United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

M ergers and Acquisitions 531
No. 8 8 3 . M e r g e r s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s — M a n u f a c t u r i n g a n d M in in g C o n c e r n s A c q u i r e d :
1 9 2 5 T O 1 9 7 9
[Prior to 1972, totals limited to actions reported by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., end Standard & Poor's Corporation. Included
are partial acquisitions when they comprise whole divisions or subsidiaries of other companies. See also H is to r ic a l S ta tis tic s ,
C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 97 0, series V 38]
PERIOD
C oncerns
a c ­
quired,
a ggre ­
gate
fo r
period
Year
A ll
c o n ­
cerns
acquired,
tota l
L A R G E C O N C E R N 8 ( A S S E T S O F $ 1 0 M IL L IO N OR
Number of mergers
M O R E ) A C Q U IR E D 1
Horizon- Con-
Total tal and glomvertical
Total
erate
Assets acquired (mil. dol.)
Horizontal
and
vertical
Conglomerate
4 ,583
1,687
1 9 6 0 ...........................................
1 9 6 5 ...........................................
1 9 3 5 -1 9 3 9 ......................................
1 9 4 5 -1 9 4 9 ......................................
677
9 06
1.505
1.424
1 9 7 0
1 9 7 1
1 9 7 2
1 9 7 3
.........................
.........................
.........................
.........................
3 .365
4 .366
0 ,213
4 ,749
2 ,717
1 9 7 4 ..........................................
1 9 7 5 ..........................................
1 R 7 6 ..........................................
1 9 7 7 ...........................................
1 9 7 0 ...........................................
1 9 7 9 ...........................................
'Concerns for which financial data are publicly available.
844
1,008
1,351
1,011
911
874
602
439
559
590
610
519
51 14 37
64 16 48
91 12 79
69 8 51
60 24 36
64 25 39
62 24 38
59 7 52
81 18 63
99 30 69
111 35 76
97 10 87
1,535
3,254
5,604
2,460
1,885
3,149
4,466
4,950
6,279
8,670
10,724
12,867
453
573
1,174
570
773
1,093
1,417
267
1,031
1,937
4,675
1,231
1,082
2,681
4,730
1,882
1,112
2,056
3.049
4,683
5,248
6,733
6.050
11,637
N o . 8 8 4 . M e r g e r s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s — M a n u f a c t u r i n g a n d M i n i n g C o n c e r n s A c q u i r e d , b y
I n d u s t r y G r o u p o f A c q u i r i n g C o n c e r n : I 9 6 0 t o 1 9 7 9
[See headnote, table 663]
INDUSTRY OF ACQUIRING CONCERN
1 9 6 0 -
1964,
total
1 9 6 5 -
1969,
total
1 970-
1974,
total
1 9 7 5 -
1979,
total
1973 1974 1975 1976 1 9 7 7 1978 1979
Total concerns acquired.................... 4 ,366 8,213 4 ,749 2,717 874 602 439 5 5 9 5 9 0 6 10 519
Mining............. 209 303 2 58 128 34 3 6 27 26 2 6 2 4 23
Manufacturing ‘........................................... 3 ,6 9 4 6,642 3,428 1,833 578 4 18 288 3 7 5 3 9 3 427 350
Food and kindred products............................. 3 2 6 538 3 84 198 77 40 27 4 2 4 3 53 33
Tobacco manufactures................................... 2 4 37 18 18 3 j 2 4 1 5 5 3
Textiles and apparel 2 8 0 4 39 160 5 9 30 15 3 13 11 16 16
Lumber and furniture 109 2 50 175 55 31 27 7 14 12 8 14
Paper and allied products............................... 133 175 120 53 21 30 8 10 18 8 9
Printing and publishing 158 224 158 126 26 ,18 21 29 2 4 30 22
Chemicals.......... .................... 4 43 6 15 334 202 65 47 44 39 4 6 46 27
Petroleum.......... 78 73 34 18 6 7 3 7 2 2 4
Rubber and plastics products......................... 74 139 71 4 4 12 7 2 10 1 6 10 6
Leather products.................... 32 7 5 41 10 5 - 3 3 1 1 2
Stone, clay, and glass products 103 212 136 6 6 19 25 15 13 .11 14 13
Primary metals...............--------- 173 366 160 110 24 23 2 2 2 2 2 3 19 24
Fabricated metal products...... 2 2 5 471 214 149 46 25 24 4 3 2 9 32 21
Machinery, except electrical.... 3 9 7 817 413 265 59 45 48 4 4 51 68 64
Electrical machinery................ 573 1,160 478 229 67 4 5 35 4 7 4 7 54 46
Transportation equipment....... 2 7 2 483 218 9 4 39 31 10 12 2 0 3 2 20
Professional scientific instruments 189 407 172 94 2 1 j 18 9 2 0 2 2 24 19
Nonmanufacturing 3............. 463 1,268 1,063 756 262 148 124 1 56 171 159 146
- Represents zero. 1Includes miscellaneous and ordnance, not shown separately. * Includes unknown.
N o . 8 8 5 . M e r g e r s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s — C o m p a n i e s A c q u i r e d , b y A s s e t S i z e o f A c q u i r i n g a n d
A c q u i r e d C o m p a n i e s a n d b y i n d u s t r y : 1 9 7 8 a n d 1 9 7 9
[Excludes pending mergers and acquisitions]
ASSET SIZE
ACQUIRING
COMPANY
ACQUIRED
COMPANY
INDUSTRY
ACQUIRING
COMPANY
ACQUIRED
COMPANY
1976 1979 1976 1979 1 976 1 9 7 9 1978 1979
Total................................... 1,279 1,214 1,279 1,214 Total.................................. 1,279 1 ,2 1 4 1 ,279 1,214
$1 mil. to $9.9 mil..........................
$10.0 mil. to $ 49.9 mil.............. .
$50.0 mil. to $ 99.9 mil...................
$100.0 mil. and over.......................
197
44
2 20
146
6 7 0
138
38
133
146
7 59
8 9 5
119
157
46
62
746
123
213
57
75
Mining.................
Wholesale, retail trade...................
Sendee and other1
Unknown.............
6 4 7
4 7
113
321
151
6 0 4
4 4
1 0 5
3 0 9
1 5 2
4 90
3 6
154
161
4 3 8
405
40
144
165
460
'Includes companies of unknown asset size. 3Companies in insurance, construction, farming, finance, credil, real estate,
transportation, communication, electric, gas, sanitary services; and holding companies.
Source of tables 683-685: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, S ta tis tic a l R e p o rt o n M e rge rs a n d A c q u is itio n s , annual.