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OVERVIEW	DIRECTORIES	STATISTICS and TRANSACTIONS	SEC TRANSACTIONS
JOURNALS and JOURNAL INDICES		RELATED RESOURCES	LOCATION CODES

OVERVIEW

THE ART OF M & A.
HD 2746.5 R44 1999 (RS)

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS HANDBOOK.
HD 2746.5 M465 1994 (RS)

Note: For additional material consult FRANKLIN, the Library online catalog, under the subject heading "Consolidation and Merger of Corporations."

DIRECTORIES

DIRECTORY OF BUYOUT FINANCING SOURCES.
HG 65 D574 1996 (RD)

DIRECTORY OF M&A INTERMEDIARIES.
HD 2746.5 D57 (Latest-RS; Prior Year-PC)

STATISTICS and TRANSACTIONS

CCH RESEARCH NETWORK. [Capital chanages.] (HP)

MERGER & ACQUISITION SOURCEBOOK.
HD 2746.5 M48 (Latest-RS; Others-PC)

MERGER YEARBOOK: U.S./INTERNATIONAL EDITION. [No longer published.]
HD 2746.5 M444 1990-2000 (PC)

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: ALMANAC & INDEX. [Each March issue.]
HG 4028 M4 M45 (PER)

MERGERSTAT REVIEW.
HD 2741 M473 (Latest-RS; Others-PC)

POISON PILLS. [Part of the SDC Corporate Governance Database, the file contains information an all shareholder rights plans and amendments to those plans adopted since the invention of this defensive tactic. The database includes details on all types of pills, including flip-in, flip-over, back-end and voting rights plans. Covers 1983 to the present (U.S. and Canada). Updated daily.] (ON)

PROXY FIGHTS. [Part of the SDC Corporate Governance Database, the file contains information on announced contests for control that are waged or supported through proxy or consent solicitation process. Covers 1988 to present for U.S. companies. Updated daily.] (ON)

SDC WORLDWIDE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS. [Includes information on all announced, completed or pending transactions that involve a change of 5% or more in ownership. Covers U.S. deals from 1979 to date, and non-U.S. deals from 1985 to date. Includes up to 1400 data elements for each transaction.] (ON)

SEC TRANSACTIONS

GLOBAL ACCESS. (HP) [Provides the text of documents filed with the SEC in regard to M&A. These include:]

• S-4 Registration. Used to register securities that will be part of a business combination transaction. Contains the "Merger Proxy/Prospectus" (details of merger to be considered by shareholders).
• 14D1. Tender offer filed with the SEC and the target company giving the terms of the offer and the acquirer company background.
• 14D9. Response to the tender offer filed with the SEC and the acquirer. Indicates whether offer is hostile or friendly and gives recommendation to the shareholders.
• 8-K. Filed within 15 days of acquisition.

JOURNALS and JOURNAL INDICES

ABI/INFORM - PROQUEST. [Database of full-text and abstracted articles from 1000+ business journals, 1971 to date.] (HP)

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY. [Database that includes journal and newspaper articles from 190 countries. Use the pulldown menu for Concept and select Mergers & Acquisitions. Full-text and abstracted material from 1994 to date.] (HP)

FACTIVA. (Use Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher.) [Database of 8000 full-text business journals, newsletters and newspapers including the Wall Street Journal from 1979 to date. For access to earlier years (1955 on) of the Wall Street Journal, use the Wall Street Journal Index/Barron's Index,]
HG 1 W26 (RS) (HP)

INVESTEXT PLUS. [Investment bank reports from 400 brokers.] (HP)

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS.
HG 4028 M4 M45 (PER)

RELATED RESOURCES

LIPPINCOTT RESEARCH GUIDE, CORPORATE COLLECTION

LOCATION CODES

CD = CD-ROM database. Located in Snyder Electronic Reference Center.
ON = Commercial online service. Access only in Lippincott Library. Ask at reference desk.
RD = Reference Desk	ST = Stacks on the 3rd Floor	WRDS = Wharton Research Data Services
RS = Reference Stacks	PER = Periodicals	MT = Microtext
SS = Service Shelves	PC = Peck Collection	Restricted to Penn faculty, students and staff.
*Library keeps latest edition only; **Library keeps latest two only.