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Top acquisitions of 2009

• Who
  Whom
  Amount
• Oracle Corporation
  Sun Microsystems
  $7,400,000,000
• Puget Holdings
  Puget Energy
  $7,400,000,000
• Abbott Labs
  Solvay Pharmaceuticals
  $6,600,000,000
• Xerox
  Affiliated Computer Services
  $5,750,000,000
• Panasonic
  Sanyo
  $4,600,000,000
• Sanofi Aventis
  Merial Limited
  $4,000,000,000
• The Walt Disney Company
  Marvel Entertainment
  $4,000,000,000
• AT&T
  Sterling Commerce
  $3,900,000,000
• Dell
  Perot Systems
  $3,900,000,000
• GlaxoSmithKline
  Stiefel
  $3,600,000,000
• Cisco
  Tandberg
  $3,400,000,000
• Cisco
  Starent Networks
  $2,900,000,000
• Hewlett-Packard
  3Com
  $2,700,000,000
• Dainippon Sumitomo
  Sepracor
  $2,600,000,000
• EMC
  Data Domain
  $2,100,000,000
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
  Medarex
  $2,100,000,000
• Adobe Systems
  Omniture
  $1,800,000,000
• Agilent Technologies
  Varian
  $1,500,000,000
• Amazon
  Zappos
  $1,200,000,000
• IBM
  SPSS
  $1,200,000,000
• Windstream
  Iowa Telecommunications Services
  $1,100,000,000
• AT&T
  Centennial Communications Corp
  $944,000,000
• Lundbeck
  Ovation Pharmaceuticals
  $900,000,000
• Intel
  Wind River
  $884,000,000
• Sprint Nextel
  iPCS
  $831,000,000
• Johnson & Johnson
  Acclarent
  $785,000,000
• Autonomy Corporation
  Interwoven
  $775,000,000
• Sanofi Aventis
  Shantha Biotechnics
  $770,000,000
• Google
  AdMob
  $750,000,000
• Equinix
  Switch and Data
  $689,000,000
• American Securities
  GenTek
  $673,000,000
• Danaher
  MDS Analytical Technologies
  $650,000,000
• General Dynamics
  Axsys
  $643,000,000
• Windstream
  NuVox
  $643,000,000
• Celgene
  Gloucester Pharmaceuticals
  $640,000,000
• Novartis
  Corthera
  $620,000,000
• AuthenTec
  Atrua Technologies
  $600,000,000
• Cisco
  Pure Digital Technologies
  $590,000,000
• ViaSat
  WildBlue
  $568,000,000
• SAC Private Capital Group, GSO Capital Partners, Sankaty Advisors & ZelnickMedia
  Airvana
  $530,000,000
• Publicis Groupe
  Razorfish
  $530,000,000
• Stryker
  Ascent Healthcare Solutions
  $525,000,000
• AstraZeneca
  Novexel
  $505,000,000
• E Ink Holdings
  E Ink
  $500,000,000
• Sanofi Aventis
  BiPar Sciences
  $500,000,000
• Swedish Orphan Biovitrum
  Biovitrum
  $493,000,000
• Sprint Nextel
  Virgin Mobile USA
  $483,000,000
• Hellman & Friedman
  Web Reservations International
  $458,000,000
• Danaher
  Applied Biosystems
  $450,000,000
• Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical
  Noven
  $430,000,000
• The Medicines Company
  ApoA-I Milano
  $420,000,000
• Siemens
  Solel Solar Systems
  $418,000,000
• Abbott Labs
  Evalve
  $410,000,000
• Logitech
  LifeSize Communications
  $405,000,000
• Electronic Arts
  Playfish
  $400,000,000
• Corning
  Axygen
  $400,000,000
• First Solar
  OptiSolar R&D
  $400,000,000
• Abbott Labs
  Visiogen
  $400,000,000
• Corinthian Colleges
  Heald
  $395,000,000
• Naspers
  Buscapé
  $374,000,000
• VMware
  SpringSource
  $362,000,000
• Raytheon
  Raytheon BBN Technologies
  $350,000,000
• GSI Commerce
  Retail Convergence
  $350,000,000
• SK Telecom
  Hana Card
  $343,200,000
• Sigma-Tau
  Enzon Pharmaceuticals
  $327,000,000
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  I-Flow Corporation
  $324,000,000
• OpenText
  Vignette
  $310,000,000
• Esmart Holdings
  Solar Silicon Resource Group
  $307,000,000
• Roper Industries
  Verathon
  $300,000,000
• American Express
  Revolution Money
  $300,000,000
• Compuware
  Gomez, Inc.
