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Top 100 M&As: deals are down, but a powerful few remain to fight for Latin America's most attractive assets. (Regional Report).


Tough times, tight money and increasing competition are now pitting Latin Lat·in  
n.
1.
a. The Indo-European language of the ancient Latins and Romans and the most important cultural language of western Europe until the end of the 17th century.

b.
 America's largest companies against each other and a handful of foreigners Foreigners

alienage

the condition of being an alien.

androlepsy

Law. the seizure of foreign subjects to enforce a claim for justice or other right against their nation.

gypsyologist, gipsyologist

Rare.
 in a feud feud, formalized private warfare, especially between family groups. The blood feud (see vendetta) is characteristic of those societies in which central government either has not arisen or has decayed.  for strategic acquisitions in the region.

Latin American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of  output shrank shrank  
v.
A past tense of shrink.


shrank
Verb

a past tense of shrink

shrank shrink
 in 2002, the first time in 19 years. Private capital flows to the region plummeted almost 50% to US$25 billion, reports the Institute of International Finance in Washington Washington, town, England
Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area.
, D.C. Completed mergers and acquisitions fell 24% to less than $38 billion, its lowest level in six years, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Thomson Financial Thomson Financial

A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings
.

The limited number of done deals, however, masks the underlying movements of a select group of Latin America's most powerful businesses. They're they're  

Contraction of they are.

they're be
 busy grabbing up assets from both retreating multinational companies and beleaguered be·lea·guer  
tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers
1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems.

2. To surround with troops; besiege.
 family-run empires.

TELECOM

Mexican Mexican

named after or originating in Mexico.


Mexican axolotl
see ambystomamexicanum.

Mexican beaded lizard
(Heloderma horridum
 billionaire Carlos Carlos, prince of the Asturias
Carlos, 1545–68, prince of the Asturias, son of Philip II of Spain and Maria of Portugal. Don Carlos, who seems to have been mentally unbalanced and subject to fits of homicidal mania, was imprisoned by his father in
 Slim is expanding his telecom interests across the Americas A·mer·i·cas   , the

See America.
. He spun off his $3.2-billion Carso Global Telecom Carso Global Telecom is a conglomerate of companies formed in 1996 after separating all telecommunication-related companies from Grupo Carso. This company does not have any employees as it is only a holder of stocks of companies such as Telmex, Telcel and América Móvil.  into holding company Telecom Americas, then invested $2.3 billion buying out big partners U.S. telecom SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002.  and Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for  International. The famed bottom-fisher hunts big game in Brazil Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America.  and beyond.

Spain's multinational wireless company, Telefonica Moviles, continues to pressure Slim with strategic purchases in Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico
Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico.
. Brasilcel, the merger of its Brazilian operations with Telecom Portugal Portugal (pôr`chəgəl), officially Portuguese Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,566,000), 35,553 sq mi (92,082 sq km), SW Europe, on the western side of the Iberian Peninsula and including the Madeira Islands and the Azores in the , recently acquired Brasilia-based mobile operator Tele Centro Centro (Portuguese and Spanish for center) may refer to:

Places:
  • Centro, one of the regions of Portugal
  • Centro (Niterói), a neighborhood of Niterói in Brazil
  • Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre in Brazil
 Oeste Oeste, (Portuguese for "West") is a NUTS 3 sub-region (Portuguese: sub-região) of the NUTS 2 region of Portugal named Centro. The sub-region is coterminous with the Urban Community (comunidade urbana, or ComUrb) of the same name.  for almost $1 billion.

Still unclear: What will happen with Brazilian and Mexican long-distance companies Embratel and Avantel, holdings of financially troubled U.S. carrier WorldCom The former name of MCI. Based in Jackson, MS, WorldCom, Inc. was a major, international telecommunications carrier. It was founded in 1983 by Bernard Ebbers as Long Distance Discount Service (LDDS), a reseller of AT&T WATS lines to small businesses. .

