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This data is based on deals that completed during the period 01.10.2000 - 30.09.2005. The dominant geography of the target company being the UK.
1. Target company - Lattice Group. Advisers - Cazenove, JP Morgan
Bidder company - National Grid Group Plc. Adviser - Rothschild
Deal value - $18.1bn
2. Target company - Allied Domecq plc. Advisers - Citigroup, Goldman Sachs
Bidder company - Goal Acquisitions Ltd. Advisers - BNP Paribas, CSFB, Deutsche Bank, Houlihan Lokey, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, SG
Deal value - $17.7bn
3. Target company - Allied Zurich plc. Advisers - Cazenove, Goldman Sachs
Bidder company - Zurich Financial Services Group. Advisers - Morgan Stanley, UBS
Deal value - $17.3bn
4. Target company - Abbey National Group plc. Advisers - Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, UBS
Bidder company - Santander Central Hispano SA. Advisers - Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Santander Central Hispano
Deal value - $15.2bn
5. Target company - Bank of Scotland plc. Advisers - Cazenove, CSFB, DrKW, Gleacher Partners/Gleacher Shacklock
Bidder company - Halifax Group plc. Advisers - Lazard, Merrill Lynch
Deal value - $14.8b
6. Target company - PowerGen plc. Advisers - DrKW.
Bidder company - E.ON AG. Advisers - Goldman Sachs, Rothschild.
Deal value - $13.8bn
7. Target company - Billiton plc. Advisers - DrKW, Gresham Advisory Partners, JP Morgan
Bidder company - Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited. Adviser - UBS
Deal value - $12.9bn
8. Target company - Zeneca Agrochemicals. Advisers - CSFB, Goldman Sachs.
Bidding company - Novartis AG (Agribusiness). Adviser - Morgan Stanley
Deal value - $11.2bn
9. Target company - Railtrack plc. Advisers - Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers
Bidding company - Network Rail Limited. Advisers - Schroder Salomom Smith Barney, UBS.
Deal value - $9.9bn
10. Target company - Amersham plc. Advisers - JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley
Bidding company - General Electric Company. Advisers - Goldman Sachs
Deal value - $9.8bn
Source - mergermarket
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