  $295,000,000
• Becton Dickinson
  HandyLab
  $275,000,000
• ePod Solar
  OptiSolar Production
  $260,000,000
• NetLogic Microsystems
  Raza Microelectronics
  $251,000,000
• Qualcomm Atheros
  Intellon Corporation
  $244,000,000
• ManTech
  Sensor Technologies
  $242,000,000
• TOLMAR
  QLT USA
  $230,000,000
• IBM
  Guardium
  $225,000,000
• O2
  Jajah
  $207,000,000
• MEMC Electronic Materials
  SunEdison
  $200,000,000
• Lenovo
  Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology
  $200,000,000
• CA Technologies
  NetQoS
  $200,000,000
• Stericycle
  MedServe
  $185,000,000
• Cisco
  ScanSafe
  $183,000,000
• Semtech
  Sierra Monolithics
  $180,000,000
• Broadcom
  DuneNetworks
  $178,000,000
• Groupe Aeroplan
  Carlson Marketing
  $175,300,000
• OM Group
  EaglePicher Technologies
  $171,900,000
• Intuit
  PayCycle
  $170,000,000
• Intuit
  Mint.com
  $170,000,000
• TeleCommunication Systems
  Networks in Motion
  $170,000,000
• Princeton Review
  Penn Foster
  $170,000,000
• Clean Harbors
  Eveready
  $167,000,000
• CBS MarketWatch
  BigCharts
  $166,000,000
• Tellabs
  WiChorus
  $165,000,000
• Fujitsu
  KAZ Group
  $161,000,000
• Sigma Designs
  Sigma Designs
  $160,000,000
• EMC
  Kazeon
  $150,000,000
• McAfee
  MX Logic
  $140,000,000
• Alere
  Free & Clear
  $130,000,000
• Churchill Downs Incorporated
  Youbet.com
  $126,800,000
• Equifax
  IXI
  $124,000,000
• Inmarsat
  Segovia
  $110,000,000
• ON Semiconductor
  California Micro Devices
  $108,000,000
• LabCorp
  Monogram Biosciences
  $107,000,000
• IXIA
  Catapult Communications
  $106,140,000
• Cisco
  Tidal Software
  $105,000,000
• Stryker
  OtisMed
  $103,000,000
• Nuance Communications
  SpinVox
  $102,000,000
• IDT
  Tundra Semiconductor
  $100,830,000
• Myriad
  Purple Labs
  $100,590,000
• SAP
  SAF
  $100,000,000
• Mastercard
  Orbiscom
  $100,000,000
• Myriad Pharmaceuticals
  Javelin Pharmaceuticals
  $95,000,000
• KPN
  iBasis
  $93,300,000
• Cubist Pharmaceuticals
  Calixa Therapeutics
  $92,500,000
• NetLogic Microsystems
  IDT B
  $90,000,000
• Moog
  GE Aviation Systems
  $90,000,000
• Gen-Probe
  Prodesse
  $85,000,000
• Arigene
  Trimeris
  $81,000,000
• QinetiQ
  Cyveillance
  $80,000,000
• Apple
  Lala
  $80,000,000
• Match
  PeopleMedia
  $80,000,000
• KongZhong
  Shanghai Dacheng Network Technology
  $80,000,000
• Soitec Group
  Concentrix Solar
  $79,000,000
• Scripps Networks Interactive
  NDTV Network
  $79,000,000
• Global Gaming Factory
  The Pirate Bay
  $77,000,000
• Micro Focus
  Borland
  $75,000,000
• NICE Actimize
  Fortent
  $73,500,000
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
  Private Formula International Holdings
  $73,400,000
• Equifax
  Rapid Reporting
  $72,500,000
• Thermage
  Reliant Technologies
  $66,200,000
• G4S
  Adesta
  $66,000,000
• Oversee
  Moniker
  $65,000,000
• Qualcomm
  AMD Handheld Graphics
  $65,000,000
• Gartner
  AMR Research
  $64,000,000
• EXAR
  Hifn
  $63,230,000
• IXYS
  Zilog
  $62,400,000
• United States Surgical Corporation
  Power Medical Interventions
  $60,830,000
• Platinum Equity, LLC
  Pomeroy IT Solutions
  $60,600,000
• IHS
  Environmental Support Solutions
  $59,000,000
• BioMarin Pharmaceutical
  Huxley Pharmaceuticals
  $58,500,000
• Covidien
  Aspect Medical Systems
  $58,000,000
• Syneron Medical
  Candela
  $54,660,000
• Toluna
  Greenfield Online
  $54,000,000
• TMX Group
  NetThruPut
  $52,200,000
• Crane Co
  Merrimac Industries
  $52,000,000
• Morningstar
  Logical Information Machines
  $51,500,000
• Affiliated Computer Services
  Anix Group
  $51,000,000
• Sapient
  Nitro Group LLC
  $50,000,000
• Betfair
  TV Games Network
  $50,000,000
• Cavium Networks
  MontaVista Software
  $50,000,000
• Adknowledge
  KITN Media
  $50,000,000
• Warner Bros.
