Editing Mergers and acquisitions (section)

=== Largest deals in history ===
The top ten largest deals in M&A history cumulate to a total value of 1,118,963 mil. USD. (1.118 tril. USD).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://imaa-institute.org/mergers-and-acquisitions-statistics/|title=M&A Statistics - Worldwide, Regions, Industries & Countries|work=Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA)|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Date announced
!Acquiror name
!Acquiror mid-industry
!Acquiror nation
!Target name
!Target mid-industry
!Target nation
!Value of transaction ($mil)
|-
|1999-11-14
|[[Vodafone|Vodafone AirTouch]] PLC
|Wireless
|United Kingdom
|[[Mannesmann]] AG
|Wireless
|Germany
|202,785.13
|-
|2000-01-10<ref name="academia.edu"/>
|[[America Online]] Inc
|Internet Software & Services
|United States
|[[Time Warner]]
|Motion Pictures / Audio Visual
|United States
|164,746.86
|-
|2015-06-26
|[[Altice (company)|Altice]] NV
|Cable
|Luxembourg
|Altice Sa
|Cable
|Luxembourg
|145,709.25
|-
|2013-09-02
|[[Verizon Communications]] Inc
|Telecommunications Services
|United States
|[[Verizon Wireless]] Inc
|Wireless
|United States
|130,298.32
|-
|2007-08-29
|Shareholders
|Other Financials
|Switzerland
|[[Philip Morris Intl]] Inc
|Tobacco
|Switzerland
|107,649.95
|-
|2015-09-16
|[[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] SA/NV
|Food and Beverage
|Belgium
|[[SABMiller]] PLC
|Food and Beverage
|United Kingdom
|101,475.79
|-
|2007-04-25
|[[RFS Holdings]] BV
|Other Financials
|Netherlands
|[[ABN-AMRO Holding]] NV
|Banks
|Netherlands
|98,189.19
|-
|1999-11-04
|[[Pfizer Inc]]
|Pharmaceuticals
|United States
|[[Warner-Lambert Co]]
|Pharmaceuticals
|United States
|89,167.72
|-
|2016-10-22
|[[AT&T]]
|Media
|United States
|[[Time Warner]]
|Media
|United States
|88,400
|-
|1998-12-01
|[[Exxon]]
|Oil & Gas
|United States
|[[Mobil]]
|Oil & Gas
|United States
|78,945.79
|-
|2022-01-18
|[[Microsoft]]
|Technology 
|United States
|[[Blizzard Entertainment]] and [[Activision]] under parent company [[Activision Blizzard]]
|Video games
|United States
|68,700
|}