BEVERAGES

Brazil's Ambev and Colombia's Bavaria have staked out territory as the No. 1 and No. 2 brewers This is a list of member brewers of the Brewers Association. Numbered
  • 5280 Roadhouse Brewery, Littleton, Colorado
  • 75th Street Brewery (Kansas City), Kansas City, Missouri
  • 75th Street Brewery (Lawrence), Lawrence, Kansas
A
  • A1A Aleworks, St.
 in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Ambev snatched Argentina's Quilmes Industrial from minority shareholder Heineken. Similarly, Bavaria ripped RiPPED are an alternative rock band from Burlington, Ontario, Canada on Sextant Records/EMI Distribution. The band formed in 1994, and were originally called "Ripped Emotions".  Peruvian powerhouse A fourth-generation language from Cognos that was introduced in the late 1970s for midrange computers. It supports both character-oriented, terminal-based applications as well as Windows clients. Applications developed under PowerHouse can be imported into Cognos' Axiant client/server environment.  Backus and Johnson from the clutches of Venezuela's Empresas Polar Empresas Polar is a Venezuelan corporation, that started as a brewery founded in 1941 by Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Fleury in Antímano, Caracas. It is the largest and best known brewery in Venezuela, but has since long diversified to an array of industries, mostly related to food .

Heineken has pushed forward with acquisitions in Brazil and Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. , but the big prizes in the major countries seemed to have slipped away, for now. With its acquisition of Miller Brewing brewing: see beer.  Co. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , South African Breweries South African Breweries was founded in 1895 by Jacob Letterstedt specifically to serve a new market of miners and prospectors in and around Johannesburg. Two years later, it became the first industrial company to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).  gained a foothold foot·hold  
n.
1. A place providing support for the foot in climbing or standing.

2. A firm or secure position that provides a base for further advancement.


foothold
Noun

1.
 in Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America.  and proceeded to expand its operations in Central America.

OIL

Brazil's state-run oil giant Petrobras is making a play to secure its position as a leading Latin American oil company. In October, Petrobras paid $1 billion for 59% of private energy group Perez Companc Perez Companc could refer to
  • Gregorio Pérez Companc, Argentinian businessman
  • Luís Pérez Companc, Argentinian rally driver
  • Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentinian auto racing driver
  • Jorge Pérez Companc, co-driver to Argentinian rally driver, Juan Pablo Raies
, which expects to spend another $2 billion over the next five years to beef up international production, mainly in Venezuela but also Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Earlier, Petrobras swapped a billion dollar's worth of assets with Spanish-Argentine energy giant Repsol-YPF for a share of its Argentine Argentine

having some relationship with the country Argentina.


Argentine tick
margaropuswinthemi.

Argentine tortoise
geochelonechilensis.
 retail gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by  and refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar  business.

National strikes, meanwhile, have paralyzed par·a·lyze  
tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es
1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.

2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear.
 Petroleos de Venezuela, the region's largest oil company, where the government talks of selling the state-run company's U.S. refining subsidiary Citgo.

BANKS

Bradesco President Marcio Cypriano and Banco Itau CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Roberto Setubal, chiefs at the No. 1 and No. 2 private banks in Brazil, continue to consolidate control over the country's banking market. The two institutions spent almost $2 billion last year.

Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH BSCh
abbr.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
), BBVA BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (First Bank of Spain)  and Citibank also took advantage of the down market to consolidate. BSCH and Banco Santiago merged in a $1.7 billion deal to consolidate control of Chile. BBVA increased its holdings in subsidiaries in Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay. Banacci, Citibank's Mexican affiliate, bought full control of its pension fund subsidiary for $1.2 billion.

POWER

The next big wave of mergers and acquisitions appears poised to happen in the power sector. Debts in dollars but earnings in local currencies meant that devaluations and slow growth nailed Nailed are a death metal band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK. They currently have a worldwide distribution deal with UK label Copro/Casket Records. Biography  international Big Power. "The bottom line is that the only way they're going to grow is with demand, and that depends on the [domestic] economy," says Jason Todd Todd , Sir Alexander Robertus 1907-1997.

British chemist. He won a 1957 Nobel Prize for his study of nucleic acids and nucleotide structures.
, director of Latin American power ratings for Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings

An international rating agency for financial institutions, insurance companies, and corporate, sovereign, and municipal debt. Fitch Ratings has headquarters in New York and London and is wholly owned by FIMALAC of Paris.
 in Chicago. What's ahead for the Latin power kings? Here's the play-by-play:

AES Corp.