  Midway Games
  $49,000,000
• Facebook
  FriendFeed
  $47,500,000
• Riverbed Technology
  Mazu Networks
  $47,000,000
• McAfee
  SolidCore
  $47,000,000
• Natus Medical
  Alpine Biomed
  $46,950,000
• II-VI
  Photop Technologies
  $46,800,000
• Shanda Interactive Entertainment
  Hurray!
  $46,200,000
• Broadridge
  Access Data
  $45,000,000
• Resources Connection
  Sitrick And Company and Brincko Associates
  $44,700,000
• Cisco
  DVN
  $44,500,000
• Kofax
  170 Systems
  $43,000,000
• Cosmo Pharmaceuticals
  BioXell
  $41,000,000
• Informatica
  Applimation
  $40,000,000
• Bel Fuse
  Cinch Connectors
  $39,000,000
• F-Secure
  Steek SA
  $38,750,000
• KPIT Cummins
  Sparta Consulting
  $38,000,000
• Drugstore.com
  Salu Beauty
  $36,000,000
• Actuate
  Xenos
  $35,500,000
• ACTIVE Network
  ReserveAmerica
  $35,000,000
• Oxigene
  Symphony Vida
  $34,200,000
• Autodesk
  ALGOR
  $34,000,000
• Elbit Systems
  BVR Systems
  $34,000,000
• Oxigene
  VaxGen
  $33,000,000
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
  Tecnofarma
  $33,000,000
• Oclaro
  Xtellus
  $33,000,000
• Harris
  Crucial Security
  $33,000,000
• Powell Industries
  PowerComm
  $31,800,000
• Aptilon Corporation
  Direct Medical Data
  $31,440,000
• Electronic Arts
  Hands-On Mobile
  $30,000,000
• Syneron Medical
  Primaeva Medical
  $30,000,000
• athenahealth
  Anodyne Health
  $30,000,000
• ANTs software
  Inventa Technologies
  $30,000,000
• Veeco Instruments
  Veeco Solar Equipment
  $30,000,000
• Google
  Gizmo5
  $30,000,000
• ModusLink Global Solutions
  Tech for Less
  $30,000,000
• Interactive Data
  Kler's
  $29,900,000
• Sciele Pharma
  Addrenex Pharmaceuticals
  $29,000,000
• StumbleUpon
  StumbleUpon
  $29,000,000
• Integreon
  Onsite3
  $28,000,000
• TIBCO Software
  DataSynapse
  $28,000,000
• American Dental Partners
  Christie Dental Partners
  $27,000,000
• Energy Recovery
  Pump Engineering
  $27,000,000
• MOL Global
  Friendster
  $26,400,000
• Longtop Financial Technologies
  Sysnet Info-tech
  $26,360,000
• Rambus
  Global Lighting Technologies
  $26,000,000
• JOY FM
  KFUO-FM
  $26,000,000
• Harvard Bioscience
  Denville Scientific
  $25,500,000
• TeleCommunication Systems
  LocationLogic
  $25,390,000
• Autodesk
  PlanPlatform
  $25,000,000
• Cochlear
  Otologics
  $25,000,000
• Ask.com
  Sendori
  $25,000,000
• Google
  DocVerse
  $25,000,000
• LSI
  ONStor
  $25,000,000
• Rackable Systems
  Silicon Graphics
  $25,000,000
• NTT Communications
  Digital Forest
  $24,820,000
• Charles River Laboratories International
  Systems Pathology Company
  $24,000,000
• VSE Corp
  G&B Solutions
  $23,700,000
• DDi
  Coretec
  $23,500,000
• RF Micro Devices
  Universal Microwave
  $23,200,000
• Mobile TeleSystems OJSC
  Eldorado
  $22,900,000
• Millipore
  Guava Technologies
  $22,600,000
• Landauer
  Global Physics Solutions
  $22,000,000
• NICE Systems
  Orsus Solutions USA
  $22,000,000
• Han Logistics
  OnSite Media
  $21,750,000
• CoStar
  Property & Portfolio Research
  $21,640,000
• MoSys
  Prism Circuits
  $21,500,000
• Block Shield
  Mu-Gahat Enterprises
  $21,350,000
• QLogic
  NetXen
  $21,000,000
• Smith Micro Software
  Core Mobility
  $20,230,000
• Yahoo!
