The five largest recent transactions, all worth at least $500 million, involving targets or acquirors from each of six European jurisdictions or regions: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and the Nordic countries. All deals were announced between April 1, 2011, and October 1, 2011. Deals that were pending at press time are starred( * ). Research by mergermarket and Rebecca Geiger.

GERMANY

Target: MAN SE (26% stake) *