After bingeing on Latin American assets during the headier days of a rising stock market, global power giant AES reported a US$2.7 billion dollar hit in the fourth quarter of 2002. Among leading reasons for the pain: Brazil and Venezuela, where write-downs and currency losses added up fast. Projects in Argentina and Colombia defaulted as well. It's quite a comeuppance come·up·pance  
n.
A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" 
 for a company that acquired so much, so fast in the region.

What's ahead: Facing reality, AES renamed its Turnaround Turnaround

A situation where a company that has had poor performance for an extended period of time experiences a positive reversal.

Notes:
A speculator may profit from a turnaround if he or she accurately anticipates the improvement of a poorly performing company.
 Office the Restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  Office, which it says is now actively managing its assets in Chile, Argentina and Brazil. AES tells investors it is busy now trying to figure out which companies can be rescued and which must be "sold or abandoned."

Duke Energy International

North Carolina's Duke Energy perhaps can breathe a sigh sigh (sī),
n an audible and prolonged inspiration followed by a shortened expiration.


sigh
 of relief: It's foreign holding unit, Duke Energy International, reported only slight losses in 2002, down US$221 million, almost entirely from European European

emanating from or pertaining to Europe.


European bat lyssavirus
see lyssavirus.

European beech tree
fagussylvaticus.

European blastomycosis
see cryptococcosis.
 dealings. Meanwhile, it has built up a portfolio from Guatemala to Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (bwā`nəs ī`rēz, âr`ēz, Span. bwā`nōs ī`rās), city and federal district (1991 pop. , more than half at Companhia de Geracao de Energia Eletrica Paranapanema in southwestern Sao Paulo state, Brazil.

What's ahead: While Duke overall took a slight hit on a slowing economy, the company reports $2.9 billion in available credit. Duke's managers, however, say they'll batten down Verb 1. batten down - furnish with battens; "batten ships"
batten, secure

beef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
 the hatches and make sure each unit is producing according to demand.

Endesa

By the end of 2002, facing skeptical investors and slipping domestic economies, Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river.  utility Endesa began hedging its bets in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Chilean holding company Enersis, Endesa's base of operations Noun 1. base of operations - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"
base

air base, air station - a base for military aircraft

army base - a large base of operations for an army
 in the region, took $290 minion min·ion  
n.
1. An obsequious follower or dependent; a sycophant.

2. A subordinate official.

3. One who is highly esteemed or favored; a darling.
 in accounting charges on lost investments in Brazil and Argentina as short- and medium-term debts of $2.2 billion cast a cloud over cloud over
Verb

1. (of the sky or weather) to become cloudy: it was clouding over and we thought it would rain

2.
 the company.

What's ahead: Don't look for $4.5 billion-revenues Endesa to bail, just regroup re·group  
v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups

v.tr.
To arrange in a new grouping.

v.intr.
1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat.
 and look for new opportunities. Even as it cleans up the books in Chile, Enersis put $100 million into Brazil's Companhia de Eletricidade do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē` thĭ zhənĕē`r
, increasing its stake to almost 73%. And the Spanish power giant is looking closely at power-hungry Mexico.

PSEG PSEG Public Service Enterprise Group  Global

New Jersey energy company PSEG Global holds interests in 1,900 megawatts and distribution assets in Brazil, Chile, Peru and Venezuela. There was no hiding from Argentina's decline, though: In 2002, the company reported $541 million in charges, $370 million from lost investments in the collapsing Southern Cone The term Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur, Portuguese: Cone Sul) refers to a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, below the Tropic of Capricorn.  economy.

What's ahead: PSEG settled out-of-court to sell its stakes in several Argentine distributors and generators to AES Corp. for $30 million, a fraction of its original asking price of $376 million (AES had invoked a "political risk" clause to avoid paying full price). In Peru, meanwhile, PSEG's ambitions have been frustrated frus·trate  
tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates
1.
a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart:
 by privatization privatization: see nationalization.
privatization

Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned
 delays.
Top Financial Advisers

RANK  RANK  ADVISER                            VALUE      DEALS
'02   '01                                   US$ millions

