[CA/Econ] Merger and Acquisitions in 2015 (Jan-mar)

Month	Merger & Acquisition
Jan 2015	Kolkatta based FMCG company Emami Ltd acquires Australian personal care firm Fravin Pty Ltd
	Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, the Singapore govt’s investment arm acquires Punj Llyod stake in Medanta super speciality hospital owned by Global Health Pvt Ltd
	Mumbai based Piramal MNC’s Piramal Enterprises Ltd acquires Coldstream Laboratories Inc
	Hike, messenger app by a Joint Venture of Bharati enterprises and SoftBank acquires US-based Zip Phone
	Mumbai based conglomerate’s division Godrej Consumer Products Ltd acquires South Africa’s Frica Hair (Pty) Ltd
	Chennai based hospital chain, Apollo Hospital acquires Nova Speciality
	Pune based Bharat Forge Ltd MNC’s, German arm CDP Bharat Forge Holding GmBH acquires Mecanique Generate Langroise (MGL), A French oil and gas machining company
	Gurgaon based Refrigerants manufacturer SRF Ltd acquires global pharmaceutical propellant business from chemicals maker DuPont
Feb 2015	Thomas cook owned Quiz Coro Ltd acquires Indian arm of American MNC Aramark (Hospitality and healthcare facility management)
	New Delhi based online marketplace Snapdeal acquires Exclusively.com
	Star India acquires telugu language based MAA network
	BookMyShow acquires Bangalore based Eventifier
	Malaysia based Foodpanda acquires food ordering portal Just Eat India
	New Delhi based online restaurant based Zomato buys Turkish rival Mekanist
Mar 2015	Anil Ambani’s Mumbai based Reliance Infrastructure acquires India’s largest ship building and heavy industries company Pipavav Defence and offshore Engineering Company Ltd
	Bengaluru based online cab aggregator Ola Cabs acquires TaxiforSure
	Rupert Murdoch owned Newscorp inc acquires VCCircle Network
	Mumbai based Star India Pvt ltd owned by 21st century Fox acquires Screen entertainment weekly from Indian Express Group
	German speciality chemicals manufacturer Evonik Industries AG acquires Mumbai based catalyst supplier Monarch Catalyst Pvt Ltd

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