Proposed merger with Chelsea Building Society

Investment in Songbird Estates plc

£11.6 billion acquisition of Scottish Power

€7 billion investment in Porsche/Volkswagen

£6.2 billion merger with Saga

£5 billion cash offer for Resolution

Purchase of stakes in LSE and OMX

€3.1 billion sale to Edam Acquisition

$3.3 billion merger with Katanga Mining

£1.2 billion acquisition of RHM

$950m acquisition of Centurion Energy

$864 million cash offer for Marble Limited

£440 million acquisition of GB Parks

£380 million sale to BCE Partners

€209 million acquisition of easycash

€460 million acquisition of ECZACIBAŞI's generic pharmaceutical business

£340 million bond issue to fund Peterborough PFI

£285 million recommended cash offer for Umbro plc

£190 million Exista and Chris Ronnie 29% stake in JJB Sports plc

$136 million acquisition of Premier Foods

$30 million acquisition of Millennium IT

£5 million acquisition of East Thames Buses

Acquisition of Patak's