Deals Insight
Post-Brexit Vote UK Involvement M&A at Second Highest Level in Last 9 Years;
2017 UK involvement M&A up 118% Year-to-date
Last year’s EU referendum in the United Kingdom
introduced a unique level of uncertainty for UK-related
deal making and dampened first half activity, which
fell 55% compared to the first half of 2015 and
accounted for just 7% of worldwide deal activity, an alltime low.
The surprise results of the vote temporarily shook
markets, but within a month Japan’s SoftBank
Post-Brexit vote M&A Volumes, with % change
compared to 24 Jun ‘15- 31 Mar ‘16
announced a $30.8 billion bid for ARM Holdings
starting a resurgence in UK Involvement M&A activity
that would place the fourth quarter among the largest
of all time.
Post-Brexit vote M&A with UK involvement now totals
$390.0 billion. Post-vote UK involvement M&A is at its
second highest level in 9 years. While deals targeting
UK Outbound
M&A
US$142.2 Bil,
+53%
UK Domestic M&A
US$43.2 Bil, +12%
S045755/4-17
Announced M&A with any UK involvement totals
US$104.1 billion so far during 2017, more than double
the value recorded during the same period in 2016,
and the highest year-to-date total since 2007.
Any UK Involvement M&A
US$390.0 Bil, -7%
UK Inbound
M&A
US$119.1 Bil,
-44%
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UK companies have fallen, UK outbound M&A has
increased 53% from the same period commencing June
24th 2015.
YTD Announced UK Involvement M&A Volumes – (US$ Bil)
$140
Any UK Involvement
UK Domestic
$120
UK Outbound
UK Inbound
$100
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Announced UK M&A – Comparing Post Brexit Period with Previous Years
$500
Any UK Involvement
$450
UK Domestic
UK Outbound
$400
UK Inbound
$350
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