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Deals of the week - May 21 2012
| TYPE OF DEAL | VALUE | ACQUIRER | TARGET | ADVISER TO ACQUIRER (TAX) | ADVISER TO TARGET (TAX) |
| Acquisition | $4.08 billion | Macquarie European / Infinity Investments / British Columbia / MEAG MUNICH ERGO | Open Grid Europe | Hengeler Mueller - Stefanie Beinert | |
| Acquisition | $3.9 billion | ABB | Thomas & Betts | Kirkland & Ellis | Davis Polk & Wardwell |
| Acquisition | $2.2 billion | Agilent Technologies | Dako (EQTV) | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton / Kromann Reumert | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr / Accura |
| Acquisition | $2.2 billion | China Guangdong Nuclear Power | Extract Resources | Ashurst / Stikeman Elliott / Minter Ellison | Clayton Utz |
| Acquisition | $1.9 billion | Bright Food | Weetabix | Linklaters / Stikeman Elliott | Mills & Reeve / Weil Gotshal & Manges |
| Acquisition | $678 million | Perron | Centro Galleria / Centro The Glen / Centro Colonnades | King & Wood Mallesons | Freehills |
| Acquisition | $605 million | Nucor | Skyline Steel (ArcelorMittal) | Shearman & Sterling - Doug McFadyen | |
| Acquisition | $238 million | China Resources Gas | AEI China Gas | King & Wood Mallesons | Clifford Chance |
| PIPE | $187 million | JP Morgan | Technicolor | Gide Loyrette Nouel / Latham & Watkins | Davis Polk & Wardwell |
| Acquisition | $136 million | Cameco | Nukem | Hengeler Mueller - Matthias Scheifele | |
| Acquisition | $100 million | Crestview Partners | Silver Creek Oil & Gas | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Mary Conway | Vinson & Elkins |
| Merger | Undisclosed | IMX Resources | Continental Nickel | Stikeman Elliott / Finlaysons | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt / Corrs Chambers Westgarth |
| TYPE OF DEAL | VALUE | ISSUER / BORROWER | LEAD MANAGERS / ARRANGERS | ADVISER TO ISSUER / BORROWER | ADVISER TO LEAD MANAGERS |
| Senior Notes Offering | $1 billion | Discovery Communications | J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | Davis Polk & Wardwell |
| Common Stock Offering | $519 million | SXC Health Solutions | J.P. Morgan / Barclays | Sidley Austin / Heenan Blaikie / Lackowicz & Hoffman | Davis Polk & Wardwell / Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg |
| Senior Notes Offering | $500 million | Medicis Pharmaceutical | Deutsche Bank / J.P. Morgan | Latham & Watkins | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr |
| First-Mortgage Bond Offering | $300 million | Westar Energy | BNP Paribas / Citigroup / J.P. Morgan | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg | Hunton & Williams |
| Initial Public Offering | $100 million | Edwards Group | Barclays / Goldman Sachs / Deutsche Bank | Weil, Gotshal & Manges / Maples & Calder | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Harry Ballan |
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