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1. AT&T Inc buys Time Warner

Deal Amount: USD 85.4 Billion
Industry: Media
When: 22 October 2016

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About the Merger/Acquisition: AT&T has acquired Time Warner and the new company will be
headed by AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson. For AT&T the deal will help them expand
business opportunities and market as well. The prime business of AT&T is core wireless and it
seems to have become saturated now.

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3. Reliance Communications and Aircel
Deal Amount: Undisclosed
Industry: Telecommunications
When: 14 September 2016

About the Merger/Acquisition: Reliance Communications has merged with Maxis

communications Berhad (MCB). This merger is the fourth biggest merger in Telecom sector. Both
the companies will hold 50 percent in the new entity. The new entity will have an asset base of INR
65000 crores and net worth of INR 35000 crores.

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5. Unilever Plc acquired Blueair

Deal Amount: Undisclosed
Industry: FMCG Sector

When: 16 August 2016

About the Merger/Acquisition: After acquiring Unilever Plc., the company will now enter into the
air purifying business that will complement its existing range of water purifying products. On the
other hand, Blueair will continue operate under its existing brand name and will remain
operations for its existing markets as well.

6. Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent

Deal Amount: 15.6 Billion Euros
Industry: Technology
When: 5 January 2016

About the Merger/Acquisition: As per the deal, Nokia holds 79.32 percent of outstanding
Alcatel-Lucent shares and 78.97 percent of the French companys voting rights.

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7. Wipro acquired Health-Plan Services

Deal Amount: USD 460 million
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
When: 11 February 2016

About the Merger/Acquisition: Wipro signed a de nitive agreement to acquire HealthPlan

Services from Water Street Healthcare Partners. HealthPlan has grown to become the leading
independent technology and Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) provider in the U.S. Health
Insurance market.In this deal Wipro will acquire 100 percent of HealthPlan Services shares. The
acquisition will help Wipro strengthen its position in U.S. health insurance market.

8. Google acquires Moodstock

Deal Amount: Undisclosed
Industry: Technology
When: 6 July 2016

About the Merger/Acquisition: With this acquisition, the Moodstocks team will join Google's
R&D center in Paris, and will contribute to the development of YouTube and Chrome. The
acquisition will now allow the company to take its technology to a much wider audience. Google
also mentioned that the engineers and researchers of Moodstocks were developing new
algorithms for visual recognition of objects, particularly those viewed by cameras in mobile
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9. Dell acquires EMC Corporation

Deal Amount: USD 67 billion
Industry: Technology
When: 7 September 2016

About the Merger/Acquisition: This deal is one of the largest technology merger in history. The
new company will be named as Dell Technologies. With $74 billion in revenue, Dell Technologies
will be the worlds largest privately controlled tech company. The merger was extraordinarily
complex. Dell, which is privately held, purchased not only EMC but its Byzantine federation of
wholly and partially owned subsidiaries.

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10. ITC Holdings merges with Fortis

Deal Amount: USD 11.3 BILLION
Industry: Electric Utility
When: 9 February 2016

About the Merger/Acquisition: After this deal Fortis will become one of the top 15 North
American public utilities ranked by enterprise value. Under the terms of the transaction ITC
shareholders will receive US$22.57 in cash and 0.7520 Fortis shares per ITC share. The Acquisition
represents a singular opportunity for Fortis to signi cantly diversify its business in terms of
regulatory jurisdictions, business risk pro le and regional economic mix.

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