Merger and Acquisition Source Book - 2006

Chapter I - Public Companies - Merger, acquisition and divestiture activity among public companies, with full financial disclosure and stock market data.

Three years of financial data on both seller and buyer
All transactions organized by seller's S.I.C.
Purchase price ratios to earnings, sales, net worth and EBITDA
Complete transactional analysis, including other deals in the industry, the target's stock price activity, rival bids, etc.

Chapter II - Private Companies - Merger, acquisition and divestiture activity involving divisions of companies and individual assets, as well as private companies, where full financial disclosure is not available.

All transactions organized by seller's S.I.C.
Purchase price
As much financial data on both buyer and seller as is currently available

Chapter III - In depth analysis of the major transactions. Each description includes:

Five years of profit and loss and balance sheet data on both the seller and buyer
Seller's stock price movements
Insider and institutional holdings
Valuation data on the buyer and seller
A full history of the transaction, including M&A trends in the target's industry

Chapter IV - M&A Statistical Data

Purchase price ratios by industry
Statistical analysis of M&A deals and divestitures

Chapter V - Terminated transactions

The sellers in terminated transactions are usually still looking for buyers, and make good acquisition candidates
Both public and private companies
All transactions organized by seller's S.I.C.
All transactions have financial disclosure similar to Chapters I, II, or III

Chapter VI - Foreign M&A and divestiture activity, with special emphasis on each transaction's impact on American industry

Both public and private companies
Full financial data whenever available
All transactions organized by seller's S.I.C.
Reports on cross border M&A activity
Foreign investments in U.S. banks
Cross-border European M&A deals

Chapter VII - Special M&A studies

Detailed studies of selected industries and articles of M&A interest
M&A forecast

Chapter VIII - IPO Analysis - detailed information on recent public offerings

Detailed analysis of the initial offering including share and pricing data
Address and business information for IPO companies
Company financial data up to three years, as available

Chapter IX - Private Companies Acquired by Public Companies - data drawn from SEC filings of public companies acquiring private companies

Deal price and purchase price multiples
Detailed description of deal terms
Contact information for acquiring company
Description of businesses sold