  Xoopit
  $20,000,000
• ActivIdentity
  CoreStreet
  $20,000,000
• MySpace
  iLike
  $20,000,000
• Arris Group
  Digeo
  $20,000,000
• XATA
  Turnpike Global Technologies
  $20,000,000
• ProteinSimple
  Alpha Innotech
  $19,710,000
• OpenAir
  QuickArrow
  $19,400,000
• Jack Henry & Associates
  Goldleaf Financial Solutions
  $19,100,000
• Softpro Systems
  Cura Risk Management Software
  $19,000,000
• Emrise Corporation
  Advanced Control Components
  $18,780,000
• The Walt Disney Company
  Kaboose
  $18,400,000
• Globalstar
  Axonn
  $18,000,000
• Thomson Reuters
  Breakingviews
  $18,000,000
• QuinStreet
  Internet.com
  $18,000,000
• Clarient
  Applied Genomics
  $17,600,000
• Axon Solutions
  EnterSys Group
  $17,500,000
• Next Fifteen Communications Group
  M Booth & Associates
  $17,250,000
• Anika Therapeutics
  Fidia Advanced Biopolymers
  $17,100,000
• ON Semiconductor
  PulseCore Semiconductor
  $17,000,000
• Willdan Group
  Intergy
  $16,460,000
• Transcend Services
  Medical Dictation Services
  $16,340,000
• Energy Conversion Devices
  Solar Integrated Technologies
  $16,300,000
• Taleo
  Worldwide Compensation
  $16,250,000
• Bakbone Software
  ColdSpark
  $15,900,000
• Barnes & Noble
  Fictionwise
  $15,700,000
• DivX
  AnySource Media
  $15,000,000
• Trianz
  Megasoft Consultants
  $15,000,000
• iSOFT Group
  BridgeForward Software
  $14,900,000
• SDL International
  XtEnterprise
  $14,700,000
• Healthways
  HealthHonors
  $14,700,000
• PPD
  Magen BioSciences
  $14,500,000
• United Business Media (UBM)
  RISI
  $14,300,000
• Asterand
  BioSeek
  $14,000,000
• Phase Forward
  Waban Software
  $14,000,000
• DemandTec
  Connect3 Systems
  $13,450,000
• Spectrum Control
  Micro Networks
  $13,000,000
• Mentor Graphics
  LogicVision
  $13,000,000
• Synovis Life Technologies
  Pegasus Biologics
  $12,100,000
• TripAdvisor
  Kuxun
  $12,000,000
• Adknowledge
  MIVA
  $11,600,000
• Terremark Worldwide
  Terremark Worldwide
  $11,500,000
• Terremark Worldwide
  DS3 DataVaulting
  $11,500,000
• Taconic Farms
  Xenogen Biosciences
  $11,000,000
• Phase Forward
  Maaguzi
  $11,000,000
• First Derivatives
  ReferenceDataFactory
  $10,000,000
• KIT digital
  The FeedRoom
  $10,000,000
• Herbalife
  Micelle Laboratories
  $10,000,000
• United Business Media (UBM)
  Virtual Press Office
  $10,000,000
• AOL
  Going
  $10,000,000
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
  GeoDigm
  $10,000,000
• Micro Focus
  Relativity Technologies
  $9,700,000
• Liberty Media
  PicksPal
  $9,500,000
• Ebix
  Peak Performance
  $9,500,000
• Theken Spine
  Innovative Spinal Technologies
  $9,250,000
• Innovise
  Infrasolve
  $9,020,000
• SAIC
  Atlan
  $9,000,000
• MEAS
  Atexis
  $8,650,000
• support.com
  Sammsoft
  $8,500,000
• iomart Group
  RapidSwitch
  $8,328,915
• LIN TV
  Red McCombs Media
  $7,900,000
• TriLinc Global
  PAES
  $7,500,000
• Tier Technologies
  ChoicePay
  $7,500,000
• Ultra Electronics
  Scytale
  $7,300,000
