Mergemarket Insight: Quarterly Report 2012

LONDON, UK: Global M&A (US$2174bn) has pivoted on the fear of a eurozone break up due to the Greek bailout. This has been the lowest in deal values since 2010.

This quarterly report comes with a eurozone theme concentrating on where deals are being made between the eurozone and other regions.

Key findings include:

• Eurozone deals in 2012 (US$296.3bn) accounted for 13.6% of global M&A, down from 16.1% in 2011 (US$348.6bn).
• Q4's M&A in the eurozone rebounded from the pressure with deals worth US$71.4bn, up 5.4% on Q3's US$67.7bn.
• Europe outside the eurozone (US$382.4bn) accounted for 17.6% of global M&A, up from 16.4% in 2011 (US$367.2bn).
• Agriculture, consumer, media, defence, transport and business services all improved deal values compared to the previous year. Agriculture saw the most improvement on 2011, up 40.8% to US$14.3bn from US$10.1bn.

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