KP TECH Beratungsgesellschaft mbH - KP TECH Analysis: M&A affairs in the European technology area in the 1. Half-Year 2008

Acquisition action in the aboriginal bisected of 2008 has captivated up able-bodied with just a slight tailing off during the endure 18-month period. There were 779 acquisitions in the endure quarter, a abatement of just 1% from the 787 deals appear in the aboriginal division of 2008. The accumulated amount of the Q2 2008 acquisitions added by 18% to $53.4b compared to $45.0b in the antecedent quarter.

After crumbling applicant action for a aeon of 5 quarters, the UK based companies showed accretion purchasing levels in H1 2008. Scandinavian companies showed convalescent action as able-bodied in the division whilst North American action beneath hardly afterwards two abode of acceptable growth. The better allotment abatement in affairs action was amidst Eastern European buyers area telecoms affairs in accurate about halved.

The agreeable and media area witnessed absolutely the aforementioned amount of deals - 464 affairs in H1 2007 and H1 2008. Software was the aforementioned with 225 affairs in H1 2008, just one beneath than a year earlier. However this did affectation a abatement in Application Software deals and agnate increases in both Consumer and System Software acquisitions. IT Services deals accept collapsed some 10% over the advance of the year, apprenticed down by avalanche in Consulting and Outsourcing transactions. Conversely there has been able absorption in IT Solutions companies with a vertical focus.

The majority of the buyers in the technology area in Europe, with 44% of all transactions, are clandestine corporates. The amount of either completed acquisitions or accepted bids has added by 46% in Q2 compared to the antecedent quarter.

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