M&A Feast for Hedge and Private Equity Funds

Here's the ranking of the Top 30 pending M&A deals, ranked by deal size. It will be a hedge and private equity funds feast: not only are they often acquirers (Thomas H. Lee, Apollo, Icahn), but many of the target are among their portfolio companies: Talecris, for example, is owned by Cerberus.

Target	Acquirer	Deal Size (M)		Announced Premium in %	Payment Type	Current Premium in %	Expected Completion Date
XTO ENERGY INC	EXXON MOBIL CORP	41366.82		25.94	Stk	0.05	06/28/10
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTL	CENTURYLINK INC	22161.55		12.49	Stk	6.84	06/30/11
SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC	SCHLUMBERGER LTD	12342.48		42.18	Stk	2.22	12/31/10
ALCON INC	NOVARTIS AG-REG	10567.14		-5.99	Stk	-9.31
ALLEGHENY ENERGY INC	FIRSTENERGY CORP	9216.11		36.15	Stk	14.17	04/30/11
MILLIPORE CORP	MERCK KGAA	6805.77		42.48	Cash	0.38	12/31/10
AIRGAS INC	AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC	6641.21		27.13	Cash	-3.83	08/13/10
SYBASE INC	SAP AG	5322.65		47.75	Cash	0.73	07/01/10
TALECRIS BIOTHERAPEUTICS	GRIFOLS SA	3890.94		53.45	C&S	22.9	12/31/10
MARINER ENERGY INC	APACHE CORP	3801.5		60.85	C&S	4.38	09/30/10
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES-CLASS B	UAL CORP	3185.64		1.61	Stk	-0.19	12/31/10
PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS INC	UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES-B	3114.41		6.1	Cash	3.04	12/31/10
INTERACTIVE DATA CORP	Multiple	2996.24		1.81	Cash	1.62	09/30/10
BUCKEYE GP HOLDINGS LP	BUCKEYE PARTNERS LP	2720.89		30.42	Stk	6.96	12/31/10
EV3 INC	COVIDIEN PLC	2489.97		19.71	Cash	0.67	07/31/10
MIRANT CORP	RRI ENERGY INC	2273.7		-1.01	Stk	1.52	12/31/10
CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC	ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD -B	1862.09		16.34	Cash	1.15	07/09/10
CYBERSOURCE CORP	VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES	1796.58		40.38	Cash	2.08	12/31/10
GERDAU AMERISTEEL CORP	GERDAU SA-PREF	1607.07		47.5	Cash	0.58
ARENA RESOURCES INC	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	1563.56		25.82	C&S	1.74	09/30/10
DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL INC-A	Private (Cerberus)	1472.82		50.21	Cash	0.98	12/31/10
ECLIPSYS CORP	ALLSCRIPTS-MISYS HEALTHCARE	1242.63		20.05	Stk	7.33	12/31/10
RCN CORP	Private	1192.29		38.33	Cash	1.08	12/31/10
AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA CO-A	RALCORP HOLDINGS INC	1171.62		36.22	Cash	0.36	07/22/10
GLG PARTNERS INC	MAN GROUP PLC	1130.59		42.09	Cash	3.69	09/30/10
INVENTIV HEALTH INC	THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS LP	1091.03		9.85	Cash	2.04	09/30/10
STANLEY INC	CGI GROUP INC - CL A	1054.64		20.07	Cash	0.54	07/09/10
CKE RESTAURANTS INC	APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC	1009.5		5.91	Cash	0.32
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT COR	ICAHN ENTERPRISES LP	1001.42		32.6	Cash	-0.92	06/30/10