• American Traffic Solutions
  Nestor Traffic Systems
  $7,080,000
• AOL
  Patch
  $7,000,000
• Hickory Tech
  Computer Pro
  $7,000,000
• Enghouse Systems
  Trio Enterprises
  $7,000,000
• Meetic
  Match.com Europe
  $6,750,000
• BioClinica
  Tourtellotte Solutions
  $6,640,000
• ARI
  Channel Blade Technologies
  $6,270,000
• Avisen
  Inca Holdings
  $5,720,000
• RightNow Technologies
  HiveLive
  $5,600,000
• Mediware Information Systems
  Healthcare Automation
  $5,500,000
• Mio.TV
  Wamba
  $5,400,000
• Twitter
  Mixer Labs
  $5,200,000
• NuMobile
  Enhance Network Communication
  $5,000,000
• Shot Spirits Corporation
  GuestMetrics
  $5,000,000
• Cypress Bioscience
  Cellatope
  $5,000,000
• Dice Holdings
  AllHealthCareJobs
  $4,800,000
• Abilis Solutions
  Xwave New England Corp
  $4,500,000
• SK3 Group
  Medical Billing Specialist
  $4,100,000
• ClearOne
  NetStreams
  $4,000,000
• Blackboard
  Terriblyclever Design
  $4,000,000
• Web.com
  Solid Cactus
  $3,900,000
• Cryptzone
  AppGate Network Security
  $3,560,000
• Prime Active Capital
  Freedom Wireless
  $3,500,000
• Integrated Silicon Solution
  Enable Semiconductors
  $3,500,000
• smartFOCUS
  ASTECH InterMedia
  $3,110,000
• OpenTable
  GuestBridge
  $3,000,000
• EnerNoc
  Cogent Energy
  $3,000,000
• Natus Medical
  Hawaii Medical
  $2,900,000
• Pervasive Software
  ChanneLinx
  $2,600,000
• Shutterfly
  Tiny Pictures
  $2,600,000
• Top Level Domain Holdings
  Minds and Machines
  $2,520,000
• IntriCon
  Datrix
  $2,500,000
• Canpages
  Ziplocal
  $2,450,000
• Brite Media Group
  Prime Point Media
  $2,000,000
• Amplio Group
  Basin Water
  $2,000,000
• Asyst Technologies
  The Peer Group
  $2,000,000
• Monotype Imaging Holdings
  PlanetWeb
  $1,900,000
• Bakbone Software
  Asempra Technologies
  $1,850,000
• Veeco Instruments
  Fluens Corporation
  $1,700,000
• Explorations Group
  ME2 Security
  $1,600,000
• Tyler Technologies
  Assessment Evaluation Services
  $1,600,000
• Biota Holdings
  MaxThera
  $1,500,000
• ClickSoftware Technologies
  AiPoint
  $1,500,000
• Smashwords
  Bookhabit
  $1,000,000
• MySpace
  imeem
  $1,000,000
• AdultSpace
  Affair Match
  $1,000,000
• RCM Technologies
  Project Solutions Group
  $990,000
• Innovative Software Technologies
  The WEB Channel Network
  $610,000
• ADM
  Explay
  $550,000
• Loss Management Group
  E-register
  $453,000
• INX
  AdvancedNetworX
  $400,000
• Pacgen Biopharmaceuticals
  Xphase Pharmaceuticals
  $310,000
• Riverdale Capital
  Link Jacket
  $300,000
• AeroMechanical Services
  Wingspeed Corporation
  $250,000
• The Fresh Diet
  Fit Fresh Philly
  $250,000
• Propalms
  Focus Systems
  $225,000
• LeadBully.com
  Leadalytics, LLC
  $200,000
• ciaopeople
  Nealab Technologies
  $180,000
• GreatCall
  Mobiwatch
  $107,000
• Short's Travel Management
  Groople
  $100,000
• ChaseTheChuckwagon.com
  GameGavel.com
  $50,000
• Triviala
  triv.net
  $39,662
• StockTwits
  Chart.ly
  $10,000
• DewPixel-Hosting
  DynaTech-Hosting
  $10,000