their operations through buying and selling of “non-essential” operations.1This report provides a listing of the largest mergers (announced value of at least twobillion U.S. Dollars) or acquisitions for the year January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002.Completion dates for the mergers or acquisitions ar
4、e included and merger or acquisitionfailures noted. These data have been drawn from publicly available sources and havenot been otherwise verified by CRS. Largest Mergers or Acquisitions: 2002 (ranked by value)(All amounts cited are U.S. Dollars)Acquirer, Sector, andNew Name (if applicable)Target Fi