Deal Number
Date Announced
Date Announced    is Estimated
Date Effective
Date Effective/ Unconditional
Year Completed/ Unconditional
Cross Border
Acquiror Full Name
Acquiror  Nation
Country Code
Acquiror Ultimate  Parent  Nation
Acq. Nation
Acq. Public Status
Acquiror Datastream Code
Target Name
Target Nation
Target Ultimate  Parent  Nation
Target Public Status
Target Datastream Code
Acquiror Ultimate Parent
Acq.  Ult. Parent Nation
Target Immediate Parent
Acquiror Immediate Parent
Acquiror Primary   SIC   Code
Target Primary   SIC  Code
Synopsis
History File Event
Status
% of Shares Acq.
% Owned After Trans- action
% sought
Pct Owned by Acquiror Post Merger
Percent of Shares Held at Announcement
Target Total Assets ($mil)
Target Book Value Per Share LTM (US$)
Target Number of Employees
Target Share Price 1 Day Prior to Announcement ($)
Value of Transaction ($mil)
Value of Deal (Euro mil)
Host Curr. Value of Deal (mil)
Deal Value (Host Mil) & Currency Code
Value Source Date
Value   Based    on Effective   Date   ($mil)
Value   Based    on Effective   Date euro mil
Host   Curr.   Value   Based    on Effective   Date   (mil)
Value Est.
Acquiror  is an Investor  Group
Nation Code
Government Owned Involvement Flag
Buyside Government Owned Involvement Flag
Sellside Government Owned Involvement Flag
Premium   1 day prior to announce-   ment   date
Premium  1 week prior to announce-   ment   date
Premium  4 weeks prior to ann. date
Acquiror  CIDGEN
Acquiror  CUSIP
Acquiror Immediate  Parent  CIDGEN
Acquiror Immediate  Parent  CUSIP
Acquiror Ultimate  Parent  CIDGEN
Acquiror Ultimate  Parent  CUSIP
Target CIDGEN
Target CUSIP
Target Immediate  Parent  CIDGEN
Target Ultimate  Parent  CIDGEN
Target Immediate  Parent  CUSIP
Target Ultimate  Parent  CUSIP
Target Bankrupt
Challenged    Deal
Target   Bank Insolvent
Liquid-  ation
Recap.
Related  Deals
Restruc-  turing
Self- Tender
Tender Offer
Self- Tender Defense
Private Tender Offer
Spin-  Off
Competing  Bidder
Offer Price to Target Stock Price Premium 1 Day Prior to Announcement
Offer Price to Target Stock Price Premium 1 Week Prior to Announcement
Initial  Pr/Sh
Offer Price to Target Stock Price Premium 4 Weeks Prior to Announcement
Acquiror Primary Ticker Symbol
Acquiror Ticker Symbol
Acquiror Ultimate Parent Primary Ticker Symbol
Acquiror Ultimate Parent Ticker Symbol
Target Primary Ticker Symbol
Target Ticker Symbol
Target Ultimate Parent Primary Ticker Symbol
Target Ultimate Parent Ticker Symbol
Master  Deal  Type
Form
Type  of  Acquiror
Acquiror Limited Prtnrshp Flag
Target   is a Limited Partner-   ship
Target Ultimate Parent
Target  Ult. Parent Nation
Number of Bidders
Related  Deal  Type
Related Deal Type Code
Enterprise Value at Announcement ($mil)
Enterprise Value at Announcement (Euro mil)
Host Curr. Enterprise Value at Announcement (mil)
Enterprise   Value Based  on Effective   Date ($mil)
Enterprise Value Based on Effective    Date   euro mil
Host Curr.  Enterprise Value Based on Effective  Date (mil)
Acquiror   is a  White  Knight
Acquiror is a Leveraged Buyout Firm
Acquiror Financial Firm Flag
Acquiror is a Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicle Y/N
Acquiror Lockup
Consideration Structure
Consid Structure Description
Consideration   Sought
Consid- eration Sought
Consideration   Offered
Consid- eration Offered
Creeping Acquisition
Source   of Funds- Common Stock Issue
Source    of  Funds- Preferred   Stock   Issue
M&A Type
% of Stock
% of Other
% of Cash
Acquisition Technique
Target Nation Region Code
Target Nation Region
Acquiror Nation Region Code
Acquiror Nation Region
Acquiror Primary Stock Exchange (Name)
Acquiror Stock Exchange (Name)
Acquiror Ultimate Parent Primary Stock Exchange (Name)
Acquiror Ultimate Parent Stock Exchange (Name)
Target Primary Stock Exchange (Name)
Target Stock Exchange (Name)
group(acq_name date_ann)
group(acq_name)
1 for contiguity
1 for common official of primary language
1 if a language is spoken by at least 9% of the population in both countries
1 for pairs ever in colonial relationship
1 for common colonizer post 1945
1 for pairs currently in colonial relationship
1 for pairs in colonial relationship post 1945
1 if countries were or are the same country
simple distance (most populated cities, km)
simple distance between capitals (capitals, km)
weighted distance (pop-wt, km)
weighted distance (pop-wt, km) CES distances with theta=-1
Common official language
Common spoken language
Common native language
Unadjusted Value of Linguistic proximity (Tree)
Adjusted Value of Linguistic proximity (Tree)
Unadjusted Value of Linguistic proximity (ASJP)
Adjusted Value of Linguistic proximity (ASJP)
Common Language Index based on our log specification
Common Language Index based on a level specification
1=War
1=Common currency
1=Common religion
1=Common legal origins before transition
1=Common legal origins after transition
1=Common legal origin changed since transition
origin legal system before transition
destination legal system before transition
origin legal system after transition
destination legal system after transition
1=Origin is GATT/WTO member
1=Destination is GATT/WTO member
1=Non-reciprocal PTA ; 2=PTA (Source: Baier & Bergstrand, 2009)
1=RTA (Source: WTO, 2015)
1=FTA;2=Cust. Union;3=Common Market;4=Economic union (Baier & Bergstrand, 2009)
1=FTA (Source: Head, Mayer and Ries, 2010)
1=ACP to EU
1=EU to ACP
1=Origin is donator
1=Destination is donator
Voice and Accountability, Estimate
Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Estimate
Government Effectiveness, Estimate
Regulatory Quality, Estimate
Rule of Law, Estimate
Control of Corruption, Estimate
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Language
Religion