 1     1    Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney    9,244.1      16
 2     2    JP Morgan                         8,151.4      29
 3     6    Credit Suisse First Boston        8,056.3      24
 4     3    Goldman Sachs & Co                6,923.9      10
 5     4    Merrill Lynch & Co                6,690.9      12
 6     5    Morgan Stanley                    3,875.2       9
 7     9    UBS Warburg                       1,968.1       6
 8     17   Credit Lyonnais                   1,681.7       3
 9     7    Santander Central Hispano         1,583.9      14
 10    19   Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein    1,573.0       3

SOURCE: Thomson Financial

Top 100 Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America

Ranked by value in US$ millions

                                    TARGET
TARGET COMPANY                      COUNTRY

  1 Carso Global Telecom            Mexico
  2 Telecom Americas                Brazil
  3 Banco Santander Chile           Chile
  4 Grupo Financiero Santander      Mexico
    Serfin
  5 OPP Produtos Petroquimicos      Brazil
  6 Cia. Minera Disputada de las    Chile
    Condes
  7 Pegaso PCS                      Mexico
  8 Afore Banamex Aegon             Mexico
  9 Pepsi-Gemex                     Mexico
 10 Grupo Financiero Bital          Mexico
 11 Perez Companc                   Argentina
 12 Aseguradora Hidalgo             Mexico
 13 Banco BBA Creditanstalt         Brazil
 14 Cervejarias Kaiser              Brazil
 15 Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer  Mexico
 16 Telesp Celular Participacoes    Brazil
 17 Banco Mercantil Sao Paulo       Brazil
 18 Carbocol                        Colombia

 19 Disco Ahold                     Argentina
 20 Siderca                         Argentina
 21 UCP Backus y Johnston           Peru
 22 Ford-Vehicle Financing Unit     Brazil
 23 Sul America                     Brazil
 24 Grupo Televisa                  Mexico
 25 TCO Celular                     Brazil
 26 Quilmes International           Argentina
 27 Cerveceria Leona                Colombia
 28 Vitromatic                      Mexico
 29 Ambev                           Argentina, Uruguay
 30 Telecom Americas (2.6%)         Brazil
 31 Grupo Cinemex                   Mexico
 32 Tubos de Acero de Mexico        Mexico
 33 Etecen, Etesur                  Peru
 34 Banco Fiat                      Brazil
 35 Florida Bebidas                 Costa Rica
 36 Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer  Mexico
 37 Bahia Sul Celulose              Brazil

 38 Cervejarias Kaiser              Brazil
 39 BBV Banco Frances               Argentina
 40 Acominas                        Brazil
 41 CMS Energy Corp                 Colombia
 42 Telesp Celular Participacoes    Brazil
 43 AmBev (2.5%)                    Brazil
 44 Pegasus Telecom                 Brazil
 45 Cia. Paraibuna de Metais        Brazil
 46 Bijupira-Salema                 Brazil
 47 Cia. de Cervezes Nacionales     Ecuador
 48 Telex Chile                     Chile
 49 Masisa                          Chile
 50 Excelsior Editorial             Mexico
 51 BancoCidade                     Brazil
 52 NatSteel Brasil                 Brazil
 53 Vintage                         Ecuador
 54 Grupo Sidek                     Mexico
 55 Entergy                         Peru
 56 Supermercados Se                Brazil
 57 Afore XXI                       Mexico
 58 Kraft                           Brazil
 59 Moly-Cop                        Peru
 60 Odebrecht Oleo & Gas            Brazil
 61 Ntl Holding                     Mexico
 62 Azurlx Corp.                    Mexico
 63 Aguas Andinas                   Chile
 64 Cantv (5%)                      Venezuela
 65 Suzano Petroquimica             Brazil
 66 Minas Luismin                   Mexico
 67 Cerro Vanguardia                Argentina
 68 Renner Herrmann                 Brazil
 69 Petrolera Santa Fe              Argentina
 70 Coca-Cola Panama                Panama
 71 Grupo Financiero Bital          Mexico
 72 Coca-Cola Panama                Panama
 73 Cimento Brumado                 Brazil
 74 Seguros Tepeyac                 Mexico
 75 Banco Santander Colombia        Colombia
 76 Cia. Metalic do Nordeste        Brazil
 77 Puerto Belice                   Chile
 78 CNA Vida                        Chile
 79 Scotiabank Quilmes              Argentina
 80 Conecel                         Ecuador
 81 Central de Bolsas               Mexico
 82 Banco Bansud                    Argentina
 83 Macrosa, Gecomsa, Matreq        Argentina
 84 Dimalsa Logistics               Mexico
 85 Inmobiliaria Fumisa             Mexico
 86 Cervecerlas Baru Panama         Panama
 87 BBVA Uruguay                    Uruguay
 88 Torneos y Competencias          Argentina
 89 Farmacias Benavides             Mexico
 90 Pecom Forestal                  Argentina
 91 Pecom Agropecuaria              Argentina
 92 Florestas Rio Doce              Brazil

