M&A Acquirer Playbook

Parker-Hannifin Corp acquisition history.

Every deal, price, and strategic rationale.

Company Parker-Hannifin Corp
SEC CIK 0000076334
Tracked filings EDGAR · 8-K
Total deals tracked
7
Disclosed 8-K acquisitions, 2004 — present.
Aggregate disclosed value
$30B
Over $30 billion across 7 disclosed transactions — anchored by the $9.25B Filtration Group and ~GBP 6.3B Meggitt deals.
Active acquisition years
2019 · 2025
paired aerospace/materials deals (2019) and a $1B + $9.25B filtration/electrification wave (2025).
Primary sectors
Filtration , aerospace & defense (Exotic Metals, Meggitt), engineered materials (LORD), hydraulics (Denison) and electrification (Curtis Instruments)
CLARCOR, Filtration Group.
Verified 7 deals on this page · sourced from SEC filings
All cross-references covered.

7 deals, $30B deployed.

Plotted by close date where disclosed, otherwise announcement. Click any marker to jump to the deal entry.

The rationale that repeats.

Three patterns show up across Parker-Hannifin's deal book — what the team buys, how it pays, and how it integrates. The patterns are the throughline; the individual deals below are the evidence.

01
Acquisition criteria

Platform-scale filtration roll-up.

Parker has twice made filtration its single largest acquisition target — the ~$4.3B CLARCOR deal in 2016 and the $9.25B Filtration Group deal in 2025 — each chosen for its high aftermarket mix (about 80% for CLARCOR, 85% for Filtration Group) and resilient recurring revenue. The repeated thesis is to bolt high-margin, aftermarket-heavy filtration onto Parker's Filtration Group to compound recurring sales.

Denison International plcCLARCOR Inc.LORD CorporationExotic Metals Forming Company LLCMeggitt plc
02
Capital deployment

Aerospace and engineered-materials expansion through attractive-margin targets.

In 2019 Parker paired the ~$3.675B LORD (engineered materials, electrification, lightweighting) and $1.725B Exotic Metals (high-temperature aerospace components) deals, then closed the cross-border ~GBP 6.3B Meggitt acquisition in 2022. Each was framed as investing in high-growth, attractive-margin businesses that accelerate Parker toward top-quartile financial performance.

Denison International plcCLARCOR Inc.LORD CorporationExotic Metals Forming Company LLCMeggitt plc
03
Integration approach

All-cash, debt-financed deals with disciplined synergy targets and The Win Strat...

All-cash, debt-financed deals with disciplined synergy targets and The Win Strategy integration. Every major Parker acquisition here is all cash, financed with new debt while maintaining a high investment-grade credit profile, and each carries explicit run-rate cost-synergy targets (about $140M for CLARCOR, $125M for LORD, $220M for Filtration Group). Targets are folded into a named Parker group and integrated under The Win Strategy framework.

Denison International plcCLARCOR Inc.LORD CorporationExotic Metals Forming Company LLCMeggitt plc

The full deal book.

7 acquisitions. Click any row to see the deal value, financing structure, target revenue, executive commentary, and the original SEC filing — the evidence behind the patterns above.

End of deal book
7 acquisitions · $30B deployed ·2004 — present
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