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Find Mergers and Acquisitions of Companies in X Industry?

TOPIC: TFSD Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions (File 551) provides excellent indexing features that make it easy to find completed M&A deals in a specific industry in a particular year. The key to using File 551 for companies that are in a particular industry is to search the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

There are different Additional Index prefixes used for the acquirer company SIC code and the target company SIC code. Please refer to the Dialog Bluesheet for additional details on file content and coverage.

ACQUIRER COMPANY SIC CODE PREFIXES
AC= Searches primary and secondary SIC codes
AP= Searches primary SIC code

TARGET COMPANY SIC CODE PREFIXES
SC= Searches primary and secondary SIC codes
PC= Searches primary SIC code

Examples (NNNN = SIC Code)

1. Acquirer in any industry/Target in a specific industry: PC=NNNN
2. Acquirer and target in the same industry: AP=NNNN and PC=NNNN
3. Acquirer in a specific industry/Target in any industry: AP=NNNN
4. Target or Acquirer in a specific industry: AP,PC=NNNN

In this example, we'll be looking for companies in any industry that have acquired telecommunications companies.

 

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 551
SELECT PC=4813 (NNNN IS THE SIC CODE)
SELECT S1 AND TY=YYYY
TYPE S2/6/ALL
REPORT S2/SYNOPSIS/1-3,5,15,20-25


HOW TO...



1. BEGIN File 551 to search TFSD Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions.

2. SELECT the SIC code in the Target Primary SIC Code (PC=) field. If you wish to search both the primary and secondary SIC codes, use the prefix SC=.

3. Combine Set 1 (S1) with the Effective Year of Deal (TY=) field. This will automatically retrieve completed deals.

The colon provides a range of years. Refer to the Bluesheet for additional search options, (e.g., the Target’s Country or State (CN=, ST=)).

?B 551

File 551:TFSD Worldwide M&A 1980-2008/Jan 04
               (c) 2008 Thomson Fin Sec Data

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?S PC=4813
      S1    8343  PC=4813

?S S1 AND TY=2007:2008
            8343  S1
           16845  TY=2007 : TY=2008
      S2     224  S1 AND TY=2007:2008



4. TYPE the records in Format 6 for Target and Acquirer Names, countries and announcement dates.

For a synopsis of the deal, use the preformatted SYNOPSIS Report (shown below.)

For pricing information, check the Bluesheet or enter HELP RATES 551.

For other available format options, enter HELP FMT 551.

To select the appropriate record number, look at the range of records in the TYPE command (e.g., 2/6/2).

Note: Some records have been omitted from this display.

?T S2/6/1-20
        
  2/6/1 
DIALOG(R)File 551: TFSD Worldwide M&A
(c) 2008 Thomson Fin Sec Data. All rights reserved.
  
05702144     SDC Number: 1140428040 
Announcement Date: 01/03/08 
Target Company: Jiangxi Hongcheng Tengyi Telecommunication Co Ltd 
Acquirer Company: Asia Premium Television Group Inc 
COUNTRY: China 
        
  2/6/2 
DIALOG(R)File 551: TFSD Worldwide M&A
(c) 2008 Thomson Fin Sec Data. All rights reserved.
  
05699644     SDC Number: 1139928040 
Announcement Date: 12/31/07 
Target Company: TM Payphone Sdn Bhd 
Acquirer Company: Pernec Corp Bhd 
COUNTRY: Malaysia 
        
  2/6/3 
DIALOG(R)File 551: TFSD Worldwide M&A
(c) 2008 Thomson Fin Sec Data. All rights reserved.
  
05698819     SDC Number: 1139763040 
Announcement Date: 05/25/07 
Target Company: Lounet Oy 
Acquirer Company: Elisa Oyj 
COUNTRY: Finland 

. . . . 



5. Enter the REPORT command to produce a SYNOPSIS report for specific records.

For other preformatted REPORT options, please refer to the Bluesheet.

Note: Some records have been omitted from this display.

?REPORT S2/SYNOPSIS/8

                   DIALOG(R)File 551 :TFSD Worldwide M&A
              (c) 2008 Thomson Fin Sec Data All rts. reserv.

                        SYNOPSIS Report
*************************************************************

Ann. Date    Target                            Acquirer
Eff. Date    Type of Transaction               Status
Deal Value
Price/Share
Attitude     Deal Terms

*************************************************************
  01/03/08   Jiangxi Hongcheng Tengyi Telecomm Asia Premium 
             Television Grou
  01/03/08   Acq. Maj. Int.                    Completed
  NA              CHINA - Asia Premium Television Group Inc
                  acquired a 70% interest in Jiangxi Hongcheng 
  NA              Tengyi Telecommunication Co    
                  Friendly   Ltd, a mobile minutes wholesaler 
                  and retailer.               
--------------------------------------------------------------
. . . .

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