 93 Salobo Metals                   Brazil
 94 Farmaclas Benavides             Mexico
 95 Azul Television                 Argentina
 96 BSCH Peru                       Peru
 97 More Zurich                     Mexico
 98 Sifco                           Brazil
 99 Realty                          Brazil
100 Santa Isabel                    Chile


TARGET COMPANY                      ACTIVITY

  1 Carso Global Telecom            Telecom
  2 Telecom Americas                Telecom
  3 Banco Santander Chile           Banking
  4 Grupo Financiero Santander      Banking
    Serfin
  5 OPP Produtos Petroquimicos      Petrochemicals
  6 Cia. Minera Disputada de las    Mining
    Condes
  7 Pegaso PCS                      Telecom
  8 Afore Banamex Aegon             Pension fund
  9 Pepsi-Gemex                     Beverages
 10 Grupo Financiero Bital          Banking
 11 Perez Companc                   Oil & gas
 12 Aseguradora Hidalgo             Insurance
 13 Banco BBA Creditanstalt         Banking
 14 Cervejarias Kaiser              Beverages
 15 Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer  Banking
 16 Telesp Celular Participacoes    Telecom
 17 Banco Mercantil Sao Paulo       Banking
 18 Carbocol                        Mining

 19 Disco Ahold                     Retail
 20 Siderca                         Steel
 21 UCP Backus y Johnston           Beverages
 22 Ford-Vehicle Financing Unit     Finance
 23 Sul America                     Insurance
 24 Grupo Televisa                  Media
 25 TCO Celular                     Telecom
 26 Quilmes International           Beverages
 27 Cerveceria Leona                Beverages
 28 Vitromatic                      Domestic appliances
 29 Ambev                           Beverages
 30 Telecom Americas (2.6%)         Telecom
 31 Grupo Cinemex                   Entertainment
 32 Tubos de Acero de Mexico        Steel
 33 Etecen, Etesur                  Electricity
 34 Banco Fiat                      Banking
 35 Florida Bebidas                 Beverages
 36 Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer  Banking
 37 Bahia Sul Celulose              Paper, pulp

 38 Cervejarias Kaiser              Beverages
 39 BBV Banco Frances               Banking
 40 Acominas                        Steel
 41 CMS Energy Corp                 Oil & gas
 42 Telesp Celular Participacoes    Telecom
 43 AmBev (2.5%)                    Beverages
 44 Pegasus Telecom                 Telecom
 45 Cia. Paraibuna de Metais        Mining
 46 Bijupira-Salema                 Oil & gas
 47 Cia. de Cervezes Nacionales     Beverages
 48 Telex Chile                     Telecom
 49 Masisa                          Wood products
 50 Excelsior Editorial             Media
 51 BancoCidade                     Banking
 52 NatSteel Brasil                 Steel
 53 Vintage                         Oil & gas
 54 Grupo Sidek                     Hospitality
 55 Entergy                         Electricity
 56 Supermercados Se                Retail
 57 Afore XXI                       Pension fund
 58 Kraft                           Food
 59 Moly-Cop                        Machinery
 60 Odebrecht Oleo & Gas            Oil & gas
 61 Ntl Holding                     Telecom
 62 Azurlx Corp.                    Water
 63 Aguas Andinas                   Sanitary services
 64 Cantv (5%)                      Telecom
 65 Suzano Petroquimica             Petrochemicals
 66 Minas Luismin                   Mining
 67 Cerro Vanguardia                Mining
 68 Renner Herrmann                 Chemicals
 69 Petrolera Santa Fe              Oil & gas
 70 Coca-Cola Panama                Beverages
 71 Grupo Financiero Bital          Banking
 72 Coca-Cola Panama                Beverages
 73 Cimento Brumado                 Cement
 74 Seguros Tepeyac                 Insurance
 75 Banco Santander Colombia        Banking
 76 Cia. Metalic do Nordeste        Metals
 77 Puerto Belice                   Port
 78 CNA Vida                        Insurance
 79 Scotiabank Quilmes              Banking
 80 Conecel                         Telecom
 81 Central de Bolsas               Packaging
 82 Banco Bansud                    Banking
 83 Macrosa, Gecomsa, Matreq        Machinery
 84 Dimalsa Logistics               Logistics
 85 Inmobiliaria Fumisa             Real estate
 86 Cervecerlas Baru Panama         Beverages
 87 BBVA Uruguay                    Banking
 88 Torneos y Competencias          Media
 89 Farmacias Benavides             Drugstores
 90 Pecom Forestal                  Forestry
 91 Pecom Agropecuaria              Agriculture
 92 Florestas Rio Doce              Pulp

