The M&A Rosters Deals Completed in July and August 1999

65U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions Deal flow remains strong. 139Foreign Acquisitions in the U.S. Global positioning drives inbound deals. 150U.S. Investment Overseas Assembling worldwide capabilities. THE M&A ROSTERS, reporting the merger, acquisition, and divestiture activity of U.S. firms, are divided into three sections: U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions, Foreign Investment in the U.S., and U.S. Investment Overseas. *Each section is organized alphabetically by acquirer under four-digit SIC-based industry segment headings. *A tab index, at the beginning of the Roster Section, directs users to the three major sections of the Rosters and to specific ranges of two-digit SIC-based industry segments within the first section (U.S. firms acquiring U.S. firms). *Corresponding page tabs can be located by flexing the book to expose page edges. An index of SIC-based industry headings is at the bottom of the tab index page. The M&A Rosters are extracted bimonthly from the SDC Merger & Corporate Transactions Database, a computer-accessible data bank of m&a activity from 1981 to present. While the Rosters provide basic information on all reported transactions valued at $5 million or more and completed the preceding quarter, additional financial information – such as market price of the acquired company’s stock prior to announcement, book value, premium paid, and P/E ratio – can be retrieved quickly from the SDC Merger & Corporate Transactions Database. It also contains current data on pending transactions. To qualify for inclusion in the M&A Rosters, a deal must be valued at $5 million or more. Partial acquisitions of 5% or more of a company’s stock are included if a $100 million threshold is met. Sales of real property are not included. If the price has not been revealed, the deal is included if it is believed to meet the price threshold. The bimonthly Rosters will be published in Mergers & Acquisitions as follows: January and February deals in the May/June issue; March and April deals in July/August; May and June transactions in September/ October; July and August deals in November/December; September and October deals in the January/February issue of the following year; and November and December transactions in March/April. The Mergers & Acquisitions Almanac issue, published each March, provides complete statistics on the deals and dealmakers of the preceding year. For more information on regular on-line computer access to the Merger & Corporate Transactions Database contact SDC at (973) 622-3100.