M&A Deal Summary

Amec Foster Wheeler Acquires Foster Wheeler AG

On November 12, 2014, Amec Foster Wheeler acquired construction company Foster Wheeler AG for 3.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Amec Foster Wheeler’s 2nd transaction in the Construction sector.
  • This is Amec Foster Wheeler’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Amec Foster Wheeler’s 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-11-12
Target Foster Wheeler AG
Sector Construction
Buyer(s) Amec Foster Wheeler
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 3.2B USD
Advisor(s) J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial)

Target

Foster Wheeler AG

Reading, United Kingdom
website
Foster Wheeler AG is a engineering and construction company and power equipment supplier delivering technically advanced, reliable facilities and equipment.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Amec Foster Wheeler

London, United Kingdom

website

Category Company
Founded 1848
Sector Engineering
Employees40,000
Revenue 4.0B GBP (2014)
DESCRIPTION
Amec Foster Wheeler office in Houston, Texas.
Amec Foster Wheeler office in Houston, Texas.

Amec Foster Wheeler plc serves the oil & gas, clean energy, environment & infrastructure and mining markets with consultancy, engineering, project management, operations and construction services, project delivery and specialized power equipment services. Amec Foster Wheeler was formed in 1848 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 26
Sector (Construction) 2 of 2
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 6 of 7
Year (2014) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-06 Automated Engineering Services

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Automated Engineering Services Corp. is a professional design engineering nuclear services firm. AES provides plant design/modification engineering, engineering analysis, safety, licensing and regulatory services, and engineering programme support to existing nuclear utilities, primarily in the US.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-15 Scopus Engineering

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Scopus Engineering ('Scopus') is a provider of electronic survey and engineering services to the upstream oil & gas sector. Scopus is an industry leader in performing precision surveys offshore, capturing data for use in engineering and fabrication drawings.

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