 93 Salobo Metals                   Mining
 94 Farmaclas Benavides             Drugstores
 95 Azul Television                 Media
 96 BSCH Peru                       Banking
 97 More Zurich                     Pension fund
 98 Sifco                           Autoparts
 99 Realty                          Real estate
100 Santa Isabel                    Retail


TARGET COMPANY                      LEADING ACQUIRER

  1 Carso Global Telecom            America Telecom
  2 Telecom Americas                America Movil
  3 Banco Santander Chile           Banco Santiago
  4 Grupo Financiero Santander      Bank of America
    Serfin
  5 OPP Produtos Petroquimicos      Copene
  6 Cia. Minera Disputada de las    Anglo American
    Condes
  7 Pegaso PCS                      Telefonica Moviles
  8 Afore Banamex Aegon             Banacci
  9 Pepsi-Gemex                     Pepsi Bottling Group
 10 Grupo Financiero Bital          HSBC Holdings
 11 Perez Companc                   Petrobras
 12 Aseguradora Hidalgo             MetLife
 13 Banco BBA Creditanstalt         Banco Itau
 14 Cervejarias Kaiser              Molson Inc
 15 Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer  Public offering
 16 Telesp Celular Participacoes    Portugal Telecom
 17 Banco Mercantil Sao Paulo       Banco Bradesco
 18 Carbocol                        Glencore, Anglo American,
                                    BHP Billiton
 19 Disco Ahold                     Koninklijke Ahold NV
 20 Siderca                         Tenaris
 21 UCP Backus y Johnston           Bavaria
 22 Ford-Vehicle Financing Unit     Banco Bradesco
 23 Sul America                     ING Groep NV
 24 Grupo Televisa                  Grupo Televisa
 25 TCO Celular                     Fixcel
 26 Quilmes International           AmBev
 27 Cerveceria Leona                Bavaria
 28 Vitromatic                      Whirlpool
 29 Ambev                           Quilmes International
 30 Telecom Americas (2.6%)         Undiscloseed acquier
 31 Grupo Cinemex                   Oaktree Capital Management
 32 Tubos de Acero de Mexico        Tenaris
 33 Etecen, Etesur                  Interconexion Electrica
 34 Banco Fiat                      Banco Itau
 35 Florida Bebidas                 Heineken
 36 Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer  BBVA
 37 Bahia Sul Celulose              Cia. Suzano de
                                    Pepel e Celulose
 38 Cervejarias Kaiser              Heineken
 39 BBV Banco Frances               BBVA
 40 Acominas                        Gerdau
 41 CMS Energy Corp                 Cepsa
 42 Telesp Celular Participacoes    Telefonica Moviles
 43 AmBev (2.5%)                    AmBev
 44 Pegasus Telecom                 Telemar Norte Leste
 45 Cia. Paraibuna de Metais        Votorantim Metais
 46 Bijupira-Salema                 Enterprise Oil PLC
 47 Cia. de Cervezes Nacionales     Bavaria
 48 Telex Chile                     Southern Cross, GE Capital
 49 Masisa                          Forestal Terranova
 50 Excelsior Editorial             Investor Group
 51 BancoCidade                     Banco Bradesco
 52 NatSteel Brasil                 Gerdau
 53 Vintage                         EnCana Corp
 54 Grupo Sidek                     Sidek Private Co
 55 Entergy                         Southern Cone Communications
 56 Supermercados Se                Cia. Brasileira da Distribuicao
 57 Afore XXI                       Prudential Financial
 58 Kraft                           Burns Philp & Co
 59 Moly-Cop                        Scaw Metals
 60 Odebrecht Oleo & Gas            Enterprise Oil do Brasil
 61 Ntl Holding                     American Tower Corp
 62 Azurlx Corp.                    ASIM
 63 Aguas Andinas                   Public offering
 64 Cantv (5%)                      Undisclosed acquirer
 65 Suzano Petroquimica             Shareholders
 66 Minas Luismin                   Wheaton River Minerals
 67 Cerro Vanguardia                AngloGold
 68 Renner Herrmann                 Renner Herrmann
 69 Petrolera Santa Fe              Petrobras
 70 Coca-Cola Panama                CA Beverages
 71 Grupo Financiero Bital          Banco Santander Central Hispano
 72 Coca-Cola Panama                Coca-Cola Panama
 73 Cimento Brumado                 Cia, de Cimentos do Brasil
 74 Seguros Tepeyac                 Corp. Mapfre
 75 Banco Santander Colombia        Banco Santander Central Hispano
 76 Cia. Metalic do Nordeste        Cia, Siderurgica Nacional
 77 Puerto Belice                   Luke Espat
 78 CNA Vida                        Consorcio Financiero
 79 Scotiabank Quilmes              Banco Comafi, Banco Macro Misiones
 80 Conecel                         America Movil
 81 Central de Bolsas               Pactiv Corp
 82 Banco Bansud                    Banco Macro Misiones
 83 Macrosa, Gecomsa, Matreq        Finning International
 84 Dimalsa Logistics               Tibbett & Britten Group PLC
 85 Inmobiliaria Fumisa             OHL Concesiones SL
 86 Cervecerlas Baru Panama         CA Beverages
 87 BBVA Uruguay                    BBVA
 88 Torneos y Competencias          Liberty Media
 89 Farmacias Benavides             Promecap
 90 Pecom Forestal                  DRT Investments
 91 Pecom Agropecuaria              Argentina Farmland Investors
 92 Florestas Rio Doce              Aracruz Celulose, Bahia Sul
                                    Celulose
 93 Salobo Metals                   CVRD
 94 Farmaclas Benavides             Farmacias Ahumada
 95 Azul Television                 HFS Media
 96 BSCH Peru                       Banco de Credito del Peru
 97 More Zurich                     Principal Financial Group
 98 Sifco                           Mannesmann Tubos de Precisao
 99 Realty                          Creed Holdings
100 Santa Isabel                    Koninklijke Ahold NV

