Mergers and acquisitions

One acquisition, with parties, cash terms, current status and event evidence.

One row is

One acquisition, with parties, cash terms, current status and event evidence

Example response

Trimmed real output. No key needed.

GET /v1/datasets/mna/sample

Dates reflect the example, not current coverage.

{
  "data": {
    "deals": [
      {
        "id": "msft-atvi",
        "target": {
          "name": "Activision Blizzard",
          "symbol": "ATVI",
          "country": "US"
        },
        "acquirer": {
          "name": "Microsoft",
          "symbol": "MSFT",
          "country": "US"
        },
        "status": "pending",
        "stage": null,
        "hostile": false,
        "terms": {
          "consideration": "cash",
          "cashPerShare": 95,
          "exchangeRatio": null,
          "ratioSymbol": null,
          "currency": "USD",
          "cvr": false,
          "partial": false
        },
        "value": 68700000000,
        "valueCurrency": "USD",
        "valueUsd": null,
        "announced": "2022-01-18",
        "expectedClose": null,
        "closed": null,
        "headline": "Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard",
        "updatedAt": "2022-01-18T00:00:00Z",
        "lastReported": "2022-01-18",
        "stale": false
      }
    ],
    "hasMore": false,
    "nextOffset": 1,
    "access": "full",
    "delayDays": 0,
    "lockedDeals": 0,
    "asOf": "2022-01-18T00:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "dataset": "mna",
    "asOf": "2022-01-18",
    "source": [
      {
        "id": "publisher-news",
        "attribution": "News publishers and public reports",
        "licence": "Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms"
      },
      {
        "id": "market-data",
        "attribution": "Exchange and market data providers",
        "licence": "Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms"
      },
      {
        "id": "sec-edgar",
        "attribution": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the filing issuer",
        "licence": "Public SEC filings; preserve filing attribution and fair-access limits"
      }
    ],
    "historyStarts": null,
    "coverage": null,
    "lastUpdated": "2022-01-18T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

Routes

Base URL https://api.gloom.sh. Send a key with each call; the key's account needs a plan.

GET /v1/mna/deals4 credits

Search mergers and acquisitions deals. Reads the existing dataset service and needs a key on an account with a plan; every plan reads every live dataset in full. Cached market reads can refresh their source data. Unknown, empty and repeated parameters are rejected. History and coverage metadata are null when the stored service cannot establish them.

Parameter: status
In: query
Type: string

Parameter: target
In: query
Type: string

Parameter: region
In: query
Type: string

Parameter: symbol
In: query
Type: string ^[A-Za-z0-9.:-]{1,32}$
Notes: Company symbol; normalized to uppercase.

Parameter: query
In: query
Type: string

Parameter: offset
In: query
Type: integer 0 to 500000

Parameter: limit
In: query
Type: integer 1 to 200

Parameter	In	Type	Notes
`status`	query	string
`target`	query	string
`region`	query	string
`symbol`	query	string `^[A-Za-z0-9.:-]{1,32}$`	Company symbol; normalized to uppercase.
`query`	query	string
`offset`	query	integer 0 to 500000
`limit`	query	integer 1 to 200

Credits: 4 (search x2)
Plans: Basic, Desk, Enterprise

GET /v1/mna/deals/{id}10 credits

Details for a merger or acquisition deal. Reads the existing dataset service and needs a key on an account with a plan; every plan reads every live dataset in full. Cached market reads can refresh their source data. Unknown, empty and repeated parameters are rejected. History and coverage metadata are null when the stored service cannot establish them.

Parameter: id
In: path, required
Type: string

Parameter	In	Type	Notes
`id`	path, required	string

Credits: 10 (evidence x2)
Plans: Basic, Desk, Enterprise

Meta fields

Field: dataset
Here: The dataset id
In the example: "mna"

Field: asOf
Here: The observation date established by the service; otherwise null
In the example: "2022-01-18"

Field: source
Here: Attribution and usage terms of each source
In the example: 3 sources

Field: historyStarts
Here: Earliest stored history when established by the service; otherwise null.
In the example: null, not stated yet

Field: coverage
Here: Service-established coverage; null when unavailable.
In the example: null

Field: lastUpdated
Here: The source update time established by the service; otherwise null
In the example: "2022-01-18T00:00:00Z"

Field	Here	In the example
`dataset`	The dataset id	`"mna"`
`asOf`	The observation date established by the service; otherwise null	`"2022-01-18"`
`source`	Attribution and usage terms of each source	3 sources
`historyStarts`	Earliest stored history when established by the service; otherwise null.	null, not stated yet
`coverage`	Service-established coverage; null when unavailable.	null
`lastUpdated`	The source update time established by the service; otherwise null	`"2022-01-18T00:00:00Z"`

Sources

Source: News publishers and public reports
Usage terms: Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms

Source: Exchange and market data providers
Usage terms: Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the filing issuer
Usage terms: Public SEC filings; preserve filing attribution and fair-access limits

Source	Usage terms
News publishers and public reports	Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms
Exchange and market data providers	Use subject to Gloom Datasets terms
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the filing issuer	Public SEC filings; preserve filing attribution and fair-access limits

Errors

These routes can answer 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 429, 503. See Errors for the codes.

Gloom Datasets reads stored data only: a call never starts a collection.