Mergers and acquisitions in the global industrial manufacturing industry showed little improvement during first quarter 2009, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report Assembling Value: First-quarter 2009 Mergers and Acquisitions Analysis.
The pace of deal activity (measured by the number of deals with a disclosed value of at least $50 million) remained at a near stop during the first quarter, with only 13 deal announcements, a fraction of the 43 deals announced in first quarter 2008; 45 in first quarter 2007; and 38 in first quarter 2006. The first quarter’s deal activity did register a slight improvement, however, over the 11 deals announced in fourth quarter 2008.
Total deal value declined 80% from the same time last year, with only $1.6 billion …
Report: Industrial Manufacturing M&A Remains At Near-Stop
Mergers and acquisitions in the global industrial manufacturing industry showed little improvement during first quarter 2009, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report Assembling Value: First-quarter 2009 Mergers and Acquisitions Analysis.
The pace of deal activity (measured by the number of deals with a disclosed value of at least $50 million) remained at a near stop during the first quarter, with only 13 deal announcements, a fraction of the 43 deals announced in first quarter 2008; 45 in first quarter 2007; and 38 in first quarter 2006. The first quarter’s deal activity did register a slight improvement, however, over the 11 deals announced in fourth quarter 2008.
Total deal value declined 80% from the same time last year, with only $1.6 billion …
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