                                    ACQUIRER
TARGET COMPANY                      COUNTRY               VALUE

  1 Carso Global Telecom            Mexico              3,217.5
  2 Telecom Americas                Mexico              2,266.1
  3 Banco Santander Chile           Chile               1,678.2
  4 Grupo Financiero Santander      United States       1,600.0
    Serfin
  5 OPP Produtos Petroquimicos      Brazil              1,496.7
  6 Cia. Minera Disputada de las    United Kingdom      1,420.0
    Condes
  7 Pegaso PCS                      Spain               1,317.0
  8 Afore Banamex Aegon             Mexico              1,240.0
  9 Pepsi-Gemex                     United States       1,154.0
 10 Grupo Financiero Bital          United Kingdom      1,134.7
 11 Perez Companc                   Brazil              1,027.6
 12 Aseguradora Hidalgo             United States         962.0
 13 Banco BBA Creditanstalt         Brazil                875.9
 14 Cervejarias Kaiser              Canada                771.8
 15 Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer  N/A                   662.8
 16 Telesp Celular Participacoes    Portugal              643.9
 17 Banco Mercantil Sao Paulo       Brazil                542.0
 18 Carbocol                        Switzerland,          500.0
                                    South Africa, U.K.
 19 Disco Ahold                     Netherlands           493.4
 20 Siderca                         Luxembourg            449.0
 21 UCP Backus y Johnston           Colombia              420.3
 22 Ford-Vehicle Financing Unit     Brazil                419.2
 23 Sul America                     The Netherlands       400.0
 24 Grupo Televisa                  Mexico                400.0
 25 TCO Celular                     Brazil                353.2
 26 Quilmes International           Brazil                346.4
 27 Cerveceria Leona                Colombia              315.0
 28 Vitromatic                      United States         313.0
 29 Ambev                           Argentina             303.6
 30 Telecom Americas (2.6%)         N/A                   300.0
 31 Grupo Cinemex                   United States         286.0
 32 Tubos de Acero de Mexico        Luxembourg            272.0
 33 Etecen, Etesur                  Colombia              262.0
 34 Banco Fiat                      Brazil                248.4
 35 Florida Bebidas                 The Netherlands       229.0
 36 Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer  Spain                 226.0
 37 Bahia Sul Celulose              Brazil                223.7

