Transactions
Privatization
Market Transactions
Public Exchange Offers
Pechiney
France Télécom
Thomson-CSF (Thales)
Ecco acquisition by Adia
IFD acquisition (Axa group) by Crédit National
Public Tender Offers
Avimo acquisition (Singapore listed company) Thales
Racal Electronics Plc acquisition (UK quoted company) by Thales
Guilbert acqisition by Pinault Printemps Redoute
Roussel Uclaf minority shareholders acquisition by Hoechst
Ecco minority shareholders acquisition by Ecco TT
Cegep acquisition by Rodamco France (mandatory tender offer)
Tender Offers with Squeeze Out
Ecco and Ecco TT minority shareholders acquisition by Adecco
Soudure Autogène minority shareholders acquisition by L'Air Liquide
IPO
General Cable IPO (Generale des Eaux group)
Other Operations
Disposals
GSI to ADP
Crouzet to Schneider Electric
Thales Services Industries to Assystem-Brime
Thales Instruments to JF Lehman Thomas Weisel
Thales Contact Solutions to Nice Systems Ltd
Acquisitions
Thales 50% acquisition of ADI in association with Transfield
Embraer's 5.7% acquisition of Thales capital
Thales 50% acquisition of Samsung Electronics defense assets
Sanofi animal health acquisition by Rhone Merieux
Roth acquisition by Johnson Controls
Spin off and Merger
Chargeurs group, spin off of Pathé and Chargeurs International
Manoir Industries merger (Stratfor Facom group) with Sambre & Meuse
