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Live Nation acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Live Nation bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
OCESA Word for word“On December 6, 2021, we completed our acquisition of an aggregate 51 % of the capital stock of OCESA (the “Acquisition”) for $ 431.9 million, subject to certain adjustments.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	December 6, 2021	$ 431.9 million
Festivals in Colombia Word for word“The increase was largely driven by our international divisions with new naming rights and other deals for Estadio GNP in Mexico City, newly acquired festivals in Colombia, additional sponsorable content in Mexico and the timing of the Rock in Rio Brazil and Portugal festivals which play every two years.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	—	—
Ticketmaster Entertainment LLC Word for word“On January 25, 2010, we merged with Ticketmaster Entertainment LLC and it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Live Nation.” 10-K for 2025	merger	January 25, 2010	—
additional 24% interest in OCESA from CIE Word for word“These were partially offset by higher purchases of noncontrolling interests including the acquisition of an additional 24% interest in OCESA from CIE.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	—	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31	$211.6 million	$178 million
2017-12-31	$47.9 million	$26.8 million
2018-12-31	$120.2 million	$52.6 million
2019-12-31	$235.1 million	$163.8 million
2020-12-31	$41.1 million	$89.4 million
2021-12-31	$384.3 million	$490.4 million
2022-12-31	$257.2 million	$43.4 million
2023-12-31	$17.5 million	$90.3 million
2024-12-31	$98.3 million	$42.6 million
2025-12-31	$80 million	$154.4 million

Deal filings since 2016

2026-10-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2026-05-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-10-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-10-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-12-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-11-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-02-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-01-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-09-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-09-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-01-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-07-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-05-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-02-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-10-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-07-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-05-10 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2018-03-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-10-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Live Nation’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-19. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.