 38 Cervejarias Kaiser              The Netherlands       220.0
 39 BBV Banco Frances               Spain                 209.3
 40 Acominas                        Brazil                202.0
 41 CMS Energy Corp                 Spain                 196.2
 42 Telesp Celular Participacoes    Spain                 194.2
 43 AmBev (2.5%)                    Brazil                182.5
 44 Pegasus Telecom                 Brazil                156.0
 45 Cia. Paraibuna de Metais        Brazil                153.3
 46 Bijupira-Salema                 United Kingdom        153.0
 47 Cia. de Cervezes Nacionales     Colombia              152.0
 48 Telex Chile                     United States         151.7
 49 Masisa                          Chile                 150.0
 50 Excelsior Editorial             United States         150.0
 51 BancoCidade                     Brazil                145.6
 52 NatSteel Brasil                 Brazil                142.3
 53 Vintage                         Canada                141.7
 54 Grupo Sidek                     Mexico                138.4
 55 Entergy                         Argentina             135.5
 56 Supermercados Se                Brazil                132.7
 57 Afore XXI                       United States         127.9
 58 Kraft                           Australia             110.0
 59 Moly-Cop                        South Africa          105.0
 60 Odebrecht Oleo & Gas            Brazil                100.0
 61 Ntl Holding                     United States         100.0
 62 Azurlx Corp.                    Mexico                 93.7
 63 Aguas Andinas                   N/A                    92.3
 64 Cantv (5%)                      N/A                    91.2
 65 Suzano Petroquimica             Brazil                 90.4
 66 Minas Luismin                   Canada                 90.0
 67 Cerro Vanguardia                South Africa           90.0
 68 Renner Herrmann                 Brazil                 89.6
 69 Petrolera Santa Fe              Brazil                 89.6
 70 Coca-Cola Panama                Panama                 88.7
 71 Grupo Financiero Bital          Spain                  85.0
 72 Coca-Cola Panama                Panama                 85.0
 73 Cimento Brumado                 Brazil                 84.1
 74 Seguros Tepeyac                 Spain                  79.6
 75 Banco Santander Colombia        Spain                  77.2
 76 Cia. Metalic do Nordeste        Brazil                 74.8
 77 Puerto Belice                   Chile                  74.0
 78 CNA Vida                        Chile                  73.1
 79 Scotiabank Quilmes              Argentina              71.4
 80 Conecel                         Mexico                 70.3
 81 Central de Bolsas               United States          66.0
 82 Banco Bansud                    Argentina              65.0
 83 Macrosa, Gecomsa, Matreq        Canada                 64.8
 84 Dimalsa Logistics               United Kingdom         62.2
 85 Inmobiliaria Fumisa             Spain                  56.0
 86 Cervecerlas Baru Panama         Panama                 55.9
 87 BBVA Uruguay                    Spain                  55.5
 88 Torneos y Competencias          United States          55.0
 89 Farmacias Benavides             Mexico                 55.0
 90 Pecom Forestal                  Argentina              53.2
 91 Pecom Agropecuaria              United States          53.0
 92 Florestas Rio Doce              Brazil                 52.3

 93 Salobo Metals                   Brazil                 50.9
 94 Farmaclas Benavides             Chile                  50.3
 95 Azul Television                 Argentina              50.1
 96 BSCH Peru                       Peru                   49.2
 97 More Zurich                     United States          49.0
 98 Sifco                           Brazil                 45.4
 99 Realty                          Brazil                 45.0
100 Santa Isabel                    The Netherlands        42.4

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